Calon FM

Calon FM is a community radio station broadcasting primarily to Wrexham and the surrounding urban areas, along with fair coverage through much of the central areas of Wrexham County Borough, and parts of southern Flintshire.[1] The station is owned and operated by Calon Communications Limited, an independent company limited by guarantee no. 06492937, and broadcasts from studios in the Centre for Creative Industries (CCI) [2] on Glyndŵr University's campus in Wrexham.

Calon FM
Broadcast areaWrexham
Frequency105.0 MHz, Online
Programming
FormatCommunity
Ownership
OwnerCalon Communications Limited
History
First air date1 March 2008

Calon FM was first launched as a RSL radio station, originally covering events at the 2005 Wrexham Science Festival on 87.7FM.[3] In 2006, the station was granted a 5-year community radio licence. The station officially launched on Saturday 1 March 2008 on 105FM in Wrexham after a short period of test transmissions.

Calon FM broadcasts around 100 hours a week of music, features, sport, talk and specialist programming produced and presented by volunteers, alongside national news bulletins from Sky News Radio during live programming hours.

The station aims for its daytime output to consist of 70% music and 30% speech, whilst its evening output to be 80%-20% respectively, with weekly programmes in Welsh featuring alongside occasional programming in other languages.[4][5]

In August 2017, Calon FM began carrying live commentaries on Wrexham A.F.C. matches throughout the football season[6] The station's live coverage ended after two seasons.[7]

Calon FM is one of three local radio stations based in the town; the other being Global Radio's Capital North West and Wales and Communicorp's Heart North Wales. The station has won the Wales category in the Radio Academy Nations and Regions Awards twice in a row, in 2013 and 2014.[8]

References
  1. Ofcom - Calon FM coverage area: retrieved 11 September 2008
  2. Calon FM - Location: retrieved 7 October 2017
  3. Ofcom - Nine community radio licences awarded Archived 2008-12-01 at the Wayback Machine: retrieved 11 September 2008
  4. Calon FM - shows: retrieved 11 September 2008
  5. Ofcom statement - Calon FM key commitments Archived 2009-01-09 at the Wayback Machine: retrieved 11 September 2008
  6. Wrexham AFC commentary comes to Calon FM, Calon FM, 16 February 2017
  7. Wrexham AFC Commentary Now Exclusive To Mixlr, wrexhamafc.co.uk, 25 June 2019
  8. Calon FM wins prestigious Radio Academy Award Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine, glyndwr.ac.uk, 25 November 2013

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