Eden FM is a

community radio Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial broadcasting, commercial and public broadcasting. Community broadcasting, Community stations serve geographic communities and communities o ...

station serving Penrith and the Eden Valley in

Cumbria Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders to the north, Northumberland and County Durham to the east, North Yorkshire to the south-east, Lancash ...

. The station is based in Newton Rigg, Newton Road, Penrith, Cumbria. The station founder was Lee Quinn, who was also the founder of Meridian FM Community Radio in East Grinstead, Sussex. The campaign for a local station was launched in June 2010 by Lee Quinn, through launching a community magazine, the Eden Local, which was posted through doors in Penrith and the Eden Valley. The first Eden FM studios were switched on 10am Friday 25th November 2011. Run by volunteers, the

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, applied to Ofcom for a full-time community radio licence on an FM frequency in the community radio licensing: third round for the North East of England and Cumbria. Currently broadcasting full-time online and on 107.5 FM, the station completed three 28-day

restricted service licence A UK Restricted Service Licence (often called an RSL) is typically granted to radio stations and television stations broadcasting within the UK to serve a local community or a special event. Licences are granted by the broadcasting authority Ofcom ...

broadcasts in November to December 2011, followed by a couple more in June to July 2012 and November to December 2012. Eden FM submitted an application for a full-time licence in January 2013 and was awarded a 5-year licence in October of that year. To celebrate the launch of the station full-time, Eden FM Radio Ltd, raised the funds to have a bespoke Penrith and Eden Valley Monopoly Board game produced, which reflected on the local towns and villages covered by Eden FM Radio include Penrith,

Appleby-in-Westmorland Appleby-in-Westmorland is a market town and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, with a population of 3,048 at the 2011 Census. Crossed by the River Eden, Appleby is the county town of the historic county of Westmorland. ...

Langwathby Langwathby is a village and civil parish in northern Cumbria, and in the historic English county of Cumberland, about north east of Penrith on the A686 road. The village lies on the east bank of the River Eden. At the 2001 census the paris ...

, Greystoke,

Shap Shap is a village and civil parish located among fells and isolated dales in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. The village is in the historic county of Westmorland. The parish had a population of 1,221 in 2001, increasing slightly to ...

, Skelton and Melmerby. Eden FM Radio's community licence was renewed for a further five years in 2019 to 2024.

References

https://issuu.com/edenlocal/docs/el-nov10?viewMode=magazine Published on Nov 10, 2010 Eden Local Issue No One

External links

Eden FM Website
Community radio stations in the United Kingdom Eden FM Radio Radio stations in Cumbria Radio stations established in 2010 {{UK-radio-station-stub

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