Soundart Radio 102.5 fm is an art radio station based in

Dartington Dartington is a village in Devon, England. Its population is 876. The electoral ward of ''Dartington'' includes the surrounding area and had a population of 1,753 at the 2011 census. It is located west of the River Dart, south of Dartingto ...

Totnes Totnes ( or ) is a market town and civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England, within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is about west of Paignton, about west-southwest of Torquay and ...

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...

, UK. Founded as a student radio station in 2006 by two graduates of

Dartington College of Arts Dartington College of Arts was a specialist arts college located at Dartington Hall in the south-west of England, offering courses at degree and postgraduate level together with an arts research programme. It existed for a period of almost 50 ...

, Nell Harrison and Lucinda Guy, the station moved onto a full-time Community Radio Licence in February 2009 broadcasting to a 5 km radius around the transmitter at

Dartington Hall Dartington Hall in Dartington, near Totnes, Devon, England, is an historic house and country estate of dating from medieval times. The group of late 14th century buildings are Grade I listed; described in Pevsner's Buildings of England as "o ...

. Soundart Radio is a non-profit arts organisation with membership open to all. The station provides training and workshops encouraging creative use of radio and sound. The station is a member of

Radia Started in April 2005, the Radia network is an international informal network of community radio stations that have a common interest in producing and sharing art works for the radio. In 2020, the network gathers 24 radio stations from 23 citi ...

and defines itself as 'a place to listen, play and experiment'.

References

Articles from local newspaper The Herald Express: * * * *http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/Radio-station-puts-art-air-24-hours-day/article-704037-detail/article.html Art on the Air *http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/Radio-station-aims-build-team-programme-makers/article-1416292-detail/article.html Programme Makers *http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/s-family-favourites-Soundart-Radio/article-965790-detail/article.html Family Favourites *{{cite news, url=http://www.ofcom.org.uk/media/news/2007/02/nr_20070213a , title=Ofcom awards six new community radio licences, date=13 February 2007, publisher=Ofcom (press release), accessdate=9 January 2010

External links

Official site
Community radio stations in the United Kingdom Radio stations in Devon