Radio Winchcombe

Radio Winchcombe launched its full-time service on 107.1 FM and online on Friday 18 May 2012 at 7 am. The station have increased their range of programmes over the years from their first two-day broadcast in 2005 to the current ten-day schedule they have in 2011.In January 2008, there was a trial three-day event where the station was only broadcasting on the internet. This meant that the station went on air a total of three times in 2008. On 31 August 2009, Radio Winchcombe was featured as part of a Community Radio Showcase programme on BBC Radio Gloucestershire. BBC Radio Gloucestershire also produced a programme which came live from Abbey Terrace in May 2011, and the chairman of Radio Winchcombe was invited to talk about the community station. Radio Winchcombe was the first and only radio station in the UK to set up an emergency broadcast, when Gloucestershire experienced the worst flooding on record. The station received praise from the community for helping communication in a time of need, providing information such as the location of temporary water distribution sites. The idea of an emergency broadcast began with a petition started by the chairman of the station to allow for free broadcasting in emergencies.