Marlow FM

Marlow FM 97.5 is a community radio station serving Marlow, Buckinghamshire in the United Kingdom.[1] Marlow FM currently broadcasts on a Community Radio licence and has done so since May 11, 2011, while the station previously broadcast as a webcast for four years and trialled a Restricted Service Licence before being licensed to use FM in 2007 and again in 2009. The station may currently be heard online and by tuning to 97.5 FM from within in the Marlow area.

Management

The station is run by MarlowFM Ltd, a not-for-profit private limited company, with a directors board consisting of seven directors and an Operations Group who collectively oversee the day-to-day management of the station. Marlow FM has in excess of 140 volunteers who help maintain the station's output.

Broadcast times and material

Marlow FM broadcasts over 90 hours of live or recorded-live shows weekly. Its team present shows from 7:00 am to 11:00 pm, Monday to Friday, with music playing automatically overnight. Regular shows are the breakfast, mid-morning, lunch time and drive time shows, and the station also produces specialist programs which play Alternative, Americana, Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Dance, Drum & Bass, Folk, Indie, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Rock 'n' Roll, Soul, Trance, Underground and World genres. It also has a Health and Wellbeing show as well as talk slots about Marlow's past, present and future.

After drivetime (5–7 pm), a number of specialist shows are broadcast. Check the schedule for more details.

References
  1. "Marlow FM website - broadcast area". Retrieved 6 August 2012.

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