Phoenix Radio

Phoenix Radio 96.7 FM

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Halifax
Broadcast area	Calderdale
Frequency	96.7 FM MHz
RDS	PHOENIX
Programming
Format	Community-based
Ownership
Owner	Phoenix Radio Limited
History
First air date	10 December 2007
Technical information
Transmitter coordinates	53.7137°N 1.8459°W / 53.7137; -1.8459
Links
Website	www.phoenixfm.co.uk

Phoenix Radio 96.7 FM is a local radio station based in Halifax, in West Yorkshire, England. It broadcasts on the FM frequency, 24 hours a day to the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, and the surrounding areas and around the world online. It is owned and run by Phoenix Radio Ltd, which has also previously held six Restricted Service Licences (RSLs) in the past. It was awarded its full-time licence by OFCOM, thus becoming, on 10 December 2007, Calderdale's first and only local radio station.

History

Since its conception in 1998, Phoenix Radio 96.7 FM has had six broadcasts over the years on restricted service licences. Over that period of time of RSLs it had been broadcasting on two differing frequencies 106.2 FM and 107.2 FM.

In 2005, Phoenix Radio Limited was awarded a full-time license to broadcast on the 96.7 FM frequency, as a local radio station with a format that is community-based. Phoenix Radio is a member of the Community Radio Association whose code of practice is to take positive action to ensure that the needs of the listening audience is met through selective programme scheduling and by listening and acting on what the audience tells the station what they want from the local medium .

The station was launched on Monday 10 December 2007 [1], and officially opened by the Mayor of Calderdale. The first programme being Breakfast at 7am.

Technical and broadcast

The studios are based in the Dean Clough complex in Halifax, Calderdale. The transmitter that Phoenix Radio 96.7 FM uses is sited at the local TV relay on Beacon Hill, Bank Top, West Yorkshire. The station broadcasts to Calderdale and the FM signal can be reached in the surrounding areas of Halifax, south Bradford, north Kirklees and south-western Leeds.

Programming

Programming on the station includes a wide variety of music genres from the 1950s to current chart and new music from local, national and international artists, studio-based chat involving the local community, interviews with local people, local organisations to politicians and well-known personalities, as well as highlighting issues which affect the local community such as housing, education, sport, disabilities and local recruitment availability. ≠ Throughout the night Sunday/Monday to Friday/Saturday, hits from across the decades are played. However, on Saturday nights through to Sunday morning, specialist dance music programmes are broadcast under Phoenix FM's dance music brand 'Saturday Essential' Saturday Essential Presenters are Claire Hunter, Graeme Park, Rob Bray. [12].

'Saturday Essential' replaced the Specialist Dance show which was broadcast between 8pm until 10pm Saturday nights by Local Halifax DJ Marc Smith. In which local DJs were given the chance to play a DJ set on his show. This became tremendously popular, and soon led to local retailers offering products to give out free on air during their show. All Marc Smith's shows were broadcast live, which led to some listeners trying to get Marc to give them fake shout outs (mentions on air) for novelty purposes, which gave the show more character and a touch of humour.

References

• "Substance misuse service making waves at Phoenix FM". South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
• HIMELFIELD, DAVE (23 December 2013). "New venture for Huddersfield writer Gez Walsh". The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
• "Yoga to tackle chronic fatigue thanks to Lottery grant". Big Lottery Fund. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
• "Handouts are heaven sent..." Brighouse Echo. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2015.