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About
Redstone FM
Redstone FM is
the local community radio station for the Redhill, Reigate, and
Horley area in Surrey. We have broadcast using 6 temporary licenses
issued by the media regulator, Ofcom. Redstone FM also organises
radio training courses, specialising with those who are blind or
partially sighted.
In October
2008 Redstone FM applied to Ofcom for a permanent community radio
license. This was turned down in June 2010, the lack of FM
frequencies in the Greater London area being the reason given.
Redstone
FM - Who Are We?
Redstone
FM is the radio station for the Redhill, Reigate and Horley area of
East Surrey. It has broadcast with 6 temporary licenses since 2005.
Redstone
FM is the trading name for Reigate
and Banstead Community Radio Ltd, a
not-for-profit Company Limited by Guarantee.
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Membership
Redstone
FM operates a membership scheme. This enables anyone who lives,
works or studies in the Reigate & Banstead Borough area to get
involved with the radio station and have a say in the running.
Click
here to go to our membership page.
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History
Redstone
FM has developed from the radio training courses run at the RNIB
Redhill College. Since 2005, Redstone FM has broadcast with 6
temporary licenses issued by the media regulator, Ofcom. A full
history of the station can be found on our archive
page but highlights are listed below.
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2005
The birth of the station. Redstone FM broadcasts its first
programmes on Tuesday 5 July. The station is officially opened by the
then Mayor of Reigate & Banstead, Cllr. Mrs Francis Dixon. Based
at the RNIB Redhill College, programmes were largely produced and
presented by students, most of whom were blind or partially sighted. More
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2006
Redstone FM is still based at the RNIB Redhill College and
broadcasts two temporary broadcasts. The first in is January followed
by one in October. Students and former students of the college again
take a central role in producing and presenting many programmes. More
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2007
The Radio broadcasting course at the RNIB ceases in March 2007 prior
to the college's closure in July that year. Former students and staff
commit themselves to continuing the radio station and to offer
opportunities to visually impaired people. In June 2007, Redstone FM
returns to the air with its fourth temporary broadcast. Based at the
Surrey County Council's Youth Centre at The Oakley in Merstham, the
broadcast was organised
in conjunction with the Redhill Carnival. Redstone
FM
broadcast live programmes from Redhill Town Centre and the Memorial
Park over the weekend of 2/3 June 2007. More
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2008
Back on the air in May, Redstone
FM
covered that year's Adult Learners' Week with a range of interviews
and features on local adult education. In November that year, Redstone
FM
submitted its formal application to Ofcom for a full time community
radio license. More
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2009
Perhaps the busiest year yet. Apart from a broadcast in June that
year (the 6th temporary broadcast), Redstone
FM
received considerable funding to run training courses for blind and
partially sighted students. Funded by the European Social Fund (ESF)
the training was based at the new Merstham Community Facility. The
broadcast itself came from new studios within the Belfry Shopping
Centre in Redhill and covered the annual Volunteers' Week and the
2009 Redhill & Reigate Carnival. Towards the end of the year, Redstone
FM
received further ESF funding to run additional radio training courses
for visually impaired persons during 2010. More
Click
Here to visit our Archive Page for a full history of the station.
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Redstone
FM is the trading name for Reigate &
Banstead Community Radio Ltd
Reigate and
Banstead Community Radio Ltd.
Registered in
the UK Number 05692819. Registered Office: 82 Ardrossan Gardens,
Worcester Park, Surrey, KT4 7AY.
Management.
Current
directors of the company are:
Mike Ward
(Chairman), Anne-Marie Sindon, Chris Spring, Des
Shepherd, Lisa Davis, Nigel Fitzmaurice, Nigel
Gray and Steve Burge.
A
copy of the company's Memorandum and Articles of Association are
available to download by clicking the links below.
Click
here for a copy of the Memorandum of Association
Click
here for a copy of the Articles of Association
Note:
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Company
Policies
Redstone FM
strives to operate in an ethical and accessible manner and has
developed the following policies:
Complaints
Procedure (applicable only when Redstone
FM is on the air)
Competition
Rules (applicable only when Redstone FM is
on the air)
Equal
Opportunities Policy
Health
& Safety Policy
Vulnerable
Adults Policy
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