BCfm

{{Infobox radio station

| name = BCfm - Bristol Community FM

| logo = BCFM - Community Radio for Bristol (logo).png

| city = Bristol

| area = Bristol

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| frequency = 93.2fm

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| airdate = 26 March 2007

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| owner = Bristol Community Fm Ltd

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| webcast = [http://www.bcfmradio.com/player BCFM player]

| website = http://www.bcfmradio.com

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BCfm or Bristol Community FM is a community radio station broadcasting to the City of Bristol in the United Kingdom on 93.2 FM. BCfm started broadcasting on 26 March 2007. This followed many years of community development and radio projects in Bristol, such as radio19 (the New Deal for Communities),{{Cite web

|url=http://www.creatingexcellence.org.uk/ceimages/FINAL%20Radio%2019%20with%20pictures.doc

|title=Radio 19, Final

|format=MS Word

|work=Creating Excellence

|accessdate=20 July 2010

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008114759/http://www.creatingexcellence.org.uk/ceimages/FINAL%20Radio%2019%20with%20pictures.doc

|archivedate=8 October 2011

}} Commonwealth fm and B200fm (Celebration of Brunel's life).

{{cite news

|url=http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=details&nNewsID=541683

|title=Licences for 21 community radio stations |work=Media Week|location=London|date=16 February 2006|publisher=Haymarket

|accessdate=3 March 2010

|last=Banham

|first=Mark

}}

{{cite news

|url= http://somerset.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/sarah-ford-somerset-local-community-radio-stations-9690/

|title=Sarah Ford meets some of Somerset's local community radio stations

|work=Somerset Life |publisher=Archant Life |date=2010 |last=Ford |first=Sarah

|accessdate=20 July 2010

| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100606170340/http://somerset.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/sarah-ford-somerset-local-community-radio-stations-9690/| archivedate= 6 June 2010 | url-status= live}}

During the summer period of 2009, BCFM used funding provided by the Youth Opportunities Fund to build a brand new studio to cater to the growing number of presenters working at the station. Studio 2, also known as "Blue Studio," was built next to the current Studio 1 and allows live presenting from either studio with both having the ability to pre-record shows.{{cite web

|url=http://bcfm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/making-waves-december-2009.pdf

|title=Making Waves

|date=December 2009

|format=PDF

|page=4

|work=BCFM

|accessdate=20 July 2010

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227055754/http://bcfm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/making-waves-december-2009.pdf

|archivedate=27 February 2012

}}{{Cite web

|url= http://chopsybaby.com/magazine/?p=1488

|title=Young Bristol DJ’s celebrate community radio grant

|work=chopsybaby.com

|accessdate=20 July 2010

}}

BCfm broadcasts in nine different languages and aims to represent the whole of Bristol and Bristol life. A significant amount of local music is played. Broadcasts are webcasts, and several of podcasts are available on the website.{{Cite web

|url= http://bcfmradio.com/about-bcfm

|title=About BCfm

|work=BCFM

|accessdate=20 July 2010

| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100815095725/http://bcfm.org.uk/about-bcfm| archivedate= 15 August 2010 | url-status= live}} Broadcasts to the local Somali, Polish and Spanish-speaking communities also feature.{{cite news

|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bristol/hi/people_and_places/religion_and_ethics/newsid_8624000/8624823.stm

|title=Polish president honoured by Bristol community

|work=BBC News |last=Staff | date=16 April 2010

|accessdate=20 July 2010

}}{{cite news

|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/8506097.stm

|title=Will Bristol's Somali voice be heard in the election?

|work=BBC News |last=Hopper |first=Diccon |date=6 April 2010

|accessdate=20 July 2010

}} In addition, BCfm programming is carried by BBC Radio Bristol overnight at weekends.{{Cite web

|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/articles/2007/03/22/thezone_feature.shtml

|title=BBC Radio Bristol goes 24 hours a day at weekends

|work=BBC Radio Bristol

|accessdate=20 July 2010

}}