Gravity FM
{{Short description|Community radio station based in Grantham, Lincolnshire}}
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Gravity FM was a community radio station based in Grantham, Lincolnshire. It broadcast full-time since 1 December 2008{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.commedia.org.uk/news/2008/11/gravity-fm-launches-on-monday-1st-december-2008 |title=Gravity FM launches on Monday 1st December 2008 |publisher=commedia.org.uk |date= |accessdate=13 January 2014 |archive-date=16 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116133518/http://www.commedia.org.uk/news/2008/11/gravity-fm-launches-on-monday-1st-december-2008/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/features/news-features/new-radio-station-launches-on-monday-1-24405 |title=New Radio Station Launches on Monday |publisher=Grantham Journal |date= |accessdate=13 January 2014 |archive-date=3 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603170857/http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/features/news-features/new-radio-station-launches-on-monday-1-24405 |url-status=dead }} on 97.2FM and online,{{cite web|url=http://www.gravityfm.net|title=Gravity FM|publisher=Gravity FM CIC|accessdate=13 January 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114053400/http://www.gravityfm.net/|archivedate=14 January 2014|df=dmy-all}} the station had completed its first licence period and, as a result, has obtained a further five year extension from OFCOM, the industry regulator, with similar Key Commitments.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/radiolicensing/Community/commitments/cr000168.pdf |title=cr00168 |publisher=OFCOM |date= |accessdate=13 January 2014}}
Broadcast content
Gravity FM broadcast content produced by volunteers from the local community. Mainstream daytime programming was music led and included news, traffic, travel and local information. During the evenings the station broadcast a variety of more specialist programs and features.{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.soul-source.co.uk/soulforum/calendar/event/27668-gravity-fm-972-net-northern-soul-motown-show/ |title=GRAVITY FM 97.2 + NET NORTHERN SOUL & MOTOWN SHOW - Mon 24 Jun 2013 event - Soul Source Rare and Northern Soul |publisher=Soul-source.co.uk |date= |accessdate=9 September 2013 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235040/http://www.soul-source.co.uk/soulforum/calendar/event/27668-gravity-fm-972-net-northern-soul-motown-show/ |url-status=dead }}
Funding and awards
Gravity FM had so far been successful in securing funding to maintain its service provision. Like all community radio stations in the UK, it was capped in only being allowed to raise half its income annually from advertising and on-air commercial arrangements. The remainder was found in the form of grants, off-air sponsorship and fundraising.
The Friends of Gravity FM was a charity (registered for tax purposes in the UK) established in 2012 to support the provision of community broadcasting services in the Grantham area. The station had benefited greatly from the donations they had made towards new equipment.
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140114053400/http://www.gravityfm.net/ Main Website - gravityfm.net]
- [http://www.facebook.com/gravityfm Gravity FM on Facebook]
- [http://soundcloud.com/gravity-fm Gravity FM on SoundCloud]
- [https://twitter.com/gravityfm972 Gravity FM on Twitter]
- [https://www.youtube.com/gravityfm972 Gravity FM on YouTube]
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Category:2008 establishments in England
Category:Community radio stations in the United Kingdom