In2beats

{{Infobox radio station

| name = In2beats 106.5 FM

| logo = In2beats_logo.jpg

| airdate = 23 April 2011

| frequency = FM: 106.5 MHz
DAB: 9C (Bedford)

| area = Bedford

| format = Urban / Dance Music

| website = {{url|www.in2beats.com}}

}}

In2beats 106.5 FM, also known as simply In2beats, is a UK community radio station primarily playing Urban and Dance Music, broadcasting on 106.5 FM and DAB to Bedford and surrounding areas, and online.

The roots of In2beats can partly be traced back to Risk FM, a pirate radio station that broadcast in Bedford from 1999 until 2003,{{cite news | title = Pirate DJ walks the plank after raid | publisher = Bedford Today | date = 14 October 2003 | url = http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/news/pirate-dj-walks-the-plank-after-raid-1-1100917 | access-date = 18 July 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180629155448/https://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/news/pirate-dj-walks-the-plank-after-raid-1-1100917 | archive-date = 29 June 2018 | url-status = dead }} and Intobeats, its first incarnation as an internet radio station between 2007 and 2011.[http://www.intobeats.com/ Intobeats Internet Music Radio] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907220545/http://intobeats.com/ |date=7 September 2008 }}

In October 2008, Intobeats announced that it was applying for a community radio licence,[http://www.intobeats.com/intobeats-radio-license.asp Intobeats FM Community Radio License] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030015719/http://www.intobeats.com/intobeats-radio-licence.asp |date=30 October 2008 }} which it was successful in its bid for in May 2009.{{cite news | title= Ofcom awards three new community radio licences | publisher = Ofcom | date = 20 May 2009 | url=https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2009/ofcom-awards-three-new-community-radio-licences-2}} It commenced legal broadcasting in April 2011.{{cite news | title = It sounds just perfect as radio dream comes true | publisher = Bedfordshire on Sunday | date = 15 May 2011 | url = http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/Features/It-sounds-just-perfect-as-radio-dream-comes-true-13052011.htm | access-date = 17 July 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110713225351/http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/Features/It-sounds-just-perfect-as-radio-dream-comes-true-13052011.htm | archive-date = 13 July 2011 | url-status = dead }}