RWSfm 103.3
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = RWSfm 103.3
| owner = Radio West Suffolk Limited
| logo = RWSLogo
| city = Bury St Edmunds
| airdate = 13 August 2010
| format = Community radio
| frequency = 103.3 MHz
| rds = RWSfm
| website = [http://www.rwsfm.co.uk/ www.rwsfm.co.uk]
}}
RWSfm 103.3 is a United Kingdom based radio station and is the community radio station serving the town of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and the surrounding areas, offering music and local information. The station was awarded a community radio license by Ofcom in 2010 and began broadcasting on 13 August 2010.{{cite web|url=http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/monthly-updates/update0810/|publisher=Ofcom|date=7 September 2010|title=Ofcom Radio Broadcast Update August 2010|access-date=2011-02-18}}
History
Launched in August 2010, RWSfm 103.3 started broadcasting to Bury St Edmunds and surrounding villages on 103.3fm from its studios just off Hardwick Lane, having previously broadcast via various other methods.
From the summer of 2015, the station launched its own local news bulletin, broadcasting local news stories at half past each hour seven days a week between 7:30 and 17:30. This followed a warning from Ofcom, who found the station in breach of failing to adhere to its key commitments and subsequently put the station on notice.
In December 2019, the station was awarded extra power to broadcast further into the community in West Suffolk.{{cite web|title=RWSfm 103.3 to extend its FM coverage |url=https://rwsfm.co.uk/rwsfm-103-3-to-extend-its-fm-coverage/ |access-date=13 January 2025 |publisher=RWSfm 103.3}} In August 2020, Ofcom then granted the station a second five-year extension to its license.{{cite web|title=Double celebrations as RWSfm turn 10 years old and here to stay for another 5 |url=https://rwsfm.co.uk/double-celebrations-as-rwsfm-turn-10-years-old-and-here-to-stay-for-another-5/ |access-date=13 January 2025 |publisher=RWSfm 103.3}}
In January 2021, the station received a grant of £5,625 from the Bury St Edmunds Town Council to upgrade its transmitter due to its 'patchy' signal in certain areas of Bury St Edmunds.{{cite news |author=Sam Walker |date=5 February 2021 |title=Radio West Suffolk awarded grant from Bury Town Council to improve coverage and reception |url=https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/bury-st-edmunds/news/brexit-branded-a-complete-and-utter-disaster-by-councillor-9191833/ |access-date=13 January 2025 |website=Suffolk News}}
On September 20, 2023, Managing Director and joint Station Manager, Julie Macleod,{{cite web|title=Julie Macleod Biography - RWSfm 103.3 |url=https://rwsfm.co.uk/juliem/ |access-date=13 January 2025 |publisher=RWSfm 103.3}} applied to Ofcom to change their "Key Commitments" to cater for the upgraded power increase.{{cite web|title=RWSfm 103.3 Ofcom Key Commitments Change Request |url=https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/manage-your-licence/community-radio/key-commitments-changes/radio-west-suffolk-rwsfm-103.3/ |access-date=13 January 2025 |publisher=Ofcom}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.rwsfm.co.uk/ RWSfm 103.3 Website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120722155620/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/radiolicensing/Community/commitments/cr189.pdf Key Station Commitments from Of com]
- [http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/radiolicensing/mcamaps/cr189.pdf Coverage Map from Of com]
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Category:Community radio stations in the United Kingdom