About
102.8 Chorley FM is a community radio station which is licensed by Ofcom, our media regulator in the UK, to provide a radio service to Chorley and Surrounding Villages and Towns.
Chorley FM is a not-for-profit community organisation which is staffed completely by volunteers.
102.8 Chorley FM was born in 2001 and was set up by several people who each had an interest in Radio or in the Local Community, or both. Chorley FM was granted permission by Ofcom to have several short term (RSL) broadcasts.
In 2006, Ofcom granted Chorley FM a full time Community broadcast license for the term of 5 years. In November 2006, Chorley FM began broadcasting on 102.8fm.
Since the launch in 2006, Chorley FM has undergone a number of changes in order to better meet the needs of our target audience; local 16-25 year old and the local LGBT community (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender).
In 2011, Chorley FM applied for an extension on its Community Radio License which was to expire in November 2011. Ofcom believed that Chorley FM had kept to its Key Commitments and remained to be a gem to the people of Chorley and the surrounding areas.
Chorley FM now has a well-established community presence, regularly working within the local community to help increase awareness and popularity of the station. Chorley FM continually runs a community training program to help members of the community become actively involved in an industry becoming ever more difficult to access. We are committed to serving the community through social inclusion, the provision of training programmes accessible to the community as a whole and community announcements – ensuring that community news reaches the audience to which we serve.
Chorley FM is committed to growth, of both the radio station and its local community partners. We continually assess how to access the community and increase our listener-ship and welcome suggestions from our listeners and partners.
Chorley FM’s board of directors take full responsibility for the overall management of the station and its volunteers, and are legally responsible for all business activity. The board of directors actively liaise with representatives of all station volunteers that attend regular board meetings, ensuring that the voice and opinions of all volunteers are taken into account in any decision making process. This ensures that volunteers are both informed and involved in the management of the station.
The station encourages listeners and members of the local community to actively support the station and its work and invite listeners to offer comment and suggestion about the stations output.
The board of directors are individuals with a wide range of experience in areas not just connected with the radio industry. Volunteers are welcome to apply to join the board of directors annually at the stations Annual General Meeting through a process explained in full in the Memorandum of Association.
Our current board of directors (As publicly declared) are:
Pauline Gowers-Scott | Acting Chair / Finance Director
John Miller | Secretary
Barbara Lowe | Marketing Director
Allan Scott | Director of Community Liaison
John Peters | Director of IT
Danny Rodden | Station Director
Steve Lowe | Station Director
Shaun Lewis | Station Director
Jason Mackie | Station Director
Dan Woska | Station Director
Alan Robinson | Station Director
Terry Diviney | Station Director
Station volunteers are represented to the board of directors by appointed representatives and are also welcomed to open board meeting held as advertised internally to station volunteers.
You can request further information, or make suggestions/comments about Chorley FM by emailing your questions to info@chorley.fm
