The Chill Out Hours
3am-6am
Everyone is asleep. Except you. Easy Tunes to help you flag down that relaxi taxi.
3am-6am
Everyone is asleep. Except you. Easy Tunes to help you flag down that relaxi taxi.
KCC Live has been a station at Knowsley Community College since
December 2003. We were created by Sir George Sweeney, knighted for
his work within education and then Principal of Knowsley Community
College.
The idea was to create an entertaining, work-based learning
environment environment which prioritised youth engagement and work disciplines,
an ethos which had gained the college much recognition in the past.
The station has always been run by three full-time staff, and although
was always classed as a ‘student station’ by groups wishing to
correspond with it, it has always had a professional approach to
public service and giving young people a realistic and enriching
experience of radio, unrivalled by other student or commercial
stations.
We have a clean record of serving our AM (medium wave) audience and
have ran many campaigns including anti-bullying and anti-racism
campaigns which have earned the support, involvement, and confidence
of local community groups and individuals. Events have included many
community broadcasts at key times, such as coverage live from John
Lennon airport during terrorism restrictions, or comic relief events
such as a live sport-relief mile and a 24 hour radio show for comic
relief.
We have recently been granted a 5 year FM licence to broadcast on
99.8FM. In December 2010 KCC Live was awarded ‘Best Station in the
North West’ by The Radio Academy. In 2011 KCC Live was nominated for
Station of the Year (TSA <300,000) at the national Sony Awards.
We provide ‘Community Radio with Attitude’. The station mixes the
popular ‘wants’ and the social ‘needs’ of its audience with a hard
working and creative approach to entertainment and social action. It
is a station known for its passion for youth issues, stimulating /
engaging community radio. KCC Live reflects the cultural energies and
capabilities of young people from communities with large reserves of
resilience and personality, despite the levels of economic
deprivation.
CR Key commitments report 2010-11 (3)
Every year as part of our Community Radio licence agreement with Ofcom we have to provide a report on KCC Live. This report highlights some of our achievements and difficulties from the past year. It also lists how we have worked towards meeting our key commitments as a community radio station for young people in Knowsley. Have a read if you like!
