Chiltern Voice FM
| Broadcast area | Chesham, Amersham, Great Missenden, Chilterns, United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 107.4 MHz |
| RDS | CHILTERN |
| Programming | |
| Format | Adult contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Chiltern Voice CIC |
| History | |
| Founded | February 2016 |
First air date | 29 November 2020 |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | Ofcom |
Transmitter coordinates | 51°42′29″N 0°36′47″W / 51.70808°N 0.61299°W |
| Links | |
| Website | chilternvoice |
Chiltern Voice is a not-for-profit, community radio station serving Chesham and Amersham and the surrounding towns and villages of the Chilterns in the UK and is constituted as a CIC. It transmits from a site in Chesham Bois and broadcasts an adult contemporary music format.
Started in 2016 as an internet station with two short-term Restricted Service Licences, it was granted a community radio licence by Ofcom and began broadcasting on 107.4 MHz on 29 November 2021 to a TSA[1] (total survey area) of 88,000 people.[2]
History
[edit]Chiltern Voice debuted under a short-term Restricted Service Licence (RSL) in February 2016,[3] using a temporary studio built at Chesham United F.C. The radio station was initially funded by a combination of grants from the Buckinghamshire Community Boards alongside commercial advertising and sponsorship. This was followed by a second RSL in August 2018. In the interim periods the station streamed on the internet, having moved to the White Hill Centre in Chesham. From this studio, the station broadcast during the second RSL period. In January 2020, Ofcom granted Chiltern Voice a community radio station licence.[4] The station began broadcasting on 107.4 MHz on 29 November 2020 from an expanded White Hill Centre studio. In December 2022, following an agreement with All Spring Media (also a CIC), the station moved into their current studios in Bellingdon Road, Chesham.
References
[edit]- ^ "RAJAR - Glossary of Terms".
- ^ "Community Radio Coverage Maps" (PDF). Ofcom. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
- ^ "Chiltern Voice" (PDF). Buckinghamshire Council. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
- ^ "Four more community radio stations awarded". 30 January 2020.