New Style Radio Explained

New Style Radio
Airdate:14 August 2002
Frequency:98.7 MHz
Area:Birmingham
Format:African-Caribbean
Website:http://www.newstyleradio.co.uk/

New Style Radio 98.7 FM is a community radio station based in Birmingham, England, and broadcasting to the city's African-Caribbean community. The station, launched on 14 August 2002,[1] was born out of 15 years of short-term radio broadcasting and training, including a long run of Restricted Service Licence activities.

The service is intended to be reflective of African-Caribbean culture and aspiration in particular and of multicultural Birmingham in general. It is historical in being the first licensed African-Caribbean radio station in Britain.

New Style Radio is run mainly by unpaid volunteers and is part of the Afro-Caribbean Millennium Centre,[2] a registered charity set up to support the educational and social needs of the Afro-Caribbean community in the West Midlands.

In 2020, Ofcom censured the station for broadcasting COVID-19 conspiracy theories on a discussion segment.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Birmingham Music Archive . 2024-04-22 . www.birminghammusicarchive.com . en-GB.
  2. Registed Charity No 519691
  3. News: Bland . Archie . 2020-12-08 . UK radio station censured over Covid conspiracy theories . 2024-04-22 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.