Radio Hartlepool

Radio station in Hartlepool

Radio Hartlepool

* Hartlepool

Broadcast area| Hartlepool
Frequency| 102.4 FM
Programming
Language(s)| English
Format| Community radio
Ownership
Owner| Hartlepool Community Broadcasting Limited
History

First air date

| 14 October 2008
Links
Website| www.radiohartlepool.co.uk

Radio Hartlepool is a full-time community radio station that broadcasts to the various communities in Hartlepool, County Durham, England on 102.4 FM and streaming online at radiohartlepool.co.uk. The station went on air full-time on 14 October 2008. Radio Hartlepool is the broadcast call sign of Hartlepool Community Broadcasting Limited, a not for profit organisation, social enterprise limited by guarantee and registered at Companies House No: 05316109. It was set up to bring Community Radio to Hartlepool with charitable aims and objectives that have an adopted constitution.

Radio Hartlepool is broadcasting free via Hospedia channel 1 into the university hospital of Hartlepool and on FM frequency 102.4. They also have a website to provide details of the community radio station, its presenters, local news and features.

## History[edit]

For more than ten years, Radio Hartlepool's managing director and project coordinator Jason Anderson has worked towards the goal of establishing a local radio station for Hartlepool. Since 1995 Jason has worked and studied local radio, visiting and meeting Radio Management teams from all around the country, attending broadcast and media fairs both nationally and internationally, in an effort to bring Local Radio to Hartlepool.

Jason and his broadcasting team completed the last of three 28-day trial broadcasts on FM in December 2004, which led to the submission to Ofcom for a full-time Community Radio Broadcasting Licence.

## Team[edit]

A group of business and Community leaders act as Community Directors. These are Godfrey Hainsworth Dip Ed (Retired School Master & Round the World Yachtsman), Peter Richardson (HSEQ Advisor),Keith Thomas ( Accountant), James Anderson (retired architect and radio engineer), Louise Anderson (Company Secretary), Danesh Kholi (Hotelier). Each of these individuals has publicly expressed enthusiasm for the Community Radio Project.[citation needed] These official directors are backed up by volunteers recruited locally, providing skills and points of view to the station.

## Transmitter[edit]

The transmitter is a dipole antenna located on top of the station's building in central Hartlepool. The transmitter is low powered broadcasting at 0.025 KW which is just enough to cover all of Hartlepool and the surrounding villages including Hart and Dalton Piercy.

## Accountability[edit]

The station claims to be fully accessible and accountable to the people of Hartlepool. "We are open to any group or individual, given appropriate notice, to visit our studios and to meet a member of our team."[citation needed] The station's website notes that it is intended to grow as a community resource for information and comment.

## References[edit]

* Ofcom (Office of Communications), Press Release, 16 October 2007 – Ofcom awards four new community radio licences

## External links[edit]

* Radio Hartlepool official website
* Radio Hartlepool stream website

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Borough of Hartlepool

Towns,
villages
& areas|

Brierton
Claxton
Dalton Piercy
Elwick
Graythorp
Greatham
Hart
Hartlepool
Headland
High Throston
Middleton
Newton Bewley
Owton Manor
Rift House
Seaton Carew
West Park
West View

Postcodes

History|

Hartlepool Abbey
Museum of Hartlepool
West Hartlepool Town Hall
Trolleybuses in Hartlepool
Maritime:
Hartlepool's Maritime Experience
Heugh Battery
HMS Trincomalee
PS Wingfield Castle
Seaton Tower

Governance|

By-elections
Local elections
Parliamentary constituency

Buildings|

Hartlepool Borough Hall
Heugh Battery
West Hartlepool Town Hall
Memorials
Redheugh Gardens War Memorial
Seaton Tower
West Hartlepool War Memorial
Places of worship
Nasir Mosque
St Hilda's Church
St Joseph's Church
St Mary's Church
St Mary Magdalene Church

Retail, Culture,
Leisure & Tourism|

Hartlepool Art Gallery
Ward Jackson Park
Hartlepool's Maritime Experience
HMS Trincomalee
Middleton Grange Shopping Centre
Museum of Hartlepool
PS Wingfield Castle
Seaton Tower

Services|

Education
Hartlepool College of Further Education
Hartlepool Sixth Form College
Schools

Health
Epilepsy Outlook
University Hospital of Hartlepool

Police:
Cleveland Police
Tees and Hartlepool Harbour Police

Transport|

Rail lines
Durham Coast
Rail stations
Hartlepool
Seaton Carew
Road

A19
A178
A179
A689
A1086

Sport|

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Football
Hartlepool Rovers
Hartlepool United F.C.
Golf
Hartlepool Golf Club
Seaton Carew Golf Club
Rugby
West Hartlepool R.F.C.

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Venues|

Victoria Park

SSSIs|

Hart Bog
Hartlepool Submerged Forest
Seaton Carew Wreck
Seaton Dunes and Common
Tees and Hartlepool Foreshore and Wetlands

Miscellaneous|

People

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