Scout Radio

Owner| The Scout Association
Country| United Kingdom
Founded| 2009
|  |

|

Website
https://scout.radio
Scouting portal

Scout Radio is a National Scout Active Support Unit (NASU)[1] of The Scout Association with the aim of supporting broadcast radio within scouting. It was initially formed in 2009[2] following the founding Manager Martin Steers[3] and the founding members running Wings FM at the WINGS Jamboree, and received formal status as an NASU in 2012.

Since then the team has gone on to run many successful event radio stations, for Jamborees mainly under the Jam FM[4][5] brand, be a source for news and interviews for senior members of Scouting,[6] and provide resources to enable scouts to do radio to earn badges.[7][8]

In August 2021, Ofcom granted Scout Radio a limited FM licence to broadcast fulltime from Gilwell Park from September of that year.[9]

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "National Scout Active Support Units". members.scouts.org.uk. the Scout Association. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
2. ^ "Domain registration of scoutradio.org.uk". nominet.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
3. ^ "Scout Radio teams up with local BBC radio station". Radio Today. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
4. ^ "Scouts and Guides get their own station". radiotoday.co.uk. Radio Today. 20 August 2012. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
5. ^ "Jam FM". Essex International Jamboree 2016. 2016. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
6. ^ "Chief Commissioner's Blog | The best role in the UK!". members.scouts.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
7. ^ "Radio becomes part of the Scout programme". radiotoday.co.uk. Radio Today. 26 January 2015. Archived from the original on 20 March 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
8. ^ Gantzer, Olivia (25 April 2019). "Purley and Pangbourne Scouts to broadcast radio show as part of fundraising". Reading Chronicle. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
9. ^ "Scout Radio gets full time FM licence in London". 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

## External links

[edit]

* Official website