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BCfm gives over its evening and weekend hours to Radio Ramadahn
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Ramadahn is a very important time for the Islamic community. Bristol is populated by an estimated 30,000 people of Muslim faith, a large proportion of which live within walking distance of our studios and transmitter. Following the success of last years Radio Ramadahn BCfm once again offers them a platform on their community radio station.
Led by Zahir Malik, a veteran broadcaster, producer of the Saturday afternoon Asian shows, Radio Ramadahn broadcasts from 7pm through the important period where the fast is broken, then right through the night to keep people company as they get up in the early hours to eat before resuming their fast again. Normal programming resumes as usual at midday. Radio Ramadahn also broadcasts all day on Saturday and for most of Sunday. The full schedule can be seen for the week ahead by clicking on the ‘Podcasts and Listen Again button’ on the left hand side.
Radio Ramadahn finishes on the 12th September, after which a brand new schedule will be put into action on BCfm, bringing a number of new programmes to the airwaves! Stay tuned and check out the newsletter which will have plenty of information about the new line up.
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BCfm takes over the Colston Hall
BCfm Broadcasts live from the Bristol Harbour Festival Cascade Steps Stage
The weekend of July 30th / August 1st saw Bristol Community FM 93.2 setting up an outside broadcast to bring live coverage of performers on the Cascade Steps stage at the 2010 Bristol Harbour Festival. The stage has been organised by Jelli Records and Tin Hut Promotions. Jelli Records produce their own show on BCfm that covers artists and groups that are coming to Bristol to perform in the coming weeks and months.
Having set up a studio to the right of the main stage BCfm broadcast every single act that performed on that stage, from midday to 7pm on Saturday and Sunday - 14 hours of broadcasting. The stage hosted all local acts with one or two exceptions - just what is to be expected from Bristol’s Community Radio Station.
Each act performed for around 30 minutes with a 20 minute break in between in which the next performance would be set up and sound checked. During these 20 minute breaks BCfm presenters brought interviews with the act that had just played, general scene setting of the occasion with the hundreds of thousands of spectators sitting on the natural elevated seating that is the cascade steps on what was a beautiful weekend in regards to the weather. There were also a number of reporters going around the other stages and areas of the festival, broadcasting back their experiences and interviews with the other performers and revellers - including one such interview with a man with a parrot on his head that caused a quite a deal of excitement around the studio.
For a list of performers as well as links to all the podcasts from the whole weekend please visit this page on our forum.
Photos from the event can be viewed at the BCfm facebook group or the self contained album for Saturday can be viewed here. Pictures from Sunday can be viewed here.
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The BBC and BCfm worked together to provide local coverage of Polish President Lech Kaczynski’s funeral.
BBC Radio Bristol and BBC Somerset joined forces with Bristol community station BCfm 93.2 on Sunday (18 April) to broadcast a special programme to mark the funerals of the Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria.
The special programme was presented by BBC Radio Bristol’s Trevor Fry and BCfm’s Magda Bond. Trevor said: “The Polish community here in the West of England is more than 20,000 strong. Understandably the sense of grief is huge. We’re pleased to be in a position to provide a programme brought that community together on such a sad and poignant day.”
The programme on Sunday, had reports from BCfm’s presenter, Basha Everett in Krakow, where the president’s funeral was held earlier in the day, from London where the service was being relayed on huge screens and from Polish communities across the West Country.
Station Manager at BCfm 93.2, Phil Gibbons said: “We produce weekly output for the sizeable Polish community in the area. This specially produced joint programme meant that we were able to pool resources with the BBC to provide an even better service for our audience on what was such a moving day in Poland’s history.”
The special programme was broadcast at at 3pm on Sunday (18 April) on BBC Radio Bristol (94.9fm), BBC Somerset (95.5fm) and BCfm (93.2fm).
On Monday (12 April) Bishop Declan wrote to the Polish communities in our diocese assuring them of his prayers and expressing his sorrow following the tragic air crash last weekend.
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