Welcome to Brooklands FM

Brooklands FM can be heard on the internet every day with all the best in local features, news and music for north Surrey. Although we are an internet-only service at the moment, we have completed three periods of licensed FM broadcasts and we are applying for a permanent Community Radio licence on FM. Full details of the times of our programmes are below.

Brooklands FM is dedicated to providing an accessible community radio service for the towns of Addlestone, Byfleet, Chertsey, New Haw, Shepperton, Walton-on-Thames and Weybridge, in North Surrey. The area is not covered by local independent stations and is on the outer fringes for large London stations.

The station provides a distinctive, eclectic alternative in both words and music and is committed to giving local communities a voice, to providing education and training for schools, colleges, and other bodies, supporting local voluntary organisations, and helping small local businesses offer the best possible services locally.

Programmes for tomorrow - Saturday 4 July

BFM Jukebox
A great selection of tracks from the BFM Jukebox plus the latest news and local weather forecast on the hour until:

9.0 am The Gardeners' Forum
Celia Jones presents the series covering gardening in Surrey and with advice for what to do this weekend from local experts Ron Bates, Chairman of the Kingston-upon-Thames & District Branch of the British Cactus and Succulents Society talking about plants that grow well in the heat. John Hart from Squires Garden Centres and the gardening guru for the day Wendy Turner to answer your gardening questions to studio@brooklandsfm.co.uk or call the show on 01932 832408. David Durant is on hand with the guide to gardens to visit and the seven day weather forecast.

10.0am Mike Gurr
Mike plays a plethora of hits you thought you had forgotten plus the latest happenings in north Surrey.

12.0 noon Simone Timcke
The Lunchtime magazine featuring great music and conversation including entertainment news and what's on in north Surrey.
At 12.30 pm Film Review
Simone is joined by David Durant to discuss the Film of the Week and review the latest releases at local cinemas.

2.0 pm Lottie Mayor
Afternoon music and chat including the latest entertainment gossip.

4.0 pm Lance England
Lance playing a great mix of music for Saturday afternoon plus information on local events and Rick Morris with the latest sports news. Special guests are Tearaway, a local band formed by pupils of local schools. They will be talking about and playing their music plus an insight into their preparations for the Battle of the Bands at Brooklands College.

6.0 pm BFM Jukebox
A great selection of tracks from the BFM Jukebox plus the latest news and local weather forecast on the hour.

News, Weather and Travel News
On the hour National and International News from the Sky News Centre followed by the local weather forecast.
Between 9.0 am to 6.0pm Local travel information for north Surrey at 20 and 50 minutes past each hour.

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Latest News - 03/07/2009

Sally James Business Affairs

Surrey businesswoman and celebrity Sally James returns with a new monthly series of Business Affairs - a series for and about local business in north Surrey. Sally talks to local business people about the issues that affect them.

Visit the Business Affairs page to listen to the latest edition.

 

"Kinderclass" Day at Mercedes Benz World.
The Mercedes Kinderclass Driving Experience has been created to teach safe driving with children in the car. Lance England and David Durant covered the launch day and David spoke to Rob Durrant and Ruth Pucci about the event. Go to our listen again page to hear the audio.

 

Brooklands FM presenter John Cull flew into the history books with the world's first live radio show from Concorde.
John presented his morning show from the flight deck of Delta Golf, the fastest production Concorde built and the first aircraft to carry 100 passengers at twice the speed of sound, and now on display at Brooklands Museum.
Watch John's video of the day
Listen to some of the interviews with the aviators.

Our new series about keeping well, Better Health, is now on line to listen to as well as download as a podcast.

Visit our new Brooklands Museum page. BFM has covered many of the museum's events on air. Listen to some of the interviews and sounds from some of the events held at the museum in recent months.

 

We're delighted to announce our fundraising webshop. When shopping online, you can access over 100 leading retailers using our webshop, including Amazon, Asda and M&S. Every time you shop with us you'll automatically earn us money. You don't pay anything extra and it's as easy to use as going direct to the retailer's site. You've nothing to lose!

Visit our News Review page to hear a round up of all the local news. Or visit our podcasts page and subscribe to our News Review podcast and receive the latest edition on your mp3 player automatically.

Got an internet radio?
Enter this link to programme us in: http://brooklandsfm.co.uk/listen or visit the Reciva site. If not then visit Cosmic in Addlestone for a great deal.

 

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Brooklands FM is a new radio station for north Surrey in the UK. We will be applying for a full-time community licence when Ofcom invites applications for London and the south-east in the near future. We are currently broadcasting LIVE from Addlestone and have previously completed four weeks of successful internet broadcasts as well as broadcasting on FM for three four week periods during 2006, 2007 and 2009.

 

 

 

Brooklands FM is run by enthusiastic people from all walks of life, volunteering their time and skills to the station. If you would like to be a part of this exciting venture, please send an e-mail with your background and how you would like to help to apply@brooklandsfm.co.uk. You could be involved in presenting programmes and/or helping behind the scenes in production, fund-raising, engineering, publicity, sales, marketing or administration.

Many people have contacted us and we keep them up-to-date with our progress by e-mail. If you would like to receive our e-mailed newsletters just send an e-mail to friends@brooklandsfm.co.uk.

 

Live Music on Brooklands FM

Brooklands FM supports live bands and local musicians. We regularly hold our Live Lounge events - a chance for your band to be heard live on the radio. See our MySpace site for more details.

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Local Coverage on Brooklands FM

We have covered many local events, including the recent celebration of the centenary of aviation at Brooklands Museum.

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Watch our You Tube video

Brooklands FM is a community radio station with music from the last 40 years, local news, features, sport and advertising for local firms. Behind the station is a small team of professionals with backgrounds in radio and other media, the same people who brought you Brooklands FM in 2007. To see what we achieved, watch our YouTube video HERE.

 

Exciting venture

Alan Timbrell, who is heading the station, says: 'When we're back with a full-time community licence we'll be heard in Addlestone, Brooklands, Byfleet, Chertsey, Shepperton, Walton and Weybridge. It's an exciting venture because we're a radio station aimed just at our local area.

'Many people from local organisations and voluntary groups or just with something interesting to talk about are interviewed on-air every day and local people present their own programmes for the local community. Local businesses are able to target radio advertising directly at potential customers in their catchment area at affordable rates.'