Radio Verulam
| City | St Albans |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Hertfordshire |
| Slogan | The Radio Station for St Albans |
| Frequency | 92.6 MHz |
| First air date | 7 July 2007 |
| Format | Community radio |
| Owner | Verulam Community Radio Limited |
| Webcast | MP3 Stream |
| Website | www.radioverulam.com |
Radio Verulam 92.6 FM is a Hertfordshire based non-profit community radio station run by Verulam Community Radio Ltd (VCRL).
The station is staffed by over 70 presentation, production and technical staff.
Until April 2010 Radio Verulam was based in Victoria Street, St Albans and has since moved to Hatfield Road. The station has a coverage area designated as a 5 kilometres (3 mi) radius from the transmitter site.
Radio Verulam aims to enable local people to become involved in radio broadcasting and connect with local community, charitable, social and voluntary organisations. The station serves listeners of all ages and backgrounds living in St Albans and the surrounding area.
Daytime output typically comprises 75% music and 25% speech (‘speech’ excludes advertising, programme/promotional trails and sponsor credits). Night-time output typically comprises 90% music and 10% speech.
Music output during daytime features popular music from 1960s through to the present day, selected ‘soft’ current hits and local music from the local pub/club music scene. Overnight (2200 to 0600) music includes mellow love songs. At other times, mainly weekends, specialist programmes feature music such as folk, jazz, traditional Irish, classical, big band, jazz and Christian music.
Speech output comprises discussions, interviews, informative features (covering, for example, health, money, food, travel), local sports, events diary, national news, local and community news and information.
The majority of the output is locally produced.
In 2010 a team from Radio Verulam won the Radio Academy's Christmas Music Quiz, beating teams from local and national radio stations, including BBC Radio 6 Music, BBC Radio 1Xtra, Smooth Radio, Heart FM & Magic FM.
Radio Verulam began with the idea that St Albans might benefit from a radio station designed specifically for the diverse community of this historic city.
Clive Glover, who had worked as a volunteer at City Radio (the hospital radio at St Albans City Hospital) during most of the 1980s, launched an appeal for members of the public to join him in creating a community radio station for the city of St Albans. A public meeting in 1992 drew support from the local population and, one year later, Verulam Community Radio Limited (VCRL) was incorporated.
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