Aim

Ofcom have granted West Kent Community Radio a licence to set up & run a local radio service on FM & we need your help to get things started

For the last 60 years Hospital Radio Tunbridge Wells has provided a radio service for the local hospital community. Now the team are aiming to evolve and expand their service into a radio service for the wider community of Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Southborough and the surrounding area. Ofcom have supported the team and granted them a licence to put their service online and on FM. This needs the installation of 2 transmitters and your help is needed to fund this installation and other costs to get the service up and running.

West Kent Radio will target the 45+ age group, providing entertainment and information, promoting the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle, and maintaining good personal health. It will give other local organisations and charities the opportunity to promote their work to a wider audience and will be run by a group of volunteers, with a chance for more local people to get involved. 

The pandemic has shown the need and benefit of local radio services, with the ability to bring the community together. It is hoped to have the FM service up and running later in 2021 so as the community and local businesses start to recover and rebuild, the team can be there to help spread the word and bring listeners news of local activities.

However, the pandemic has also badly affected the team's ability to do their normal fundraising activities to raise the remaining funds needed to get the project started. So the team would like to appeal to you to support them via the Aviva Community Fund.  

This project successfully funded on 20th April 2021