Editing Resonance FM (section)

==Ethos==
[[File:Resonance Radio Orchestra performing Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Resonance Orchestra performing Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.jpg|Resonance Radio Orchestra performing Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.]]

The station describes itself as "the world's first [[radio art]] station" which aims to provide a radical alternative to mainstream broadcasting. Resonance 104.4 FM features programmes made by musicians, artists and critics who represent the diversity of London’s arts scenes, with regular weekly contributions from nearly two hundred musicians, artists, thinkers, critics, activists and instigators; plus numerous unique broadcasts by artists on the weekday "Clear Spot".

The station presents material ranging from a programme presented by the staff of the [[experimental music]] magazine ''[[The Wire (magazine)|The Wire]]'' to ''Calling All Pensioners'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ecs.lewisham.gov.uk/dage/|title=Deptford Action Group for the Elderly|access-date=2 June 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405144457/http://ecs.lewisham.gov.uk/dage/|archive-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> which aims to inform the elderly about local events and benefits entitlement. [[Concert|Live music]] sessions are featured on shows such as ''Hello Goodbye'', ''You Are Hear'', Hooting Yard on the Air, and ''Glass Shrimp''. Other shows include foreign-language programmes aimed at communities in London that are not served by other broadcasters.

In addition to locally produced programming, Resonance is a member of [[Radia]] and a rebroadcaster of American news program ''[[Democracy Now!]]''. Resonance FM has received a Sony Award nomination for ''The Good Drugs Guide'', a documentary series presented by [[Piers Gibbon]] and [[David McCandless]]. The station has been profiled in the pages of ''[[The Guardian]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jul/15/worldmusic.electronicmusic |title=Sounds eccentric &#124; Music |work=The Guardian |date= 15 July 2006|access-date=9 February 2010 | location=London | first=David | last=Stubbs}}</ref> ''[[The Independent|The Independent on Sunday]]'',<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/the-worlds-best-radio-station-that-youve-never-heard-27916.html |title=The 'world's best radio station' that you've never heard |work=The Independent |date= 11 October 2004|access-date=9 February 2010 | location=London}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''<ref>{{cite news|author=Rupert Christiansen |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3620647/The-arts-column-riotous-radio.html |title=The arts column: riotous radio |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=14 July 2004 |access-date=9 February 2010 | location=London}}</ref> and the ''[[Morning Star (UK newspaper)|Morning Star]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/22703 |title=Reason on the radio |work=Morning Star |access-date=10 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312072215/http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/22703 |archive-date=12 March 2011  }}</ref> amongst others.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/radio/2007/06/resonance-station-london-peel |title=Putting the broad into broadcasting |magazine=New Statesman |access-date=9 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A832619 |title=collective – resonance fm |publisher=BBC |date=11 September 2006 |access-date=9 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514005740/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A832619 |archive-date=14 May 2011  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metamute.org/en/Radio-Playtime |title=Mute magazine – Culture and politics after the net |publisher=Metamute.org |date=9 May 2002 |access-date=9 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312101108/http://www.metamute.org/en/Radio-Playtime |archive-date=12 March 2011  }}</ref>

In 2006 the station was nominated for "The Community Award" by the [[Sony Radio Academy Awards]], but has won the [[Radio Academy]] Nations and Regions Award for London for three consecutive years between 2009 and 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioacademy.org/events/nations-regions-awards-2011 |title=Nations & Regions Awards 2011: The Winners |publisher=The Radio Academy |access-date=6 June 2013}}</ref> Station manager Ed Baxter was nominated for "Programmer of the Year" by the Sony Radio Academy Awards in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-iiosi-happy-list-2009--the-100-1671055.html |title=The IoS Happy List 2009 – the 100 – This Britain, UK |work=The Independent |date= 19 April 2009|access-date=9 February 2010 | location=London}}</ref>