Editing Resonance FM

{{Short description|Community radio station in London}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2013}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name      = Resonance FM
| logo      = Resonance FM Logo.png
| city      = [[London]]
| area      = [[Central London]]
| frequency = 104.4 [[megahertz|MHz]]
| rds       = RES104.4
| airdate   = June [[1998 in radio|1998]]
| format    = [[Community radio]], [[Radio Art]]
| owner     = [http://resonancefm.com/faq London Musicians Collective Limited]
| webcast   = [http://player.resonancefm.com/ Webcast]
| website   = {{URL|https://www.resonancefm.com/}}
}}
'''Resonance 104.4 FM''' is a [[London]] based non-profit [[Community radio in the United Kingdom|community radio]] station specialising in [[the arts]] run by the [[London Musicians Collective|London Musicians' Collective]] (LMC). The station is staffed by two permanent staff members, including Chief Executive Officer Peter Lanceley and over 300 volunteer technical and production staff.

Until September 2007, its studios were located on [[Denmark Street]] before moving to its second location at 144 [[Borough High Street]], Southwark. The station is now located at 7 [[Risborough Street]], Southwark, and broadcasts to a {{Convert|3|mi|adj=on|spell=in}} radius on 104.4&nbsp;MHz FM from a transmitter on the roof of [[Guy's Hospital]] at [[London Bridge]].<ref>[http://resonancefm.com/faq/more-about-resonance#faq-reception More about Resonance]. Resonance FM. Accessed 16 January 2011. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812003210/http://resonancefm.com/faq/more-about-resonance |date=12 August 2011 }}</ref><ref>[http://static.ofcom.org.uk/static/radiolicensing/Community/commitments/cr000060.pdf Community radio licence: key commitments] for Resonance FM at [[Ofcom]]</ref> Its schedule includes nearly 100 shows catering to many sub-communities of the London area on a wide variety of subjects including a multitude of musical genres, local and foreign current affairs and subjects of local interest. Noted for its policy of giving broadcasters free rein of their creative outlet, it has been described by ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' as "brilliantly eccentric".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/music/resonance-fm-the-voice-of-london|title=Resonance FM: the voice of London|website=Time Out London|author=Celia Topping|date=30 April 2013|access-date=25 January 2014}}</ref> The station receives funding grants from [[Arts Council England]].

==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>

==History==
The London Musicians' Collective originally put together a four-week programme of radio art as part of 1998's [[Meltdown (festival)|Meltdown festival]] at the [[Southbank Centre|South Bank Centre]], curated by [[John Peel]]. The station operated from the [[Royal Festival Hall]] on a month-long [[Restricted Service Licence]] on 107.3 FM.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,11710,874840,00.html |title=Will Hodgkinson joins London's strangest radio statio, Resonance FM |work=The Guardian |date= 15 January 2003|access-date=22 July 2009}}</ref><ref name="sukothai1">{{cite web|url=http://www.sukothai.com/X.SA.16/X.16.Resonance.html |title=Xebec Sound Arts 16 – Resonance 107.3 |publisher=Sukothai.com |date=5 July 1998 |access-date=22 July 2009}}</ref>

Phil England, an organiser of the original broadcast, described the origins of the station in a text written to accompany the printed programme. The aim, he wrote, was "to raise the specter of radio art in a country where the notion has no common currency".<ref name="sukothai1"/>

After a four-year hiatus, the station returned on 1 May 2002 as part of the [[Ofcom]] [[Community radio in the United Kingdom#History|Access Radio Pilot Scheme]] from studios on Denmark Street in the [[Soho]] area of London's [[West End of London|West End]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/may/01/arts.artsnews1|title=New arts-based radio station for London|newspaper=The Guardian|date=1 May 2002|access-date=9 February 2010|first=Imogen|last=Tilden}}</ref>

Resonance was awarded a five-year Community Radio licence in December 2005,{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} enabling the station to broadcast 24/7. Ofcom extended the station's FM broadcasting licence in July 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://resonancefm.com/archives/4643 |title=blog, 'Licence news' |publisher=Resonancefm.com |access-date=6 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002170704/http://resonancefm.com/archives/4643 |archive-date=2 October 2011  }}</ref>

Resonance FM resumed scheduled broadcasting in September 2007 after a short hiatus whilst moving into a new studio building on [[Borough High Street]], [[London Borough of Southwark|Southwark]]; a short walk from the area where they launched in 1998.

In 2011, Resonance presented a six-week exhibit at the [[Raven Row Gallery]] Exhibit in East London. The exhibition theme was the relation of sound to art, and included work from [[Max Eastley]] and [[Takehisa Kosugi]].

==Broadcasting==
[[File:Engineer broadcast desk.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Engineer broadcast desk|Engineer broadcast desk]]

The station is broadcast from a transmitter on the roof of [[Guy's Hospital]] at [[London Bridge]] on 104.4&nbsp;MHz FM.<ref name="telegraph"/> The transmission power is low compared with London's main radio stations due to the terms of its community radio licence. It can be received throughout [[central London]] but does not cover the whole [[Greater London]] area. Interference from local [[pirate radio]] stations, particularly at weekends, has been and is a problem in some areas. It can also be [[Streaming media|streamed]] from the station's web site. Resonance uploads every show to its [[Mixcloud]] account throughout each day.

==Funding==
The station receives funding grants from [[Arts Council England]] as part of the national portfolio funding programme, which began in 2012. The grant for 2012–2013 was £160,000; 2013–2014 £163,680; 2014–2015 £167,936.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/browse-regularly-funded-organisations/npo/resonance-fm/|title=Resonance fm|website=Arts Council England|access-date=25 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120105615/http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/browse-regularly-funded-organisations/npo/resonance-fm/|archive-date=20 January 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{Official website|https://www.resonancefm.com/}}
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