About Angel Radio
"ANGEL RADIO IS AN ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC UNIQUE PROJECT
WHICH FILLS A GAP CREATED BY THE MEDIA WHO SEEM TO THINK OLDER PEOPLE ARE INVISIBLE AND MUSIC STARTED WITH THE BEATLES"
THE CONCEPT
The idea is very basic -
+ Accentuate the positive aspects of being an older person.
+ Provide a radio station for older people to run themselves.
+ Make the station unique by specialising in records made before 1960.
THE TEAM
The Angel Radio team numbers 92 volunteers.
Several are in their 80s, most are over 60.
Most have never worked in radio before.
Most are fit and active.
Some have disabilities, including blind, deaf, arthritic,
Parkinson's and stroke victims.
All do as much as they feel comfortable with.
ANGEL RADIO
PROVIDES
MUSIC AND MEMORIES
FOR
OLDER PEOPLE
IN AND AROUND
THE BOROUGH OF HAVANT
101.1 fm
START DATE
Our first broadcast for older people was a 6-day licence in February 1999 in Portsmouth on 87.7 FM
Our Cable radio station for older people went on air June 2001
on 106.4MHz FM and TV channel 10.
Our current radio project went on air in Havant in March 2002
on 101.1MHz FM
Our station on the Isle of Wight began broadcasting
on 91.5 MHz FM in 2007
ANGEL RADIO
PROVIDES
MUSIC AND MEMORIES
FOR
OLDER PEOPLE
ON THE
ISLE OF WIGHT
91.5 fm
FUNDING
We are a not-for-profit group, which operates on a very small, very tight budget. Our income originates from diverse sources, which includes advertising local businesses, donations from listeners, sponsorship of programmes, and sales of nostalgia items in our shop, which is situated in Market Parade in Havant. We have received small funding grants from local councils, the National Lottery, Age Concern and local businesses.
