Free radio training if you’re out of work

Are you unemployed ? Why not train in radio broadcast and production? You could host your own radio show on allfm 96.9! We’ve started a radio training project working with community organisations and individuals working with unemployed adults using radio production and broadcast  to develop employability and soft skills. At the end of the training you’ll [...]

JOB VACANCIES | Business Development Officer ALL FM 96.9

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Business Development Officer The post of ‘Business Development Officer ‘ is to develop revenue streams for ALL FM via fundraising and sales. The hours are flexible. We anticipate the working week will be 2-3 days. This post is supported by Ofcom. Experience in community radio is not essential. We are looking for candidates who have [...]

JOB VACANCIES | Older Person’s Support Worker ALL FM 96.9

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Older Person’s Support Worker, ALL FM is commencing a radio training project aimed at developing older people’s employability and soft skills. The Support Worker’s role is to support the older people offering encouragement, advice and working with the ALL FM staff team to ensure quality of training. Main purpose of the job: 1. To support in [...]

ALL FM 96.9 | Young person’s radio training project

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ALL FM is running a young person’s radio training project. If you’re aged between 13 and 17 and interested in radio production and broadcasting then this could be the project for you. On this project you will learn the technical aspects, how to write your own show, interview guests, use software and how to talk [...]

ALL FM 96.9 | Presenter Blog: Doodlebug Nuggets talks Dutty Lingo

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Doodlebug Nuggets fortnightly Sunday evening show (7PM-9PM) features a wonky live mix of ‘dutty’ audio extracts juxtaposed topical narratives and music for both ears.  Dutty Lingo on Doodlebug Nuggets Ok…Take a step back and try to recall your own generational transgressions. Youth culture, dominated by musical tastes, fashion, objectionable hairstyles and its own language, is [...]

ALL FM 96.9 | Presenter Blog: Standing in The Shadows of Lev – March 2013

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Standing in The Shadows of Lev in March. The Americans are coming and the Canadians are going home On this months SITSOL, we say welcome back and Bon Voyage to some of our favourite guests. Gabriel Minnikin has been a mainstay of the show over the last few years and before returning home to Halifax, [...]

Community Radio Placements at the BBC

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The Audio and Music Department of the BBC is seeking to develop its relationship with communities across the UK by developing partnerships with community radio stations.  They are offering a limited number of 2-week work placements to gain new contacts, stories and experiences. If you’re passionate about Radio and understand what it’s like to have [...]

Free Radio Training if you’re out of work

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Free Radio Training if you’re out of work! Are you unemployed? Why not train in radio broadcast and production? You could host your own radio show on ALL FM 96.9! We’ve started a radio training project working with community organisations and individuals working with unemployed adults using radio production and broadcast to develop employability and [...]

Mike Zodiac Rock’n'Roll Show |Todays’ Christmas Special

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Tune into ALL FM 96.9 from 3pm today to catch The Mike Zodiac Rock’n’Roll Christmas Special!! Featuring band sessions and interviews from the past 12 months ALL on one show! Tune in and join in the Festive Cheer with Mike Zodiac, with you until 4pm.

The Mainstream Prophecy

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It’s true, it’s true. The end has happened, the Mayans were right. The Mainstream has ended! From way back when, the 19th of March 2009 Kev and Bex brought you: Pet Corner, Style File, Eye on TV, The Cultural Sector, Movies With Mother the rumble from the concrete jungle and the line from the cable [...]

SITSOL Christmas Special | Saturday 22nd December

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Tune in this coming Saturday 22nd December for a Standing in The Shadows of Lev Christmas Special. As is tradition, the show will last for 3 hours and feature a studio packed to the rafters with live guests and festive cheer. Upon this year’s conveyor belt of talent will be Aidan Smith, Quiet Loner, Butcher [...]

Levenshulme Christmas Market | Saturday 22nd December

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There’s always plenty of great stalls, fun and food at the Levenshulme market and with Christmas being a special occasion you can expect lots more to choose from. Hope to see you there this coming Saturday, 22nd December. Bring your family and pick up some great gifts for Christmas. …

ALL FM AGM 11/12/12

The 2012 ALL FM Annual General Meeting is on Tuesday 11th December: 7pm- 9pm at: St Mary’s Parish Centre, Elbow Street (off Stockport Road, 3 min walk from ALL FM, first left after ‘The Fiddler’s Green’ Pub if you’re walking towards Stockport.)

Free Radio Training if you’re out of work

Are you unemployed and live in Manchester? Why not train in radio broadcast and production? You could host your own radio show on allfm 96.9! We’ve started a radio training project working with community organisations and individuals working with unemployed adults using radio production and broadcast  to develop employability and soft skills. At the end of [...]

Free radio training for unemployed adults living in Longsight, Arwick or Gorton

Are you unemployed and live in Longsight, Arwick or Gorton? Would you like to have the opportunity to train in radio broadcast and production? Would you like to host your own radio show and broadcast it on ALL FM 96.9? All FM is commencing a radio training project in September to work with community organisations [...]

Birthday Gig ‘in aid of allfm’ 28th June at the Ruby Lounge.

allfm is 10 years old and a fundraising gig is being held to celebrate our decade on the airwaves. Expect to see the combined on-stage clout of… DISLOCATION DANCE + guests THE 99′S + MATT WOLF AND THE BLEEDING HEART BLUES BAND + DENISE MORGAN plus allfm DJs On Thursday 28th June 2012, 7.30pm  all for only £4.50 [...]

Yasmin Evans joins BBC 1Xtra

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Our very own Yasmin has landed her dream job at BBC 1Xtra! Years of studying and broadcasting has paid off and we’re all  terribly proud of young Miss Evans. It goes to show that hard work and being nice pays. We’d all like to wish her well in her broadcast career. Full story on the BBC

ALL FM at Cedar Mount School

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In a project supported by the Media Trust, allfm are working with students at Cedar Mount School developing a radio show about issues that affect their lives. They are learning the technical skills involved, plus how to write, produce and present for radio. Their training will culminate with a live broadcast of  ‘Cedar Hype’ on Wednesday 4th July between 10:00-11:00am on allfm 96.9!

The ALL FM App

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To celebrate our 10th birthday we’re launching the allfm App. Designed by ‘The App Media Company’,  the allfm App will be available for download from the 14th May. And it’s FREE! Available on the iPhone app store and compatible with all Apple devices. With the allfm App you can tune into the real voice of Manchester  anytime, anyplace, [...]

Cultural Collage Festival 2012

World music from Manchester’s diverse communities and beyond… Manchester’s third Cultural Collage World Music Festival will take place in venues across the city centre between Thursday 10th and Saturday 20th May 2012. The Cultural Collage World Music Festival is the only Manchester event to promote professional world music from the city’s diverse communities. It was [...]

Kaya Festival: June Bank Holiday Weekend

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Celebrating diversity, music and arts in beautiful North Wales Kaya is a global World Music festival set overlooking the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales. Kicking off the festival season, the inaugural Kaya Festival will be on Friday the 1st, Saturday the 2nd and Sunday the 3rd of June 2012. For information on tickets and [...]

allfm team up with Manchester Mencap and Manchester People First

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allfm has teamed up with Manchester Mencap and Manchester People  First  to  train adults with learning difficulties to develop their own radio shows. Supported by an ESF Community Learning Grants in the North West, the project is aimed at overcoming barriers and gaining the skills and confidence to get back into work. Once trained the [...]

ALL FM vacancies for sessional staff

ALL FM is recruiting freelance staff for the following posts: -Youth Support Worker: To support young people at risk of exclusion in a radio training project. One three hours session per week . You will be working with a radio practitioner assisting the young people in radio training production and presentation. You do not need experience [...]

FREE radio course for young people!

Are you aged between 12 and 17? Do you live in Manchester? Are you interested in presenting and producing radio shows? If you answered ‘yes’, then allfm is the station for you! We’re running a radio training project where you’ll get to broadcast LIVE on allfm! You’ll be trained by a radio professional and will [...]

‘Manchester Voices’ Radio Play Writing Project

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We’re about to embark upon a second radio play writing training course. In February we’ll start broadcasting the  nine plays  written by our first group of writers. Course details: You’ll learn the techniques of writing for radio in a friendly supportive atmosphere . You’ll develop your own radio plays with the help of the writing [...]

The BBC 2012 Community Reporters scheme

At the end of February 2012 an exciting new training scheme will launch at BBC MediaCityUK and if you are over 18 with a great knowledge of your community, an interest in storytelling and a passion for journalism we want you to be involved! The BBC 2012 Community Reporters scheme is giving budding reporters the chance to receive training [...]

Manchester Voices: The ALL FM Radio Play Writing Project

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Nine new plays have been written by the writers on the project  covering a range of issues, genres and styles. During the project we have have looked at the many components that comprise writing a play for radio. The next task was to explore ideas and pitch stories.  Finally, came the writing. The stories ranged [...]

Low cost office space at ALL FM

Are you looking for low cost affordable office space  in Levenshulme? ALL FM has a  furnished office  approximately one hundred square foot with 24 hour access in a friendly environmen?. For only £40/week including utilities. If you’re interested please email ed@allfm.org or call 0161 248 6888  

Do you speak another language and want to learn English?

Do you want to improve your speaking, listening, reading and writing skills? Well now’s your chance! Starting in November at various places in Manchester including ALL FM, you’ll have the opportunity to learn or improve your English; speaking, reading and writing. Classes are free, but you must be a Manchester resident. To join the ALL [...]

To celebrate ‘The Levenshulme Festival’

The Levenshulme Festival: Are you a young person? A small business? A budding writer?

To celebrate ‘The Levenshulme Festival’ ALL FM is offering young people the chance to  make their own radio show, small business the opportunity to write, record and brodacst their own ad whilst team building at the same time and buddling playwrights the chance to write their own radio plays. If interested in any of the [...]

Vote for ALL FM – Natwest Community Force

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      ALL FM has applied to Natwest Community Force for funds that will allow us to work with children, training them in radio broadcast and supporting them as they plan, write and present  their own shows LIVE  on ALL FM 96.9 We will provide them with a voice to speak to other children [...]

Saturday 10th September Northmoor All Together Community Event

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Saturday 10th September  1pm – 5pm: Northmoor All Together Community Event  Outside Broadcast live at Crowcroft Park: Live music in the park, fun fair, bouncy castle, face painting, food, drum workshop, make your own instruments, information stalls, giant games and a record sale. 11am to 1pm – Trash to Treasure litter pick. Swap a bag of litter for a reward! For more [...]

Advertising for Summer: 99 for £99

Interested in advertising on ‘The Real Voice of Manchester?’ You can now get 99 plays of your advert for only £99 (including breakfast and drivetime) with free advert production included. ALLFM has a regular listenership of 14,000 people in Central, East and South Manchester and a potential audience of 200,000 people. These are your customers and with [...]

Free Radio Summer School for Children

ALLFM will be running a Radio Production Summer School for children in August. So, if you’re aged 8-11 and live in South, East or Central Manchester and want to work in team;  producing, writing, recording and broadcasting your own show LIVE – now’s your chance. If you’re interested all you have to do is get [...]

What do you think of ALLFM?

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An independent charity would really like to know what you think of ALLFM. Is it like audio wallpaper in the background or do you love it? Does what you hear change what you think of the area or could it be “Made in Chelsea” for all its relevance to you? We’re holding  a focus group [...]

Are you interested in writing radio plays?

Are you interested in writing radio plays? Do you want to learn to write for radio? Would you like to have your play recorded and broadcast on air? Working with a playwright you will learn the techniques of writing for radio. You will develop your own radio plays and with the assistance of the playwright [...]

Brentwood SEN School come to ALL FM

On Tuesday 19th July pupils from Brentwood S.E.N. School came to ALLFM to find out about radio. Here they spent the afternoon with Jason Cooke learning all about writing and presenting. They wrote about themselves and their school and then went into our studio to record and present their work. You can hear them on [...]

Pupils from St Mary’s Primary School learn about radio at ALL FM

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Pupils from St Mary’s R.C. Primary School in Levenshulme work with Dave Murat at ALL FM as they write, record and produce an advert for their school to be broadcast on ALL FM.

Volunteer Steering Group Newsletter: July 2011

Click here for our first Volunteer Steering Group Newsletter: July 2011 VSG Newsletter To listen live turn your dial to 96.9 FM or click LISTEN NOW Or to catchup click: LISTEN AGAIN  

Sir Gerald Kaufman attends Summer Fete

Sir Gerald Kaufman attends Summer Fete The Labour MP for Gorton attends Summer Fete in aid of ALLFM and commends the station on its ‘community spirit’. Sir Gerald Kaufman, the Labour MP for Gorton, honoured the Summer Fete with his guest attendance and spoke to representatives from the station and members of the local community. [...]

The Summer Fete is nearly here!

We’re pleased as punch to announce a Summer Fete in aid of ALLFM taking place on Saturday 28 May [11am-5pm] at the Klondyke Club [1 Burnage Range, Levenshulme]. There’ll be live bands, super fun activities for the little ‘uns and some amazing local arts and crafts sellers. As well as some nice cake and a [...]

Poems On The Road

We’ve teamed up with  Manchester Literature Festival for a project celebrating poetry along the A6 Corridor. Earlier this year, we commissioned 5 poets from the area (Suzanne Batty, Helen Clare, Pete Kalu, Shamshad Khan and Martin De Mello) to produce new poems set in and around the Stockport Road area of Manchester. We also provided [...]

Intergenerational Radio Project

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ALLFM’s Intergenerational Radio Project was part of the successful Manchester Generations Together bid. The bid for this particular project had been submitted on behalf of the North West District Partnership Panel (Children’s Services). A multi-agency steering group was formed to oversee the project and they met on a monthly basis. The aim of the Generations [...]

Projects Gallery

Here are just a few of the many people we’ve recently worked with across our community radio training projects. [set_id=72157626653674862]

ALLFM Caught on Film!

These two short films show some of our presenters and staff talking through their work with AllFM. We’re grateful to Hannah Burleigh, James Balmont, Beatrix Mortimer, Linda Laace, Aneesa Asam and Hannah Brown, all students from the University of Manchester’s Combined Studies department, for sharing these with us.    

ALL FM 96.9 | Presenter Blog: Doodlebug Nuggets talks Holy Dutty

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As doodlebug nuggets continues it’s bi-weekly sunday evening ‘mindfood’ mixes, this Sunday welcomes a Black Jesus exploration. Its previous show on St. Patrick’s evening began with Sinéad O’Connor spouting ‘War’ and the evils of the Catholic Church , so brace yourselves for an Easter Sunday sermon like no other. In 1992, director and actor Blair Underwood released his film ‘The Second Coming‘, a contemporary [...]

LISTEN AGAIN to recent shows from ALL FM 96.9

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You can now catch up on some of your favourite shows from the stations archive. See what you’ve missed out on and listen again. …. Please note: All of the cloudcasts (re-broadcasted shows) are uploaded solely by the presenter and not by the station, so if there’s something that you can not find – please [...]

[Sign Up] Manchester’s second collective energy switching scheme.

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Greater Manchester councils have organised their second collective energy switching scheme which means cheaper energy for all !! If you wish to take part in this scheme, or just want to find out more, then please click on their website links below. Remember, you need to enter your details before 9 April 2013 to take [...]