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Phoenix FM - news archive

This is an archive of news about Phoenix FM. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

Phoenix celebrates 12 months
From Radio Today. Posted March 11 2008, 2.35am
Brentwood and Billericay community station Phoenix FM is celebrating one year of broadcasting by inviting local council leaders to host programmes. (more)

Phoenix FM gets ready to fly
From Radio Today. Posted March 14 2007, 9.33am
The community radio station for Brentwood and Billericay in Essex is ready to go live on March 23rd. Phoenix FM launches at 7pm, with a grand switch-on by presenters and guests. The station will broadcast 25 different shows, producing around 120 hours of live broadcasting a week. (more)

Phoenix finds new studio base
From Radio Today. Posted February 19 2007, 6.49am
Community Radio station Phoenix FM has exchanged contracts on their new home in Brentwood. The dedicated team will now spend the next five weeks converting an old unit in the Baytree Centre into a suite of studios and offices. (more)

Choice FM closed down in Ghana
From Radio Today. Posted June 19 2006, 2.32am
Brentwood student and Phoenix FM presenter Alex Fletcher is home early from her placement at an African radio station after being marched out of the studios at gunpoint. The 19-year-old was half-way through a six-week stint on Ghana's Choice FM when the station was busted for non-payment of taxes. Alex jetted off to the Ghanaian capital of Accra last month to help out on Choice FM's breakfast show. The opportunity followed a month on air in her home town for Alex, who presented an evening alternative music show on Phoenix FM's last broadcast. (more)

Great news for Phoenix FM
From Radio Today. Posted February 22 2006, 8.52am
Brentwood is to get its own radio station following the recent announcement that Phoenix FM's application for a full-time community licence has been successful. Phoenix FM is celebrating the news from broadcast watchdog Ofcom at its Rayleigh Road studios. The station, which up to now has operated with 28-day occasional licences, is currently on air until February 25 on 87.7FM. (more)