After an exhausting hunt for suitable station premises, we found a council-owned building at Gwydir Enterprise Centre that seemed promising. It was first spotted by volunteer Catherine Kemp, who joined Cambridge105 earlier on in the year: I've been involved with 105 since pestering Axel in the spring and asking if there was anything I … [Read more...]
Introduction
Hello, and welcome to the Cambridge105 Studio Construction Blog. Over the next few weeks, Cambridge105 shall be preparing to move from its studio in the front room of station director Axel Minet's house, to its new premises on Gwydir Street. We are all very grateful to Axel for giving the station a home since we received our broadcast … [Read more...]
November Update
Hello and welcome to the November update from Cambridge105 Since our last email we may have seen some of you in person at our open days in October. We had a really positive response from all those attending over the three days, with lots of enthusiasm and ideas for the months ahead. Things may not have developed as quickly as we had hoped … [Read more...]
October Update #2
Open Days at the new premises Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th October 12pm-4pm Wednesday 20th October 6pm-8pm Come along and see the new premises: Unit 9A Gwydir Street Enterprise Centre, 23-25 Gwydir Street, Cambridge, CB1 2LG This is a chance for anyone interested to come and see the new site before the studio build commences - it's … [Read more...]
October Update #1
Hello and welcome to the first October update from Cambridge105. Good news! We now have a permanent home. This has been a long, drawn out process but the end result is a facility that is of low cost, central location, and which represents both the spirit and approach of our community radio station. Our landlord, Cambridge City Council, has been … [Read more...]
September Update
Dear All, it has been sometime since our last update but our silence is certainly not an indication of inactivity, be assured we've been concentrating our efforts and resources in the most productive manner possible. The License To bring everyone up to date, earlier this year we applied to OFCOM for the transfer of the existing Cambridge … [Read more...]
July Update
Dear all, We thought it was time for another update, so.... Most importantly! Ofcom has approved the license transfer from 209radio to Cambridge105 with immediate effect. Due to this being a license transfer we were obliged to start broadcasting immediately upon receipt of the license. We received notification on Monday afternoon that the … [Read more...]