about us

HCRfm is a community radio station that has broadcast to the Huntingdon area since 1995 building up a solid reputation for quality familiar music, community news, features and active involvement through volunteering.

The station is a not-for-profit organisation, a registered charity and a limited company. There is a team of directors and senior executives working alongside a management committee, actively planning the huge transformation from a two-week a year Restricted Service Licence (RSL) to round the clock radio.

HCRfm has been awarded a full-time licence to broadcast to a 5Km radius of Huntingdon so will also be available to many surrounding towns and villages. We aim to go 'on-air' in Spring 2010 from our purpose built studios in the Saxongate Centre on Huntingdon High Street.

We will broadcast live music, news and features for 24 hours a day from our studios at Saxongate with plans for additional studios at Wood Green Animal Shelter in Godmanchester with whom HCRfm has been long associated.

A key element of HCRfm’s programme output will be community focused, including 'Over To You' a weeknight community access programme at 7pm. There will also be new programmes on the local area 'County Matters', a weekly special Spotlight on Fridays devoted to music, general events and a programme for younger people.

Students at local schools and colleges play a central role in programmes and production with HCRfm and there is a popular training programme. For information on the HCRfm student team check out The Student Zone.

Throughout the weekdays from Breakfast to Drive-Time HCRfm will bring music, features, competitions and news throughout the day. Our national news will come from the renowned Sky News team and our local news will be prepared by The Hunts Post, the local Archant Press weekly paper with whom HCRfm has and will be ever more closely associated with. The station will play 'Quality Familiar Music' i.e. music you instantly recognise and probably know the words to. HCRfm will play every hour, 2 X 60's, 2 X 70's, 2 X 80's, 2 X 90's and 2 from the 2000's. This gives a good spread of music to all audience profiles; so there is something for everyone. HCRfm also broadcasts a wide range of specialist music programmes from the 60’s, “indie”, “folk", musicals and other classics.

A growing team of 50+ volunteers, all of whom will be CRB checked and go through further checks with the new Independent Safeguarding Authority, are beavering away at creating what will be a unique venture for Huntingdon, - its very own radio station run entirely by local people. There are a range of roles from presenting, producing to administration, advertising and sponsorship in which you can get involved. We have involved over 400 community groups which makes HCRfm a real community station.

HCRfm as a Not for Profit organisation can raise half its income from grants and donations. Many local people who perhaps can’t physically volunteer at HCRfm, ask how they can help us? One way is through the Friends of HCRfm, a support group, with low cost membership for individuals and families and a corporate membership for businesses and organisations. The rest of our income is through donations, advertising and sponsorship; over 60 local businesses who have sponsored programmes or advertised in the past are keen to support us in the future. This includes support from Huntingdonshire District Council, Godmanchester Town Council, Huntingdon Town Council, St Neots Town Council, Total Computing, Woodgreen Animal Shelters and T-Mobile.