New MW community station for West Leicestershire, Carillon Wellbeing Radio, this update following my query on Twitter today as to when it would start broadcasting on 1476 kHz:
"Testing starts on 17th December with launch set for 14th January" (Dr Theresea Eynon on Twitter, 10th December)
Carillon Wellbeing Radio was awarded a community licence by Ofcom in May 2017.
Carillon Wellbeing Radio will broadcast to people in and around West Leicestershire who suffer from, or are at risk of developing,long term health conditions. The applicant is a long-established local hospital radio group with extensive experience in broadcasting, healthcare and other relevant areas.It has a long history of providing a radio service in the area and hasan existing asset base including premises and equipment. (Ofcom, May 2017)
