Takeover Radio is not just a Radio Station. We are Takeover Radio Children’s Media Trust – we cater for other media and the children need to learn that they all go together. To this end we have opened up our blog on this site. This blog covers the activities of the charity and its members.…
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Our Response to Corona virus (COVID-19) Takeover Radio shut up shop on Sunday 15th March. So no children have been going in at all. The first week leading up the the nationwide lockdown the station was largely on automatic output. But we did spend that week preparing for working from home. We already had the…
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We were extremely pleased to be awarded a grant from the Kinex Community Support Fund earlier this month. Earlier in the year, we applied to Kinex to purchase some new microphones for studio 2. Some months later we were surprised when we received some money to do this. So another step is taken into turning…
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On Friday the 13th of September, around 90 pupils from nearby Wolsey House Primary School descended upon the station as part of their school project about media production and podcasting. As part of the visit, pupils has the opportunity to look at our live studio which broadcasts to Leicester on 103.2FM and to the world…
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Takeover Radio trained a group of young people to produce 12 podcasts to a very high standard and these were played out on Takeover Radio over the 12 month period. Some of the young people have continued their involvement with the station and some are now presenting their own shows. The young people increased in confidence over the…
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Young people who run the Leicester based charity radio station Takeover Radio took over the airwaves on BBC Radio Leicester. Their aim was to offer presenter Jim Davis a fresh look at some of the issues that are challenging young people in Leicestershire. Four youngsters, aged between 16 and 17, tackled issues such as youth…
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