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Crowdfunding campaign for new Dartmoor community station

Skylark FM gives a voice to the landscape through field recordings and local history

A new radio station in Dartmoor will offer 24/7 streams of sounds and stories sourced from its surroundings. Called Skylark FM, it sets to broadcast an ever-changing and continuous programme of oral histories, new music and live field recordings, tied together by jingles also recorded by the local community.

Without a central studio, mobile recording devices will allow content to be recorded in situ, and an FM signal (105.8 and 107.6) will enable local residents who don't have access to the internet to tune in.

They've already secured an Ofcom licence but the station still needs to purchase two transmitters and antennae ready for the launch this summer. A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to help with that.

They are also calling for proposals of stories, jingles and sound recordings. More information can be found at skylark.fm.