Manchester Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Radio=== <!-- Radio --> The city has the highest number of local radio stations outside London, including [[BBC Radio Manchester]], [[Hits Radio Manchester]], [[Capital Manchester and Lancashire]], [[Greatest Hits Radio Manchester & The North West]], [[Heart North West]], [[Smooth North West]], [[Gold (British radio network)|Gold]], [[Radio X (United Kingdom)|Radio X]], NMFM (North Manchester FM) and [[XS Manchester]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.northwestradio.info/fm/ |publisher=northwestradio.info |year=2005 |access-date=8 November 2007 |title=A Guide to Radio Stations in and Around North West England |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604082058/http://www.northwestradio.info/fm/ |archive-date=4 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=ofcomradio/> Student radio stations include [[Fuse FM]] at the University of Manchester and MMU Radio at the Manchester Metropolitan University.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fusefm.co.uk/ |title=FUSE FM β Manchester Student Radio |access-date=6 October 2008 |work=fusefm.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919151313/http://www.fusefm.co.uk/ |archive-date=19 September 2008}}</ref> A [[community radio]] network is coordinated by Radio Regen, with stations covering [[Ardwick]], [[Longsight]] and [[Levenshulme]] ([[All FM]] 96.9) and [[Wythenshawe]] (Wythenshawe FM 97.2).<ref name="ofcomradio">See [http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/ Radio] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016155741/http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/ |date=16 October 2013}} at the [[Ofcom]] web site and subpages, especially the [http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/radiolicensing/amfm/analogue-main.htm directory of analogue radio stations] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721102657/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/radiolicensing/amfm/analogue-main.htm |date=21 July 2011}}, the map{{cite web |url=http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/formats/acrm_styles.pdf |title=Commercial Radio Styles |access-date=14 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304085205/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/formats/acrm_styles.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2009}} (PDF), and the map{{cite web |url=http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/formats/crmmap.pdf |title=Community Radio in the UK |access-date=14 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414200018/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/formats/crmmap.pdf |archive-date=14 April 2010}} (PDF). Retrieved on 6 November 2007.</ref> Defunct radio stations include [[Sunset 102]], which became [[Kiss 102]], then [[Galaxy Manchester]], and KFM which became Signal Cheshire (later [[Imagine FM]]). These stations and [[pirate radio]] played a significant role in the city's [[house music]] culture, the [[Madchester]] scene. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page