About Kingfisher FM & Talent In The Town

Talent in the Town is hosted and run by Kingfisher FM and forms part of their commitment to showcasing local talent in and around the Redditch area.

Kingfisher FM aims to provide a diverse and accessible local community station for Redditch and it's surround areas. Although currently still at the RSL stage it is Kingfisher FM's goal to win a full time community licence for Redditch and the surrounding areas in the near future.

Anyone who wants to set up a radio station (commercial or community based) must prove to the UK regulators, Ofcom, that the area of broadcast can support its own full-time radio station in all aspects of the station from finances to local support of residents. One way of doing this is by carrying out a number of 'short trial broadcasts' (usually lasting for 28 days) to test the water. These short broadcasts are known as Restricted Service Licences (RSLs).

To help us make your community radio station permanent we need proof from the local community that it is something that the community wants. Please send us your letters of support today, as Redditch has been without this for way too long already and we are the people to make it happen.

So in both our short and long term goals, we aim to offer an informative, entertaining station for Redditch, involving Redditch, with a mix of local and national news and information plus great music from the last five decades right up to today. It is your help that makes Kingfisher FM the radio Redditch wants to have as an essential part at broadening the community of Redditch.

Prizes up for grabs to the winning talent:
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We've teamed up with a local recording studio who will take the Winning artist(s) under their wing to help them produce a professional CD of their performance
and other tracks which can then be used
to promote the winner across the
midlands and beyond.
All the entrants who to get through to the
final will have the chance to play infront
of an audience of around 15,000 people*
at the Redditch Borough Council Fireworks where the audience will decide by text
vote who the winner should be. The winner
will then be announced after the firework display where they'll have the chance to repeat their performance once again.
Not only wii the winner get plenty of promotion through Kingfisher FM at future events, online and on any future FM broadcast during the winners year they will also get promotion across the Midlands Community radio network giving the winner(s) a wider coverage.

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*Audience size based on council figures for 2008 Redditchfireworks event at Arrow Valley lake and may vary depending on weather.