Forest FM - Dorset's first ever community radio station. We are a completely independent not for profit organisation produced and presented by local people, for local people Tune to 92.3 FM or click the purple aerial to listen live. We are now also on RadioPlayer	The pre consultation document for the Christchurch and East Dorset Core strategy is now online (click the image above) John Jenkins - Our news and current affairs correspondent offers his views in a weekly podcast. Click to listen or right-click and save here.
Please help keep FOREST FM on the air. We are a not for profit community radio station staffed primarily by volunteers and donations are most welcome. Thank You !	Forest FM is proud to partner with East Dorset District Council.

Your attention please ! Unlike some radio stations - We're not afraid to publish our advertising rates ! Click above and be pleasantly surprised.	WIN A £10 Gardening Vouchercourtesy of Wimborne Garden Centre January's question: Azalieas, Camellias, and Rhododendrons all share a preference for a certain type of soil. What is the main characteristic they all need ? email sue@forestfm.co.uk
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Forest FM's Gardening Tips with Sue Watts-Cutler - have a go at winning a £10 Wyvale gardening voucher courtesy of The Wimborne Garden Centre:

Seven Lucky Listeners joined us for an educational visit to Ringwood Brewery - click the logo to see the photos !

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THE RESULTS ARE IN ! - We suspected we had lots of Listeners but we were over the moon to discover just how many :-) Please scroll down for the figures.

Forest FM are proud to announce that we are working in association with the East Dorset Community Partnership. If you want to know more about your Local Action Groups, or the services, projects and initiatives in our local community then stay tuned to Forest FM or click on the logo to visit the EDCP website.

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Never Mind The Buzzcocks - what about Forest FM ? Phill Jupitus ponders - What am I doing here on this funny little station ?

 

*** LISTENING FIGURES ***

We commissioned an independent survey, carried out by students from Bournemouth University. People were questioned at random on the streets of Verwood about their listening habits. We were really pleased with what we discovered.

90% of people questioned had heard of Forest FM

48% of people questioned said they listened to Forest FM

To put these figures in perspective, any large local commercial station would be very happy with a listening figure of 20%. We believe our truly local service and knowledge of our area, combined with our music policy is something that attracts Listeners. There are 16,000 people in Verwood itself and around 50,000 people in our immediate transmission area so we are estimating we have at least 25,000 Listeners. Add another 11,000 people per month listening online and we have some pretty impressive figures. And by the way - we also asked people what they listened to if they didn't listen to Forest FM and most people told us - Radio 2, Wave and Radio Solent. Average age of those surveyed was 45. Most listened to us in the car with many listening at home as well. So - what can we say ? We say Thank You for listening !

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Remembering - Rifleman Phil Allen - killed in Afghanistan 7-11-2009 aged 20

Listen again to the interview on Forest FM with Phil's family and friends (click below)

Forest FM is a not for profit organisation staffed primarily by volunteers. Why not help us keep the station on air by sponsoring a link on this website or even taking an ad on the radio. It really is inexpensive with a 30 second ad costing as little as £1

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Call 01202 820003 or 01202 820006

 

 

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