Verwood's Forest FM is Dorset's FIRST community radio station. Forest FM is 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.

Forest FM is proud to receive financial support from East Dorset District Council

November's Breakthrough Artist of the Month is Phil King

We are 'tweeting' on Twitter

Heard in High places !

Brendan Murphy from Verwood's Peacock and Murphy Opticians made it to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro - raising money for Fight For Sight. He got great reception on 92.3 !

Forest FM's Gardening Tips with Sue Watts-Cutler

 

Fifties Fans - You can now buy the music you hear on the Fab Fifties show from Forest FM at great prices. And postage is free in the UK ! Please click below !

 

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All sorts of people listen to Forest FM ! But shouldn't they be tuned into the Police radio instead ? Stay tuned for monthly crime updates and sensible tips from PCSO's Darren and Chris on Forest FM .

Seven Lucky Listeners recently 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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YOU CAN NOW TEXT THE STUDIO ON 07982 709 809

 

*** LISTENING FIGURES ***

In January 2008 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 20,000 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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Verwood's Talented Youth Concert 2008 Click the photo to see more

 

 

Scott Summers - Saturday mornings from 9 am to midday

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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

Call 01202 820003 for more information.

 

Requests ?

Email studio@forestfm.co.uk

Call 01202 820003 or 01202 820006

 

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