Rye FM - A Community Radio Station for Rye and the surrounding villages


Rye sits quite uncomfortably between the editoral areas of several radio stations; on the BBC front we're right on the border between BBC Kent and Sussex whilst Commercially it's the two Hearts (Sussex and Kent) that don't quite serve us. Although Hastings' Arrow FM has had pretensions in the past of serving Rye it hasn't got the coverage or the inclination to do it.

In June of 2009 we were successful in our application for a licence and are now in the planning stage to get on air. We have two years to achieve that and then we have a five year licence which is most likely to be extended for a further five years.

So what might Rye FM sound like? Well, there are all sorts of formats that differ greatly from the formlaic pop and prattle of Heart or Arrow, the highbrow elitism of Radio 3, the home-counties comfort of Radio 4 or the lowest-common-denominator laddishness of 5 Live or TalkSport all of which are excellent in their own way! Rye FM needs to appeal to as wide an audience as possible Suggestions of what you think should be on air can be made by emailing here.

Initial ideas of what Rye FM might be like are here.