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Liverpools hit music festival, LIMF has set up a month long radio station dedicated to the the city, its artists and festival.
LIMF Radio will be broadcast locally on 87.7FM and online at www.limfradio.co.uk boasting a number of shows from local music industry figures including Ian Longo, Liam Hinks, Jay Hynd and Ellie Phillips and breakfast host, Ben Osu.
The station will offer training to local young people who want to get into the music/broadcasting industry.
The station will be managed by local lad, Liam Broughton who has been successful at managing radio stations for the likes of Everton and Merseyside Black History Month. Also on the team will be BBC Radio 1 presenter Adele Roberts, founding manager of BBC 1Xtra, Ray Paul and the former music manager of BBC 1Xtra, Laura Lukanz. Laura is also EVP at First Access Entertainment. Adele, Ray and Laura will be on hand to mentor and guide the station to ensure it's delivering on the LIMF message and support the local young people.
LIMF Radio launches on 2nd July 2016 and will run until 29th July. It can be found at 87.7FM in Liverpool, or www.limfradio.co.uk around the world.
Yaw Owusu, LIMF Curator commented:
"Naturally we are always trying to find interesting ways to develop new talent and create platforms to showcase both established and emerging music and music creators. The LIMF Radio project is another way we are able to do this as we present a platform that will not just share all the good and the great of what’s happening at LIMF but will also reflect some of the great new sounds and musical movements happening in Liverpool right now!"
The Line Up...
With more than 200 original shows broadcast across 28 days, genres stretch from House to Techno to Reggae to Indie to Pop to Punk to Hip-Hop and everything in between. Specialist shows will take a deeper look at the various happenings around 2016’s LIMF programme with exclusive interviews and mixes on the LIMF Spotlight show with Vicki Scott. The LIMF Academy shows will give listeners the opportunity to get to know the new and emerging talent that will be the next wave of stars representing the city region, whilst Sounds of the City invites top artist and bands from Liverpool to air their favourite tracks.
Local promoter and programmer of 76-16: From Eric’s To Evol, Marc Jones will look back at the music that has culminated in Liverpool being named as a global music city, plus Mellowtone’s Dave McTague dishes a show of diverse genre-blending music the only way he can with the Cavendish Sound. With his fusion of Trap, Hip-Hop, Soul and Electronic, SUEDEBROWN showcases his Natural Selection where Nothin But The Music Presents will champion new music with an urban twist from around the world. Reggae and Ska sounds come from the Positive Vibrations Reggae Festival who present Radio Exotica’s World Tour.
Increasing the BPM, Adam French, one of Merseyside’s best emerging DJs and producers, presents the show French Kiss featuring all styles of House music plus the ultimate guide to Tech-House and Future House comes in the form of The Hot Sauce Show presented by DJ Tekla.
LIMF Breakfast taking place from 8AM - 10AM is presented on weekdays by Ben Osu and Mark Johnstone on the weekend. The LIMF Drive time show from 4PM - 7PM is presented on rotation by LIPA graduate Dan Kraines and The Guide’s Jay Hynd and Ellie Phillips, who are back together for this special project.
