Black Country Radio celebrates ten years on air

Local TV Sport

Norman Bartlam reports on the ten year anniversary of Black Country Radio, exploring its growth, the launch of Black Country Xtra, and the station’s award-winning service to the West Midlands community.

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00:00live from the black country we are black country radio now black country radio is a local radio

00:10station based here in the west midlands it operates under the community radio license

00:15and it broadcasts to the black country and parts of birmingham on fm dab and online as well and

00:22the black country radio began life as two separate stations and they merged luckily well exactly 10

00:28years ago so we're celebrating the 10th anniversary now of what is known as a black country radio and

00:34there's also black country extra so let's find a little bit more about about the station with me

00:39is keith horsewall who's chairman of the station that's true i've been chair uh for a good number

00:47of years now here in these lovely studios in cable plaza in briley hill black country radio is a kind

00:53of local radio tree your latest on the roads and in stairbridge temporary traffic lies due to gas

01:00mines work on brettel lane in both directions near clockfield drive the community is really big

01:07at black country radio that's exactly what what we're here for so it's not just about us being here

01:12we are here for the for the listener and and that's what it's all about black country extra is a remarkable

01:19uh remarkable uh remarkable station in the sense it links with about 60 groups uh or that you

01:27wouldn't otherwise hear wouldn't get normal exposure on the normal radio and even if they did they'd get

01:33three minutes now we get a full hours and regular slots and we just facilitate their program so it could

01:39be anything from uh cruise which is a bereavement charity ai alcoholics anonymous to somebody who's doing a

01:47fishing program or a classic car show or the throstles which is about the baggies there are other

01:53football clubs available locally and the time is spent over to them so they construct the show

01:59um and they choose the music and their guests and we're here just to and give them more air time

02:06this is the flossle club with norman barkland and bob downing

02:11hello and welcome to the latest edition of the fossil club it's the program which looks back

02:19on the long and illustrious history of west bromage albury we interview ex-players we talk about

02:26current events we get people in in on in the studio about the history of the club who know the history

02:34of the club here's a challenge for you where's the wolves where's warsaw come and join black country

02:41extra and you can have the same success that me and norman have it all the time

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