Newport City Radio
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| Programming | |
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| Languages | English, Welsh |
| Format | Community radio |
| Affiliations | Community Media Association |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Newport City Radio Community Interest Company |
| History | |
First air date | 2007[1] |
| Technical information | |
| Class | Community[2] |
Transmitter coordinates | 51°35′29″N 2°59′26″W / 51.591474°N 2.990636°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Live feed |
| Website | newportcityradio.org |
| The NEON | |
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  Newport City Radio Location within Newport | |
| General information | |
| Location | Newport City Radio The Neon Clarence Place Newport NP19 7AB, Wales |
| Coordinates | 51°35′29″N 2°59′26″W / 51.591474°N 2.990636°W |
Newport City Radio is a community radio station serving the city of Newport, in south east Wales. It broadcasts online via its website and the TuneIn service. It was previously named Urban Circle Radio.
The station was launched in 2007 by Ali Boshk. It remains the only community radio station in the city, and was established when the station benefitted from a 3-year funding grant from the National Lottery Community Fund.[3] The station began as part of the Urban Circle projects, a social enterprise led by young people focussed on offering broadcast media training to young people in Newport.[4] Current Managing Director Ian Lamsdale joined the organisation in 2008.[5]
Between 2008 and 2010 the station was broadcast on 87.9FM under an Ofcom community radio licence.[6]
In 2024, Newport City Radio will join the Gwent DAB Multiplex.
In 2011, the station refocussed following the end of its grant funding. The organisation already engaged with a diverse range of people across the city, and stated on its website that it would change direction to aim to "(empower) people of all ages, all abilities with training and development in radio broadcasting".[7] It was also in 2011 that the organisation registered on the Mutuals Register as a Community Interest Company.
