ELFM Summer Broadcast 2019: Access All Areas

Join us for this special show bringing together past two weeks of amazing projects, experiences, events, broadcasts and performances.

Getting involved in the arts world here in and around Leeds as simple as it seems? Join Peter and Zoe as they discuss how many different things are at play and what they think.

Join East Leeds FM for their coverage of the Family Fun Days. Next stop Crossgates Primary.

Welly sits in the studio with one fo the Next Gen's to talk all about games.

Chapel FM has been working with a group of students from Bishop Young Academy’s Exchange Group to explore the concept of propaganda in the media and arts, both in the past and present. This work culminated in a visit to Huddersfield’s Holocaust Exhibition and Learning Centre where the group discovered the full impact of Nazi Propaganda. They share their experiences and thoughts in this special programme for ELFM.

A group of our Have a Go Broadcasters got together, motivated by the power food can have to bring different communities together. Liam, Anil and Dennis have worked together over the past few months to make this programme that may make you think differently about food and the power it has to bring people together.

Today our Summer Radio Project team have been discovering all about radio drama and live performances on the airwaves. Join them for this special show which will showcase the myriad of skills they’ve tried out here in our Radio Theatre upstairs at Chapel FM.

In the first of two programmes made our Next Generation Broadcasters, the Radio Overload show is made by Harry, Jordan, Izzy and Shauna reflects their individual and contrasting experiences of dealing with the world when you have sensory or mental health challenges. This show is not only a moving listen, but it also showcases the voices and radio skills of our young Broadcasters who have spent months preparing this programme.

Our most recent Find Your Frequency group spent six months learning and building on their radio skills which culminated in them making this programme which intertwines their personal journeys alongside some top tips for promoting well being. Jamie, Laura and Marshall present this hour long show which should leave you feeling soothed and relaxed.

In the second of our programmes made by our very Next generation Broadcasters, Jake and Harrison present their show, Radio Rant. Stand by for news, reviews, tech and film updates and even a story narrated by them both!

Come listen in to a very special live performance with Chapel FM's Open Voices, live at the Seacroft Hub

2 years ago the wonderful Space2 worked with young people across East Leeds to put on a musical to end all al musicals. Oh I Do Like to Be Beside the Seacroft! is an adventure set across one strange night, written by Boff Whalley, using stories and histories collected from the folk of Seacroft by Jane Morland. We re-live the performances of Summer 2017 with a special radio version of this play which lives on for all those involved. Enjoy!

Listen in to the highlights from unity day, with special interviews and so much more

Few people in the history of radio accessed more areas of the human spirit than the great Chicago free-spirit and oral historian Studs Terkel. ELFM’s Peter Spafford talks with Tony Macaluso about his experiences helping build the digital archive of 5,600 radio programmes created by Studs Terkel after he died at the age of 96 in 2008. Terkel chose as his epitaph, “Curiosity did not kill this cat!” and this radio programme celebrates his ever impertinent spirit with snippets of conversations with blues musician Big Bill Broonzy, gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, writers James Baldwin and Nelson Algren and reflections on loving a city that can never love you.

For her first ever show for Chapel FM, Harriet Bolson brings a ray of sunshine to the Summer Broadcast with an hour of good vibes, great tunes and some great ideas for living your best life.

From the minds of Jaimes Lewis Moran and Zoe Carty, current and former Associate Writers.

Today our Summer Radio Project team have been learning all about Mixing and editing. Hear from Euan and Zoe who have been teaching the gang new skills, and check out some fresh new mixes from the group!

Hear the highlights from last week’s Summer Music Project with the young people who took part and Leeds legend and experimental musician Chris Sharkey.

Peter Mitchell is a world famous photographer legendary for his photos of ‘ordinary’ Leeds, including a rather one special one of Seacroft Methodist Chapel, the current home of Chapel FM! He talks to us about his ‘Strangely Familiar’ project on instagram which features previously unreleased images of Leeds along with the story of how he and his images became so famous

The Seacroft Scroll is a collection of stories and reflections from local people who’ve worked together for a year to delve into the area’s heritage and history. The scroll’s been developed by artists from the 365LeedsStories project and was produced in partnership with children and staff from Beechwood and Seacroft Grange Primary Schools. Project organisers Matthew Bellwood and Alison Andrews tell the story of how the scroll was made