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fUSe FM Ballymoney (For Ulster-Scots Enthusiast’s) is the first Ulster-Scots Community radio station in the UK. Currently ran under the Ullans Speakers Association. Broadcasting on FM 107.5, online and via the TuneIn app from their studio based in Ballymoney, Co-Antrim, Northern Ireland within the Ullans Centre. == History == In 2007 a small group of individuals formed a group known back then as the ‘North Antrim Events and Media’ group. One of the very first projects undertaken by the group was a new concept proposed by the Ulster Scots Agency, an Ulster-Scots radio station, to be known as fUSe fm (For Ulster-Scots Enthusiast’s). The groups 1st broadcast was very basic, broadcasting out of Ballymoney Orange hall. Back at this stage all the music was played off CD’s with no modern technologies running the stations broadcast. One of the driving features behind the station was that the programing was broadcast by local folk speaking in Ulster-Scots and the listener’s ability to text the station and presenters directly for all their song requests and shout outs, a feature which still exists today. The group quickly realised their broadcast was popular and made plans to repeat its success the following year with another two short RLS last 4 weeks each again supported by the Ulster Scots Agency. At the same time another group was being formed called the ‘Ullans Speakers Association’ who planned to open a language and cultural centre in the town. With funding, yet again from the Ulster Scots Agency, the Ullans Speakers Association opened the Ullans Centre in Victoria Street. Within this centre a new comfortable purpose build broadcast studio was constructed on the first floor which allowed fUSe fm now to have a permanent base along with a change in name from North Antrim Events and Media to fUSe fm Ballymoney. New up to date equipment was purchased allowing the station more independence and the ability to train while the station was not broadcasting which saw fUSe fm becoming more and more professional with each new broadcast. The new studio also gave the group the ability to broadcast the station online reaching even more listeners not just around Northern Ireland, or indeed the Uk but right across the world with messages of support being received from America on several occasions. fUSe fm was also able to broadcast to local lads who were on tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan which various regiments, allowing them to hear a taste of home in the middle of these war zones. 2012 brought bigger challenges and new opportunities to the station in the form of an invitation to apply for a full-time Community Radio licence. Part of this process saw the transition of the Ullans Speakers Association from a simple organisation to a private limited company and registered NI charity, of which fUSe fm become a part of in order to hold a community radio licence. By this time the centre had outgrown their premises and in October 2013 made the move to a bigger place situated at the bottom of the town. The studio was built just in time for our now annual Christmas broadcast, with a modern station in mind and to a high quality making it future proof for the upcoming full-time station. fUSe fm continued in 2014 with two further short RSL at both summer and Christmas while at the same time working towards putting measures in place to start broadcasting full-time. The OFCOM licence award had been for 5 years, but the group had 2 of these years to launch. Unfortunately several issues put the launch date behind launching, this has been mostly due to a dispute regarding the frequency between OFCOM and the Irish regulators, something totally out of the group’s hands. fUSe fm had hoped to launch the 1st June but this date had to be proposed and a new date set. Thankfully the station received formal clearance in May 2015 and with the new antenna now installed and commissioning by OFCOM, fUSe fm Ballymoney set a new launch date for 6 July at 9am, kicking off with the popular Breakfast Show on their new frequency 107.5 fm. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「FUSe FM Ballymoney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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