Beaumont Street Studios (BSS) was an English nonprofit community music centre and radio station. Founded in 1985 by the Huddersfield West Indian Association, it closed in 2010.
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History
Beaumont Street Studios was established by the nonprofit organisation Huddersfield West Indian Association in 1985.[1] The organisation was inspired by the black neighborhood's social issues and unemployment.[2][3] Beaumont Street Studios received funding from the New Deal, New Labour initiatives that aimed to help the unemployed find work.[2] During their 1999–2000 budget year, Beaumont Street Studios had revenue of roughly half a million pounds.[2]
At its inception, Beaumont Street Studios had an eight-track recording facility on Beaumont Street at Hudawi Centre. In 1993, Hudawi Centre was destroyed in a fire. The prior year, they had started building a 24-track studio nearby, which they started using after the fire.[3] It later moved to St Peter's Chambers.[3][4] Its recording studios were used by the bands Chumbawamba, Embrace, Four Day Hombre, The Mission, Shed Seven, The Sisters of Mercy, and Terrorvision.[3]
The organisation closed in 2010 and was liquidated through the sale of musical accessories like as mixing consoles and laptops. It had a remaining debt of £112,000.[4]
Creative FM
Broadcast area | Huddersfield, UK (Restricted Service Licence) Worldwide (webcast) |
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Frequency | 107.1 MHz |
Programming | |
Format | Music radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | Beaumont Street Studios |
History | |
First air date | 14 June 2004 |
Links | |
Website | www.creativefm.net |
Creative FM was a community radio station based at Beaumont Street Studios in Huddersfield, England.[3] The broadcasting frequency is 107.1 FM.[5] In addition to broadcasting in English, the station also had broadcasts in Punjabi, Hindi, Gujarati, and Urdu.[5]
Creative FM began broadcasting on 14 June 2004.[5] The station broadcast under a Restricted Service Licence.[2] On 11 July 2004, Creative FM started broadcasting every day of the week 24 hours a day.[5]
References
- ^ Davison, Emma (8 February 2010). "Mystery surrounds Huddersfield's Beaumont Street Studios closure". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d Rennie, Ellie (2006). Community Media: A Global Introduction. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 150. ISBN 0742574466. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
Creative FM Beaumont.
- ^ a b c d e "Places features: Beaumont Street Studios, Huddersfield". BBC. 18 October 2006. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ a b "What next for Beaumont Street Studios after assets sale?". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 5 October 2010. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Tuning in to Creative radio". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 17 June 2004. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
External links
- Creative FM Official website from the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, 4 May 2010
- Beaumont Street Studios Official Website from the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, 31 May 2008
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