Petersfield’s Shine Radio – FAQs

What will I hear on Petersfield’s Shine Radio? Local stories, local voices and local information. Only Shine Radio broadcasts the voices and stories of Petersfield people, amplifies the creativity in our town and connects the community 24/7. We also play great music...

Shine Radio is shortlisted for a national award

Joff Lacey and James Robbins The radio volunteers here in Petersfield have been named in the Community Radio Awards as one of the top five digital radio teams in the UK. Petersfield’s Shine Radio is competing against stations from Leeds, Torbay, Gwynedd and...

Opportunities in our news team

Our local news service is one of the most important things we do. It’s popular too, attracting around 20,000 downloads in the last year. That’s in addition to the 3,500 people a month who hear our bulletins on the live stream. Right now there are fresh...

Shine Radio makes a show for the BBC

The volunteers at Petersfield’s Shine Radio were commissioned by BBC Radio Solent to produce a half-hour showcase of the best of Petersfield. The programme was broadcast across Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight by BBC Radio Solent on Thursday 13th May...

Our latest listening measures

As an open project we like to share our listening numbers (even when they go down a bit). This month, they’re strongly up. We believe this demonstrates a growing habit to make Shine Radio part of people’s local listening, the importance of providing a...

Radio team honoured in the Petersfield Awards

The volunteer team collected the winner’s prize in the Arts & Entertainment category. It’s been the biggest year for our town’s radio project with record listening numbers, a fast response to the Covid-19 lockdown with a daily information service, the shift of...