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A warm welcome to new and returning listeners.
East Leeds Community Radio is a digital/internet radio station based at Chapel FM Arts Centre in Seacroft.
We celebrate the stories that we all have, encouraging people to find their own ways of sharing them through conversation, music, comedy, writing, sports and other skills.

We broadcast on Tuesday and Friday evenings, and every 2nd and 4th Sunday.

If you want to contact the Studio during a live show, send us a message on WhatsApp to 07719924988.

When we are on air, there will be a Listen Now button at the top of the page. If it’s not there, check the schedule below for our next broadcast. All previous content from our many years of broadcasting is available on the show pages tab.

What's On

  • 11:00am - 12:00pm

    INVISIBLE GIFTS

  • 12:00pm - 1:00pm

    A PRESENT PAST

  • 1:00pm - 2:00pm

    LIT IN LEEDS

  • 2:00pm - 2:30pm

    FOUND

  • 2:30pm - 3:00pm

    A DELICATE PROPOSAL TO MR. KHAMENEI

  • 3:00pm - 3:30pm

    EXTRA OR ESSENTIAL?

  • 3:30pm - 4:00pm

    LINGUA

  • 4:00pm - 4:30pm

    WAITING

  • 4:30pm - 5:00pm

    A FATHER’S VOICE

  • 5:00pm - 6:00pm

    CHANGE, NOW!

  • 6:00pm - 7:30pm

    MISSING VOICES

  • 10:30am - 12:00pm

    FIRST STORY SPECIAL

  • 12:00pm - 1:00pm

    I MISS YOU, SPAGHETTI!

  • 1:00pm - 1:30pm

    PASS THE VERSE

  • 1:30pm - 1:45pm

    POETRY AND POISONS, Part 2

  • 1:45pm - 2:00pm

    THE DIFFICULT CONVERSATION

  • 2:00pm - 3:00pm

    WHAT IF’S AND MAYBES

  • 3:00pm - 3:30pm

    ANITA AND AUNTY JI

  • 3:30pm - 4:00pm

    WHO’S MISSING FROM THE CLASSICS?

  • 4:00pm - 5:00pm

    WORDS LEFT UNSAID

  • 5:00pm - 6:00pm

    WHAT IS PRISON RADIO?

  • 6:00pm - 7:00pm

    EY UP! THE MISSING NORTHERN VOICE

  • 7:00pm - 9:30pm

    HIBISCUS RISING: THE LEGACY OF DAVID OLUWALE

  • 10:00am - 10:30am

    POETRY AND POISONS, Part 3

  • 10:30am - 11:30am

    WRITE ACROSS THE LINES

  • 11:30am - 12:00pm

    INTERVIEWS THROUGH HISTORY, NOW!

  • 12:00pm - 12:30pm

    FORGET ME NOT

  • 12:30pm - 1:00pm

    BICYCLE THIEF

  • 1:00pm - 1:30pm

    THE SLEEPING

  • 1:30pm - 2:30pm

    ONE OF OUR ACTORS IS MISSING

  • 2:30pm - 3:30pm

    THE LOST AND THE LIVING

  • 3:30pm - 4:00pm

    GREY OWLS AND PICKLEBALL

  • 4:00pm - 5:00pm

    MISSED STITCHES

  • 5:00pm - 6:00pm

    RED KITE LIVE!

  • 6:00pm - 7:00pm

    THE DELI

  • 7:00pm - 9:00pm

    CLEAR OUT YOUR CLOSET

  • 10:45am - 11:00am

    POETRY AND POISONS, Part 4

  • 11:00am - 1:00pm

    MISSING MUSIC

  • 1:00pm - 1:30pm

    GOREJA

  • 1:30pm - 2:00pm

    MISSING LINKS

  • 2:00pm - 2:30pm

    RAAVI, RIVER OF TWO PUNJABS

  • 2:30pm - 3:00pm

    THE GREAT WALL OF LEEDS

  • 3:00pm - 3:30pm

    BLACK DAISIES FOR THE BRIDE

  • 4:30pm - 5:30pm

    THE SILENCE OF ALONENESS

  • 5:30pm - 6:00pm

    IDEAS FOR A BETTER WORLD

  • 6:00pm - 7:30pm

    IN CONCERT: THROUGH OUR EYES

  • 7:30pm - 9:00pm

    THE DELI, LIVE!

Programmes coming up soon...

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    INVISIBLE GIFTS

    Tomorrow, 11:00am Remind me

    A panel of people from We Are Seacroft, organisations working to make Seacroft a stronger community have a lively discussion about what’s missing.

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    A PRESENT PAST

    Tomorrow, 12:00pm Remind me

    In the fallout from the pandemic, some lives never went back to normal. Has living in the past become the new present? A prescient reflection by Rayyah McCaul.

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    LIT IN LEEDS

    Tomorrow, 1:00pm Remind me

    Leeds City Council recently commissioned a review from New Writing North to develop a better understanding of the literature ecology in Leeds. What did it find?

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    FOUND

    Tomorrow, 2:00pm Remind me

    Lyrical and other-worldly new short fiction from regular Writing On Air contributor, Melissa Wuidart Phillips.

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    A DELICATE PROPOSAL TO MR. KHAMENEI

    Tomorrow, 2:30pm Remind me

    An impassioned plea for humanity in the treatment of women in Iran, from Jaspreet Mander.

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    EXTRA OR ESSENTIAL?

    Tomorrow, 3:00pm Remind me

    People of Seacroft at a Chapel FM Health Awareness Day reflect on what would provide added value to their health and happiness.

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    LINGUA

    Tomorrow, 3:30pm Remind me

    To have another language is to possess a second soul’ (Charlemagne). Nicola Good makes the case for the importance of language-learning in our education culture.

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    WAITING

    Tomorrow, 4:00pm Remind me

    Will the boyfriend ever arrive? Suspicion takes her on a very disturbing journey. Dark audio drama from Sophie McWhannell.

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    A FATHER’S VOICE

    Tomorrow, 4:30pm Remind me

    Jaimes Lewis Moran presents poetry, prose, and live reflection on the subject of fathers, both missing and present.

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    CHANGE, NOW!

    Tomorrow, 5:00pm Remind me

    David Price OBE, with Elizabeth Powell, Fran Cairns and Naomi Roxby Wardle, discuss what we urgently need in our education system.

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    MISSING VOICES

    Tomorrow, 6:00pm Remind me

    Whose voices are missing in our lives? Poets explore the experience of loss and grief in daily life and the necessity of calling it what it is.

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    FIRST STORY SPECIAL

    This Friday, 10:30am Remind me

    First Story places writers in schools throughout the UK. Young people from First Story residencies in West Yorkshire talk about their love of writing.

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    I MISS YOU, SPAGHETTI!

    This Friday, 12:00pm Remind me

    Students from Leeds East Academy present work from Chapel FM writing workshops they took part in earlier this year.

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    PASS THE VERSE

    This Friday, 1:00pm Remind me

    Two poets, Gareth Rhodes and Jaimes Moran, exchange associated ideas, random phrases, and hallucinatory fragments in this freshly experimental work.

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    POETRY AND POISONS, Part 2

    This Friday, 1:30pm Remind me

    Are poetry and poisons related? Four programmes on past herbal remedies with a poet GP and a Professor of Prescribing Practice.

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    THE DIFFICULT CONVERSATION

    This Friday, 1:45pm Remind me

    Two older people sit on a bench. What are they choosing not to say? Intriguing audio dialogue by Mally Harvey.

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    WHAT IF’S AND MAYBES

    This Friday, 2:00pm Remind me

    Prison is a mystery to most, but what happens when you get out is the story no one tells. Drama from Writing On Air regulars, Standfast Productions.

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    ANITA AND AUNTY JI

    This Friday, 3:00pm Remind me

    Though very different, Anita and her employer have a common link: their missing husbands who they do not miss. Audio drama from Jaspreet Mander.

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    WHO’S MISSING FROM THE CLASSICS?

    This Friday, 3:30pm Remind me

    The British Library with students from Elliott Hudson College, Beeston, unearth absent characters and themes in classical literature.

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    WORDS LEFT UNSAID

    This Friday, 4:00pm Remind me

    Leeds-based literary affinity group, Bone Down, host an intimate session of secret sharing. Part poetry showcase, part discussion, hosted by Caitlin McKenna

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    WHAT IS PRISON RADIO?

    This Friday, 5:00pm Remind me

    Sam Taylor and Verity Britton from Prison Radio talk about their fascinating work, broadcasting across UK prisons.

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    EY UP! THE MISSING NORTHERN VOICE

    This Friday, 6:00pm Remind me

    Discussion between publisher Rebecca Kenny and four Northern writers on publishing in the North.

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    HIBISCUS RISING: THE LEGACY OF DAVID OLUWALE

    This Friday, 7:00pm Remind me

    An evening of discussion, performance and art reflecting on the life and tragic death of David Oluwale.

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    POETRY AND POISONS, Part 3

    This Saturday, 10:00am Remind me

    Are poetry and poisons related? Four programmes on past herbal remedies with a poet GP and a Professor of Prescribing Practice.

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    WRITE ACROSS THE LINES

    This Saturday, 10:30am Remind me

    A gathering of poets/guests from Leeds’ sister cities Brno and Lille, with writers/ guests from Kharkiv (Ukraine), in solidarity with that city’s pursuit of peace and freedom.

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    INTERVIEWS THROUGH HISTORY, NOW!

    This Saturday, 11:30am Remind me

    DJ Brandy has somehow wangled interviews with Socrates, Nefertiti, DaVinci, and Houdini. Let’s hear what each have to teach us.

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    FORGET ME NOT

    This Saturday, 12:00pm Remind me

    A runaway, infant mortality, a fissure in a new relationship. It’s the absence that causes the ache. Three mini audio dramas from John I. Clarke.

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    BICYCLE THIEF

    This Saturday, 12:30pm Remind me

    Young boy goes for a ride on his bicycle, meets a girl, loses his bicycle. Dramatised short story by Neil Rathmell.

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    THE SLEEPING

    This Saturday, 1:00pm Remind me

    Experimental soundscapes from extraordinary East Leeds composer, singer, producer Alex Rushfirth.

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    ONE OF OUR ACTORS IS MISSING

    This Saturday, 1:30pm Remind me

    Stumbling mess of a radio play that desperately tries to make itself happen despite the principal actor being absent. From poet/musician Jimmy Andrex.

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    THE LOST AND THE LIVING

    This Saturday, 2:30pm Remind me

    Waymaker-General Harriet and her apprentice Vicky battle bad weather to bring a mysterious vessel in from the storm. Atmospheric audio drama by S.J.Bradley

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    GREY OWLS AND PICKLEBALL

    This Saturday, 3:30pm Remind me

    Two of Chapel FM’s resident music ensembles, one featuring inventive teenagers, the other made up of adults, present their original compositions.

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    MISSED STITCHES

    This Saturday, 4:00pm Remind me

    LS14’s famous Hookers knitting group reflect on socks, cardies, and the meaning of life in Boggart Hill, Leeds, LS14.

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    RED KITE LIVE!

    This Saturday, 5:00pm Remind me

    Chapel FM’s youth radio broadcasters explore what the world misses when trying to understand the lives of teenagers. Prepare to be surprised.

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    THE DELI

    This Saturday, 6:00pm Remind me

    New writing, music, witty banter from Chapel FM’s longest-running radio show and team of volunteer broadcasters, est. 2012.

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    CLEAR OUT YOUR CLOSET

    This Saturday, 7:00pm Remind me

    A vibetastic night of spoken word, interviews, performance and open mic presented by the amazing CYOC collective with Michelle Scalley Clarke

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    POETRY AND POISONS, Part 4

    Sun 3rd Dec '23, 10:45am Remind me

    Are poetry and poisons related? Four programmes on past herbal remedies with a poet GP and a Professor of Prescribing Practice.

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    MISSING MUSIC

    Sun 3rd Dec '23, 11:00am Remind me

    Silent films selected by The Chapel FM Live Events Group. Audience are invited to provide the music with on-site instruments. Or bring your own!

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    GOREJA

    Sun 3rd Dec '23, 1:00pm Remind me

    I am a woman. I am an immigrant. I am a cricketer. My life is too complicated to be confined in the neat lines of a pretty poem’. Home, passion, freedom. By Zainab Goreja.

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    MISSING LINKS

    Sun 3rd Dec '23, 1:30pm Remind me

    A conversation with Chapel FM regular Phil Harvey about a life long-lived as farmer’s boy, oilman, china man, and woodsman.

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    RAAVI, RIVER OF TWO PUNJABS

    Sun 3rd Dec '23, 2:00pm Remind me

    A Punjabi song about missing the river Raavi and the old province of five rivers. Audio poem by Jaspreet Mander.

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    THE GREAT WALL OF LEEDS

    Sun 3rd Dec '23, 2:30pm Remind me

    Could it ever happen? Chapel FM young writers from 2017 on the theme of walls, physical, psychological, and emotional.

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    BLACK DAISIES FOR THE BRIDE

    Sun 3rd Dec '23, 3:00pm Remind me

    A film by legendary Leeds poet Tony Harrison about dementia and memory, introduced by East Leeds MP Richard Burgon.

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    THE SILENCE OF ALONENESS

    Sun 3rd Dec '23, 4:30pm Remind me

    Clare Wigzell and Hannah Stone present the fruits of their workshop inviting writers to adopt silence as a prompt for writing poetry.

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    IDEAS FOR A BETTER WORLD

    Sun 3rd Dec '23, 5:30pm Remind me

    Hans Ulrich Heuser with writers both in Leeds and in our sister city Dortmund, Germany, reflect on what we need to make a better world.

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    IN CONCERT: THROUGH OUR EYES

    Sun 3rd Dec '23, 6:00pm Remind me

    A resident Chapel FM ensemble that ensures musicians with disabilities have a place to make adventurous music. Featuring the premiere of several new compositions.

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    THE DELI, LIVE!

    Sun 3rd Dec '23, 7:30pm Remind me

    The Deli team round off Writing On Air 2023 with their first-ever show in the radio theatre. Expect original poetry, music, and zany humour.

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From The Bandroom #56

Yesterday, 10:00pm

A former cow shed between Macclesfield and Congleton is the bandroom of Silk Brass, our band for this month.

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Hot Flavours #83

Yesterday, 7:30pm

Tonight’s show is brimming with pace from Stochele Rosenberg & Mathias Levey - and continues with the Oscar Peterson Trio.

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Club Dance #43

Yesterday, 6:15pm

Adam returns after the summer with club dance and some old school vibes

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TOWER OF SONG

Sun 26th Nov '23, 7:30pm

Regulars from this fabulous monthly night for songwriters perform musical musings on the theme of ‘Missing’, in celebration of Tower’s 10th birthday

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THE VOICENOTE TRIBE

Sun 26th Nov '23, 6:30pm

Four women, three friendships and one life-changing diagnosis. Powerful audio drama by Jacky Burton.

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YAFFLE’S NEST

Sun 26th Nov '23, 5:30pm

Writers from the legendary Wordship, a regular online and occasionally live workshop, read their responses to the theme of ‘Missing.’

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WHAT WE DON’T INCLUDE

Sun 26th Nov '23, 4:00pm

Free workshop led by poets Caitlin Mckenna, Aqeel Parvez and Alex Callaghan on the space both on and off the page.

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THE EMOTIONLESS COLA ROASTER

Sun 26th Nov '23, 3:30pm

Writing On Air veteran John Hepworth collides with some things that aren’t where they should be, or perhaps even aren’t there at all.

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THE WRITE STUFF

Sun 26th Nov '23, 2:30pm

Members of the U3A (University of The Third Age) Writing for Pleasure Group try out brand new poetry, prose, and flash fiction.

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