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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 every second & fourth week of the month - we also have a few shows that happen every week. Check out our schedule to find out more.

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

  • 3:00pm - 4:00pm

    Pretty Constrained: A Brat Summer

  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm

    Love The Words 353: plays from Script Yorkshire

  • 6:00pm - 7:00pm

    Take A Bite Out Of This: Garlic Special

  • 7:15pm - 8:00pm

    Poetry Unseen 10

  • 1:00pm - 2:00pm

    We Are Seacroft 16: Stories from Poole Estate

  • 3:00pm - 4:00pm

    A Little More Conversation: Springing Into Summer

  • 5:00pm - 6:00pm

    Teenage Daydream 103: “I’m not like the others”

  • 6:00pm - 6:15pm

    Red Kite: Child Friendly Leeds Awards

  • 3:00pm - 4:00pm

    Soundcheck: Benny Benack III

  • 4:00pm - 5:00pm

    Left of Leeds 114: Prof. Nikos Stavropoulos

  • 10:00pm - 11:00pm

    Hot Flavours 110: Summer Sun – Nature’s Song

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    Love The Words 353: plays from Script Yorkshire

    Tomorrow, 4:00pm Remind me

    Award winning plays from Script Yorkshire's 2025 radio-drama competition. Teabreak-length tales from three writers, and a brace of the best repeated from 2024.

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    Poetry Unseen 10

    Tomorrow, 7:15pm Remind me

    Chapel FM's new poetry programme in which poetry readers get a poem they don't know and unpack it on the spot!

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    LEA RADIO: Dance, Friendship And Creativity

    This Thursday, 3:00pm Remind me

    This Week we talk to the LEA Empresses Dance group all about what it means to be apart of a team, friendship, creativity & the role that dance has in their lives.

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    Red Kite: Child Friendly Leeds Awards

    This Thursday, 6:00pm Remind me

    Join us as we go to the Child Friendly Leeds Awards, complete with dance competitions, interviews + more. Recorded, Produced & Edited by Chapel FM Young Radio Makers.

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    Left of Leeds 114: Prof. Nikos Stavropoulos

    This Friday, 4:00pm Remind me

    This month discuss spatial acousmatic music, ambisonics, ASMR, culturally symbolic instruments and life with co-host Panos Kostiopoulos and Prof. Nikos Stavropoulos.

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    Hot Flavours 110: Summer Sun – Nature’s Song

    This Friday, 10:00pm Remind me

    Donald Byrd - Chick Corea & Gary Burton. The exquisite Julian Lage - Anita O’Day Peter reads, Norman MacCaig - Plus, Ahmad Jamal.

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    Love The Words 355: The Research Team at Skippko

    Tue 28th Jul '26, 4:00pm Remind me

    The Skippko Research Team, with Prof.Peter Anderson from Leeds University and Matthew Bellwood, talk about Wish You Were Here, a history project about British tourism in Spain.

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    The Irish Hour: Irish Sporting Events + what they mean to the Irish at home + those away from home

    Wed 29th Jul '26, 8:00pm Remind me

    This episode we talk Irish Sporting Events + what they mean to the Irish at home + those away from home

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    Bashert: Av

    Thu 30th Jul '26, 2:00pm Remind me

    The sun is high and it's time to take up space. Join Bronya and Keziah to learn about the Jewish month of Menachem Av - a tale of love and desolation over a cup of tea.

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    Vandal Factory 40: Local, Global & Vocal!

    Fri 31st Jul '26, 6:00pm Remind me

    We ask comedian Josie Long about hope and anger! Josie is a jester, activist and all round good egg.

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Red Ladder Theatre Artistic Director Cheryl Martin

Today, 12:00pm

We explore the history and future plans of Red Ladder theatre company and the joys and challenges of creating politically engaged drama.

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Yorkshire Fringe Festival 2026 Preview

Today, 11:00am

We explore the vision behind the first ever Yorkshire Fringe Festival and talk with Richard Rhodes, one of the organisers, about upcoming events.

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Saturday Social – Summer Dreams & More

Sat 11th Jul '26, 3:00pm

Talking about great memories of summers past, plans for this summer, dreams of future summer, plus stories of hamsters and gerbils who met sad fates.

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Saturday Social World Cup Preview

Sat 11th Jul '26, 2:00pm

The radio broadcasters from Saturday Social preview tonight's big match of England vs. Norway.

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Love The Words 352: Chris Campbell/Hannah Stone

Tue 7th Jul '26, 4:00pm

Poet Hannah Stone talks to Chris Campbell, queer neurodivergent poet published by Broken Sleep Books, and two-time UK National Poetry Slam finalist.

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The Dissent Dispatches 20: Anti-authoritarian Activism

Mon 6th Jul '26, 4:00pm

In this edition of the Dissent Dispatches, Pablo Kala discusses recent anti-authoritarian activism in the United States with activist Madam X.

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Red Kite: The Work Experience Gang 2026

Fri 3rd Jul '26, 2:00pm

Come join our work experience group of 2026 live on the radio as they talk about all the things they did during the week.

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Love The Words 351: Mick Jenkinson

Tue 30th Jun '26, 4:00pm

Mick is a poet, songwriter, musician, and freelance arts practitioner from Doncaster. He runs Well Spoken, a monthly poetry evening at Doncaster Brewery.

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Conversations with Enisia: Relationships Under Pressure Zimbabwe Youth in Leeds

Mon 29th Jun '26, 6:00pm

Host Enisia Mashusha speaks with young people from Zimbabwe living in Leeds exploring relationships living in the diaspora.

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