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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

  • 12:00pm - 12:30pm

    WOMEN’S HEALTH AND HERBAL REMEDIES, Ep 2

  • 12:30pm - 1:15pm

    SIBLING ON THE SPECTRUM

  • 1:15pm - 2:00pm

    IT’S ALL ABOUT RECOVERY

  • 2:00pm - 2:45pm

    EVERYONE’S A SEED

  • 2:45pm - 3:30pm

    THROUGH OUR EYES (W.O.A 2024)

  • 3:30pm - 4:45pm

    GET WELL SOON

  • 4:45pm - 5:30pm

    STOP THE SORDID STAPLE

  • 5:30pm - 6:15pm

    ELEGANT SOLUTIONS

  • 6:15pm - 7:00pm

    THREE TALES OF LOSING AND GAINING

  • 7:00pm - 7:45pm

    GEORGE WALKER OF KILLINGBECK

  • 7:45pm - 8:30pm

    HOW TO DRIVE IN THE DARK

  • 8:30pm - 9:30pm

    SAND HOUSE

  • 6:00pm - 7:00pm

    GREY RAVENS

  • 7:00pm - 8:15pm

    STONE SOUP

  • 8:15pm - 9:00pm

    DANCING INTO THE FULL MOON

  • 9:00pm - 9:30pm

    CROSSING LINES, Ep 1

  • 7:00pm - 8:00pm

    RED KITE LIVE: EXPLORING RECOVERY THROUGH YOUNG VOICES

  • 8:00pm - 8:30pm

    LEEDS TO LOUISVILLE

  • 8:30pm - 9:00pm

    CROSSING LINES. Ep 2

  • 10:30am - 12:00pm

    FIRST STORY SPECIAL

  • 12:00pm - 1:00pm

    MISSING MEDIA – THE ROGUE TO RECOVERY

  • 1:00pm - 2:00pm

    CROSSING LINES, Ep 3

  • 2:00pm - 3:00pm

    ALEC CLEGG AND THE EXCITEMENT OF WRITING

  • 3:00pm - 4:00pm

    THE WRITE STUFF

  • 4:00pm - 4:15pm

    ANOTHER CONVERSATION

  • 4:15pm - 5:15pm

    GETTING CLEAN

  • 5:15pm - 7:30pm

    ADDRESSING ADDICTION

  • 7:30pm - 9:00pm

    TYKE-LIPPED

  • 11:30am - 12:00pm

    THEATRE OF THE OPPRESSED

  • 12:00pm - 12:15pm

    WREN ASTER

  • 12:15pm - 12:45pm

    PASS THE VERSE (AGAIN)

  • 12:45pm - 1:00pm

    THE NATURE OF NATURE

  • 1:00pm - 2:00pm

    MUSEUM OF RELICS

  • 2:00pm - 3:15pm

    FORTIFIED SPIRITS

  • 3:15pm - 4:00pm

    NOBODY TELLS YOU IT DROPS WHEN YOU STOP CHASING

  • 4:00pm - 5:00pm

    THE FORGERY.

  • 5:00pm - 5:45pm

    SOUNDING THE WORD JAM

  • 5:45pm - 6:30pm

    TAKING THE SUN, THE MOON, AND THE STARS

  • 6:30pm - 7:30pm

    SPORTS TALK SPECIAL

  • 7:30pm - 9:00pm

    CLEAR OUT YOUR CLOSET (W.O.A 2024)

  • 10:30am - 11:15am

    MUCKERS

  • 11:15am - 12:00pm

    DRINKING WITH DAVID FOSTER WALLACE

  • 12:00pm - 1:00pm

    VIC LEESON

  • 1:00pm - 2:00pm

    A NEW SELF AT 70

  • 2:00pm - 2:45pm

    UNDER THE LAMMAS MOON

  • 2:45pm - 3:00pm

    POETRY OF AMELIORATION

  • 3:00pm - 5:00pm

    TOWER OF SONG

  • 5:00pm - 5:30pm

    RECOVERY CHAIR

  • 5:30pm - 6:00pm

    I WANT TO GO HOME

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    STOP THE SORDID STAPLE

    Sun 1st Dec '24, 4:45pm Remind me

    Poet Jaspreet Mander gives voice to the land of Punjab to speak of its dire state and passionate desire to regenerate.

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    ELEGANT SOLUTIONS

    Sun 1st Dec '24, 5:30pm Remind me

    The fascinating story of how Len Biran’s refugee father used his wits to keep his family safe and fed through World War 2.

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    THREE TALES OF LOSING AND GAINING

    Sun 1st Dec '24, 6:15pm Remind me

    Stories performed by Sonja Miller and their writer Neil Rathmell.

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    GEORGE WALKER OF KILLINGBECK

    Sun 1st Dec '24, 7:00pm Remind me

    Never heard of this famous artist and writer? He’s buried in Seacroft! Illustrated talk by Geraldine Beattie.

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    HOW TO DRIVE IN THE DARK

    Sun 1st Dec '24, 7:45pm Remind me

    A crash, a coma, submerged emotions. Racing-car driver Jean-Pierre races against time, and himself. Script-in-hand performance of this audio drama by Catherine Shonack.

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    SAND HOUSE

    Sun 1st Dec '24, 8:30pm Remind me

    The eighth wonder of the world. In Doncaster. Buried forever. The true saga of the legendary Sand House dramatised as an audio drama by Peter Spafford.

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    Love The Words 280: Faye Marshall

    Tue 3rd Dec '24, 4:00pm Remind me

    Faye Marshall is a poet and nurse. She talks about the privilege of working in palliative care, its impact on her life and writing, and the flourishing poetry scene in South Leeds.

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    GREY RAVENS

    Wed 4th Dec '24, 6:00pm Remind me

    In concert with Chapel FM’s resident band of young musicians and songwriters.

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    STONE SOUP

    Wed 4th Dec '24, 7:00pm Remind me

    Floods force a group of strangers to seek refuge in a coppiced wood. Will they survive? Will they make it through the rain? From The Performance Ensemble.

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    DANCING INTO THE FULL MOON

    Wed 4th Dec '24, 8:15pm Remind me

    Against all odds, Rhea chooses dance to dream of a full life. Dramatised short fiction for voices by Jaspreet Mander.

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    CROSSING LINES, Ep 1

    Wed 4th Dec '24, 9:00pm Remind me

    Elite triathletes Becky and Natalie are prepared to give everything to be World No.1. But what if this affects their health forever? Powerful drama by Jacky Burton.

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    RED KITE LIVE: EXPLORING RECOVERY THROUGH YOUNG VOICES

    Thu 5th Dec '24, 7:00pm Remind me

    Chapel FM’s young Next Gen broadcasters explore what ‘recovery’ means to them through music, poetry, conversation

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    LEEDS TO LOUISVILLE

    Thu 5th Dec '24, 8:00pm Remind me

    Young writers from Leeds’ twin city Louisville, Kentucky, reflect on the theme of Recovery with young writers from Chapel FM.

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    CROSSING LINES. Ep 2

    Thu 5th Dec '24, 8:30pm Remind me

    Elite triathletes Becky and Natalie are prepared to give everything to be World No.1. But what if this affects their health forever? Drama by Jacky Burton.

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    FIRST STORY SPECIAL

    Fri 6th Dec '24, 10:30am Remind me

    First Story places writers in schools throughout the UK. Young writers from residencies in W.Yorkshire schools read their work.

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    MISSING MEDIA – THE ROGUE TO RECOVERY

    Fri 6th Dec '24, 12:00pm Remind me

    Recovering, restoring, retrieving, reclaiming, repairing: the lost, forgotten, decaying: data, films, tapes. What can be recovered?

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    CROSSING LINES, Ep 3

    Fri 6th Dec '24, 1:00pm Remind me

    Elite triathletes Becky and Natalie are prepared to give everything to be World No.1. But what if this affects their health forever? Drama by Jacky Burton.

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    ALEC CLEGG AND THE EXCITEMENT OF WRITING

    Fri 6th Dec '24, 2:00pm Remind me

    Children’s poetry and the sharpness of their perceptions. Tribute by Jimmy Andrex to the unjustly forgotten West Riding Educationalist.

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    THE WRITE STUFF

    Fri 6th Dec '24, 3:00pm Remind me

    Writers from The University of The Third Age return with funny and vivid responses to the festival theme.

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    ANOTHER CONVERSATION

    Fri 6th Dec '24, 4:00pm Remind me

    A sequel to Mally and Phil Harvey’s beautifully written dialogue from last year about love and sex in old age.

  • Programme

    GETTING CLEAN

    Fri 6th Dec '24, 4:15pm Remind me

    Lenny Flint talks to Getting Clean, a project that promotes personal growth and social change for people in recovery from addiction, one bar of soap at a time.

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    ADDRESSING ADDICTION

    Fri 6th Dec '24, 5:15pm Remind me

    Discussion with the world's first-ever Professor of Addiction and Recovery, and powerful music and poetry from people in recovery

  • Programme

    TYKE-LIPPED

    Fri 6th Dec '24, 7:30pm Remind me

    Dynamic performance blazoning the importance of local Yorkshire dialect in matters of identity and heritage, hosted by Keith Fenton

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    THEATRE OF THE OPPRESSED

    Sat 7th Dec '24, 11:30am Remind me

    Short documentary feature from the Recovering Power workshop last weekend which re-imagined power relationships in our unequal world

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    WREN ASTER

    Sat 7th Dec '24, 12:00pm Remind me

    Poetry and short fiction by Wren Aster from our twin city Dortmund in Germany, anticipating Chapel FM’s international orientation next year.

  • Programme

    PASS THE VERSE (AGAIN)

    Sat 7th Dec '24, 12:15pm Remind me

    Jaimes Lewis Moran and Gareth Rhodes exchange lines and images in this surreal poetry conversation.

  • Programme

    THE NATURE OF NATURE

    Sat 7th Dec '24, 12:45pm Remind me

    Nature is often a powerful element in the recovery story. Hear from someone who knows.

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    MUSEUM OF RELICS

    Sat 7th Dec '24, 1:00pm Remind me

    Tony Macaluso with bookstore owner Giovanni Spadaccini from Reggio Emilia, Italy, and his collection of curious objects recovered from old books.

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    FORTIFIED SPIRITS

    Sat 7th Dec '24, 2:00pm Remind me

    Treadlight Theatre presents this funny and touching play about love and loss by Spike Marshall.

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    NOBODY TELLS YOU IT DROPS WHEN YOU STOP CHASING

    Sat 7th Dec '24, 3:15pm Remind me

    Josh's gambling addiction has cost him his livelihood and his home life. Recovery’s going well. Until it isn’t. Impactful audio drama by Sam Lawrence.

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    THE FORGERY.

    Sat 7th Dec '24, 4:00pm Remind me

    1905: Colonel Gascoigne from Lotherton Hall is visiting a friend in London when a telegram dramatically alters his plan. Brian Hull dramatises a local true story.

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    SOUNDING THE WORD JAM

    Sat 7th Dec '24, 5:00pm Remind me

    Music from the workshop with Laura Sutcliffe played for the very first time in the radio theatre.

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    TAKING THE SUN, THE MOON, AND THE STARS

    Sat 7th Dec '24, 5:45pm Remind me

    When a girl unwittingly releases the sun, moon and stars, it has life-changing consequences. Gripping story from Vickie Orton with music and song.

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    SPORTS TALK SPECIAL

    Sat 7th Dec '24, 6:30pm Remind me

    Sports Talk profiles Gaelic Football team John F Kennedy's, who last season failed to win a match and this season got to two Cup Finals.

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    CLEAR OUT YOUR CLOSET (W.O.A 2024)

    Sat 7th Dec '24, 7:30pm Remind me

    Another vibetastic night of big-hearted poetry and music presented by the COYC collective presented by Michelle Scally Clarke.

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    MUCKERS

    Sun 8th Dec '24, 10:30am Remind me

    A dragon can change your life; if you can survive long enough to meet one. Fiery short story from Jane McGowan read by Sparkle Menzies.

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    DRINKING WITH DAVID FOSTER WALLACE

    Sun 8th Dec '24, 11:15am Remind me

    Writer and tennis obsessive Christopher R. Moore explores the complicated legacy of David Foster Wallace's

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    VIC LEESON

    Sun 8th Dec '24, 12:00pm Remind me

    Vic is a writer and therapist working throughout Yorkshire with groups and individuals. She talks about her love for the work she does and how it has evolved.

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    A NEW SELF AT 70

    Sun 8th Dec '24, 1:00pm Remind me

    Old friends Clare Wigzell and Ruth Steinberg track Clare’s journey towards a fuller sense of herself through motherhood, creativity, shame and anxiety.

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    UNDER THE LAMMAS MOON

    Sun 8th Dec '24, 2:00pm Remind me

    Poet and novelist Cora Greenhill reads her sensual and lyrical tale of a young man enchanted by the sea, unable to grow up

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    POETRY OF AMELIORATION

    Sun 8th Dec '24, 2:45pm Remind me

    ‘Find inner strength, ask for help, accept change’. Healing and heartening poetry from East Leeds writer Lisa Forte

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    TOWER OF SONG

    Sun 8th Dec '24, 3:00pm Remind me

    Nicky and Carl host ‘Recovery’-inspired songs showcasing the creativity of the songwriters who perform at their monthly Tower of Song nights.

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    RECOVERY CHAIR

    Sun 8th Dec '24, 5:00pm Remind me

    For the duration of the festival, Chapel FM has hosted The Recovery Chair. We hear poems and stories written by writers inspired by it.

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    I WANT TO GO HOME

    Sun 8th Dec '24, 5:30pm Remind me

    A gifted musician re-lives the time he contracted polio as a child. His recovery is dependent on finding his newfound power as The King of Sound.

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GET WELL SOON

Sun 1st Dec '24, 3:30pm

For people with disabilities and chronic illness the concept of recovery is difficult to navigate. Who decides what disability and recovery look like? Discussion follows.

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THROUGH OUR EYES (W.O.A 2024)

Sun 1st Dec '24, 2:45pm

Concert from the resident Chapel FM ensemble that ensures musicians with disabilities have a place to make adventurous music. Follows their acclaimed album.

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EVERYONE’S A SEED

Sun 1st Dec '24, 2:00pm

Creative writing from a project at Leeds Trinity University which uses writing to connect people with issues of plant health within their local environment.

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IT’S ALL ABOUT RECOVERY

Sun 1st Dec '24, 1:15pm

Participants from Vera Media’s Can You Hear Us, Holbeck music-making course share an exclusive play of their song ‘All About Addiction’.

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SIBLING ON THE SPECTRUM

Sun 1st Dec '24, 12:30pm

How is it to live as the sibling of an autistic person with complex needs? Spoiler: you may laugh and cry

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WOMEN’S HEALTH AND HERBAL REMEDIES, Ep 2

Sun 1st Dec '24, 12:00pm

Menstrual cramps, pregnancy, childbirth. Emma Storr and Prof. Barry Strickland Hodge on women’s health through history.

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THE BEATiful SOUTH

Yesterday, 8:15pm

South of the city the poetry heartbeat grows strong! Written and performed by poets active in the South Leeds spoken word community.

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REBUILDING A BODY

Yesterday, 7:00pm

A showcase of poetry from Ey Up 3: Written Off Publishings upcoming anthology hosted by Alex Callaghan.

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AFTERDROP

Yesterday, 6:15pm

A woman dreams of an easy water birth but things don’t go to plan. Can swimming help her become the mother she wants to be? A story by Laura Graham.

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