We do a huge range of programming on ELFM. Sometimes it's a one-off special but we also have regular shows where our teams of broadcasters have created anything from a couple of programmes to a hundred! Catch up with details of our ongoing shows and find their latest episodes right here...
24 hours of music.
All Live, All Local...NON-STOP!
The 9th annual Chapel FM Musicathon took place on 8/9th December 2018
No Bystanders is a project through which young people explore a range of topics and issues that affect them and the wider community. Opening minds and hearts is what we are all about!
An institution at ELFM, Two Sevens have been DJing the finest in Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae, Dub & Dancehall at our radio station for many years... long may it continue! Lock in on the first Tuesday of every month!
Writing On Air is our yearly spring writing and spoken word festival that is headed up by our Director Of Words, Peter Spafford. This page contains all the broadcast output for the entirety of the Writing On Air Festival.
Bethany Donkin hosts her debut show Femme Collective; the monthly programme interviewing women in and around Leeds who are making ripples on the creative scene
James Clark welcomes you to the world of psychobilly, garage and everything psycho!
Peter Spafford presents his love of all things wordy in his monthly shows Love The Words and Love The Words More
Daz Northfield chats with local artists about their lives and passion for music
Linda Sage breaks down what makes us stressed and how to bust it
Owen Spafford presents a selection of folk for all kinds of folk. Or...is it folk?!
Here's a collection of the "Living Room Concerts" recorded by musicians from around Leeds and beyond during the spring 2020 coronavirus quarantine. Curated by Chapel FM Community Music Worker Sian Ashby.
Radio shows from UNION: The Northern School for creativity and activism
Developing new ways to train people in the union between social activism and creativity
“Art is travelling without travelling. Art is a language that does not need Western translation. Art is a mini-scale revolution.”
The Cameron family share their love of their favourite instrument, the humble ukulele
A collection of stories, poems, essays and other literary treats presented on East Leeds FM broadcast as part of our "Keeping a Distance, Staying Close" broadcasts. Curated by Peter Spafford.
Wags presents the Music Institute. The music policy will be eclectic with a mix of rare older and fresh new music from genre’s such as soul, funk, disco, electro, kruatrock, hip hop, house, techno, acid, industrial, rock, pop, DnB, dub and trance
Our Next Generation courses offer young people the opportunity to explore music, broadcasting, creative writing and theatre. You can find out what they've been up to here
Adam Firth hosts a mix of club classics for your listening pleasure
ELMF host and wellbeing counsellor Linda Sage shares tips on staying resilient in these unusual times.
Chapel FM hosted a raft of great writing from across Yorkshire for four days during spring 2016. This was the first ever Writing on Air festival. All these broadcast are from our old website.
A fabulous week of radio created in East Leeds drawing on our Summer Music and Broadcasting courses and dozens of ELFM radio hosts, producers and artists that ran from August 3-9.
Go backstage in your mind…..dare to tread where you’ve never been before….look up in to the skies or behind a pile of rubble….dare to tell it how it is.
Scroll down for the Complete Archive of the 37 programmes created during the summer of 2019 and broadcast on ELFM. Hear how members of our community broke down barriers, crossed divides and shared passions all using the power of radio!
Chapel FM hosted a raft of great writing from across Yorkshire for four days during spring 2017. This was the second annual Writing on Air festival, with the theme being "Walls" . All these broadcast are from our old website.
Find Your Frequency 19/20
Hosted by the Blind Dead McJones band, the Blind Dead McRadio Show and Podcasts celebrate a host of amazing local artists.
This is a blues soaked music love in!
The young broadcasters, musicians, writers and theatre artists at the Chapel FM Arts Centre are developing a new podcast that looks at our society and the world from a birds-eye perspective. Supported by Pears Foundation.
All the gaming and Nerdy News brought to you by Welly (Elliott Moon) and his co-hosts
Terry Buchan and Ann Clarke delve into the world of all things science through in-depth conversation with professionals from the field
Deaf Friends is a group of young people with hearing impairments from across Leeds, who visit Chapel FM every so often for lots of creative music and broadcasting fun
John Toolan shows off his selection of left field jazz for the ultimate alternative Friday evening. Music with substance and style.
An exploration of African music presented by Lanre Adeleye and friends
Each year we welcome a brand new group of young people from East Leeds to try their hand at radio. The broadcasts are wide and wonderful. See what this year has to offer!
Local and regional musicians take centre stage with a selection of live performances and interviews
Trev has a sit down and chat with a "2 Bob Jukebox" talking about everyday issues
Monique Rowe explores cultural similarities and differences between native Brits and those from other parts of the world
Fed up with all this lockdown? Let’s unlock some jazz instead – a new monthly radio show all about jazz in Leeds, Leeds clubs, musicians and jazz fans. Welcome to the new weekly Jazz Unlocked programme on Chapel FM.
The Leeds/Dortmund 50 Festival featured more than two dozen events celebrating 50 years of the two cities being twinned.
A range music brought to you by students from Leeds College of Music
Jake, James and Chloe talk about what makes great cinema
Each year a team of our young people cover the events of the Love Arts festival, a celebration of creativity and mental well-being across Leeds
A shabby, lawless shanty town. A shonky profit-skimmer. Drinking, violence, debauchery. Two fearsome B&B landladies straddle the wild west on the moors of Yorkshire. The Queens of Dawson City.
Let Jamie Carnie broaden your tastes as he curates an hour of the best of alternative and independent. Featuring new, old and unsigned music, not-quite-the-weather and a mysterious trip to The Darkroom...
Each Friday during the coronavirus lockdown the young people from the Chapel FM's Next Generation youth groups take over the airwaves with stories, music, interviews and more.
To learn more about our Next Generation and other youth groups in Broadcasting, Music, Theatre, Writing and more, scroll down.
Stephen Martin pays tribute to some of his favourite performers
Now on the FM airwaves at 94.6FM! - Tune into to East Leeds FM's daily show "Keeping a Distance, Staying Close" show from 10am to 1pm. In this unprecedented time of social isolation in response to the coronavirus, we’ll be keeping the community connected by sharing stories, conversations, practical advice, music, writing and other art forms. Other regular broadcasts also include, "Passing the Time" and "Over to You".
Writing On Air 2018 was our biggest broadcast literature festival yet with 50 original programmes made by Yorkshire-based writers. This year’s festival took the theme ‘Borderlands’ which resonates throughout the schedule in different ways. You can listen again to any of them...
Programmes from a collection of schools that we work with down at Chapel FM Arts Centre
Our roving radio conversationalist, Cath Hollingworth, gathers stories from life under coronavirus lockdown fro residents across Leeds.
East Leeds FM's daily conversation with people all around the planet about life in the time of coronavirus.
What makes writers from our corner of the world here in Leeds, Yorkshire in the north of England unique and delightful? Scroll down to listen to the Leeds Lit Fest podcast.
Host Owen Spafford and Des Hurley from the Irish Arts Foundation in Leeds showcase the rich history of Irish music in Leeds and the wider world, featuring oral history interviews and exclusive music performances.
Stuck at home during lockdown? Looking to pick up a new hobby? Need some ideas on how to spend your time? Tune in to 'Ways to Pass the Time' broadcasting weekly as part of ELFM's 'Keeping a Distance, Staying Close' programme.
A selection of live performances and events from our stunning radio theatre, including Friday Night Live
God's Own County is full of history and beautiful places. We invite you to get to explore Yorkshire with us, showcasing a range of cultural events and activities for the local Polish population
A four and a half day festival with over 50 programmes of literature on the radio, all made by writers and readers in Yorkshire. This year's theme is Vision.
Leeds East Primary Partnership is a group of five thriving and successful primary schools and their partners who work closely together to achieve the very best for the children, young people and families in our communities. This page contains all the content they create at Chapel FM Arts Centre
An exploration of a dozen songs from different artists, genres and record labels presented by Dave Wrighton
The Deaf Youth Club are a group of young people with hearing impairments who meet once a week and do a range of different activities. We were very fortunate to have them at Chapel FM
Each half term a group of impaired young people come to Chapel FM Arts centre to take part in singing, music and radio workshops. Check out their work here!
WOA ’19 is a broadcast festival of writing. It will happen over four days, 21st-24th March at Chapel FM Arts Centre, our beautiful state-of-the-art studio and performance complex in East Leeds set in a restored Methodist chapel. East Leeds FM, which started in 2003, broadcasts to an annual local and global listenership of over 35,000 people.
Conversations and oral histories with people in Leeds and the wider world who are creating community arts projects.
Hosted by ChapelFM Arts Centre Co-Director
Tony Macaluso
Chris Sharkey is musician-in-residence at Chapel FM and is presenting a series of programmes looking at jazz and improvised music