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Sound It Out

A series wildly inventive radio broadcasts by young people inspired by explorations of Yorkshire places as part of Chapel FM's Healthy Holidays broadcast and arts programmes

Time Tunnel

Have you ever wanted to experience the wonders of time travel without leaving your living room? Wanted to delve through decades of magical memories from your armchair? Then join our host Ed as each episode he takes us through the Time Tunnel with two guests from East Leeds, each selecting three tracks from across the years that mean the most to them. There’ll be reminiscing, there’ll be rumination - there may even be some regretful choices - but this is an hour of recollections you will never forget.

“Home From Home” Audio Archive

Chapel FM is working on a long-term project to gather oral histories about the idea of "home from home" – the shared spaces where people come together to connect and be part of something bigger.

Below are some of the first programmes in our growing archive:

Unsung Sports

Unsung Sports is an arts project celebrating non-mainstream sports in Leeds and funded by Arts Council England and produced by Peter Spafford and Space 2 in partnership with Chapel FM and Sports Talk.

First The Cursed

Gemma Wilson and her family move to a new town and discover a chain of deaths with no apparent cause or reason. Gemma takes it upon herself to solve the mystery.

The Story of Fem FM

3 part series paying tribute to the 30th anniversary of the UK's 1st womens radio station, Fem FM.
The Story of Fem FM is a Sound Women Bristol production in collaboration with University of West of England Community Fund and Regional History Depart. Huge thanks to Libby Sharp, the student lead whose fascination and interest in Fem FM sparked this project.

Politics Could Never

Co-created by TheatreState and Tess Seddon, whose unlikely journey into politics in 2017 inspired new musical Say Yes to Tess, 'Politics Could Never' is a playful 5-part podcast series by a bunch of 6 teenagers from Seacroft in Leeds, who are on a journey to understanding the behind-the-scenes of UK politics. Join Peace, Cheryl, Nicole, Kiyarah, Arthur & Hannah as they try to find out why young people are not involved in the decisions that affect them most - with plenty of laughs, hurdles, blunders and discoveries along the way!

Not The Ukulele Show

Previously known for tunes and songs that feature the ukulele, the Cameron Collective now bring you music that features a different instrument every month with Not The Ukulele Show.

Chat At The Chapel

Open to anyone across East Leeds to come down and share a story. Help fill in our Film Map by telling us about your favourite film, or take part in Song & A Story and share some music that matters. We want to hear your gardening tips, your cooking advice, your travel diaries or your passions and hobbies. Whatever you want to chat about, the choice is yours! come down to Chapel FM for 5pm and we’re live at 6.15pm!

Think Global Act Local

Local discussions on confronting the climate crisis both at home and around the world.

Vandal Factory

Those loveable legends Henry and Natalie team-up to explore those magic moments where art meets activism. Featuring interviews, chat, vibes, theatre and music (bangers only). Join the Vandal Raptor crew!

GREAAT

The Gender Rebalance Equality and Advisory Team are here to discuss music, from producing and playing to performing and writing.

Writing on Air 2021 Part 2

Writing on Air is a festival of words on the radio broadcast on East Leeds FM. The theme this year is Vision and features a host of programmes including radio dramas, readings, live music, all created by local writers and also mostly live from the Chapel FM Arts Centre Studios.

Good to Go

Chapel FM Reopening Community Celebration: September 23rd – October 9th
During the past year, despite the global pandemic, Chapel FM Arts Centre underwent an exciting expansion and renovation, adding new spaces for arts, broadcasting and community activities as well as a new café and other features. To celebrate our return, we invite you to join us for the following special events…

Have A Go: Radio In A Day

Once a month we make a brand new radio show! Find out how to get involved through our Course page!
https://www.chapelfm.co.uk/education-training/courses/2021/06/have-a-go-make-a-radio-show-in-two-days/

The Disabled Table

Join Harry and Juwairia for a brand new show all about disabled stories, art and humour.

Armed Forces Day Radio Broadcasts 2021

We present six hours of reflections on life in the Armed Forces, including in-depth oral history conversations with current and former service members, music, poetry, news and more.

Care To Air

Care to Air with Leeds Age UK 📻🎧: A radio show capturing the voices of older people in our community.

Sports Talk

Sports are about much more than winning and losing. This new radio show from East Leeds FM brings the stories, sense of community, emotions, history, poetry, pain, humour and the joy of playing every type of sport imaginable.

Women Make Sound

A monthly celebration of women in sound. Tune in to hear some great music and chats exploring different themes each month, by women and other marginalised genders, for everyone!

International Women’s Day 2021

It’s International Women's Day on March 8th and we will be celebrating with a day of radio programs for women, by women! Let's celebrate women's achievement, raise awareness against bias and take action for equality.

Loudspeaker

LOUDSPEAKER is a Leeds based Spoken Word radio show co-hosted by Sarah Autumn and D3. The show explores the topics of our times through Spoken Word whilst showcasing talent from Leeds and Yorkshire.

Stay Close Seacroft – Conversations and Stories About Community

Special radio features about the past, present and future of Seacroft in East Leeds and nearby communities.

Radio Plays – Rethinking Health Experiences and Active Lifestyles of British Chinese Children

A series of three short radio plays curated by Dr. Bonnie Pang of the School of Sport – Leeds Beckett University.

See below for more information and production credits.

Red Kite

How do young people from East Leeds and beyond see the world in unexpected ways? A radio show and podcast made by the Chapel FM Next Generation youth groups.

Tune in to Chapel FM's youth radio show and podcast for conversations, music, audio documentaries, creative writing, visits to other youth programmes and more.

It's all about seeing the world from above, from the edges, from outside the status quo!

Armed Forces Day Radio Broadcasts

East Leeds FM partnered with Leeds City Council to present original interviews, music and special radio features to celebrate Armed Forces Day during.

Cath’s Chat

Our roving radio conversationalist, Cath Hollingworth, gathers stories from life under coronavirus lockdown fro residents across Leeds.

Community Conversation

Join Katy Hayley as she talks with local people and organisations based in Leeds; tackling issues such as loneliness, period poverty & mental health. Please note these episodes were created during the time of the coronavirus lockdown as part of East Leeds FM's 'Keeping a Distance, Staying Close' daily radio broadcasts.

Leeds Irish Music Programme

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.

Generation 21: South Asian Arts-UK Podcast

Join early-career Meera and Mohammed as they talk to artists and arts leaders about how they made it into the industry. Generation 21 is the podcast by South Asian Arts-uk (SAA-uk), a performance arts organisation specialising in Indian classical music and dance.

From the Potting Shed

Welcome into the ELFM virtual potting shed to talk all things to do with growing, in the garden and on the allotment

Red Kite: A Podcast About How Young People from East Leeds See the World in Unexpected Ways

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.

Passing the Time

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.

Jazz Unlocked from Jazz Leeds

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.

Leeds City Walking Tours

Join geographer Rachael Unsworth on a series of lively explorations of Leeds' history and built environment. These treks into our city's past were created during the time of the coronavirus lockdown as part of East Leeds FM's "Keeping a Distance, Staying Close" daily radio broadcasts.

More information on Rachael and her tours can be found at LeedsWalkingTours.co.uk

Prison Bag

When Josie Bevan’s husband was jailed for nine years, a window opened on to a whole new world. East Leeds FM radio is pleased to share this new series that speaks to our time created by Falling Tree Productions.

Ways to Pass the Time…

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.

Learning From Life with Linda Sage & Guests – Podcast

Lively exchanges with extraordinary people from all walks of life, finding out how and why they have overcome obstacles and barriers in their lives and what they have learnt from their journey.

UNION

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.”

Talking to the Wider World

East Leeds FM's daily conversation with people all around the planet about life in the time of coronavirus.

The A-Z of Emotional Resilience by Linda Sage

ELMF host and wellbeing counsellor Linda Sage shares tips on staying resilient in these unusual times.

Living Room Concerts – from “Staying Close” ELFM Broadcasts

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.

Wordybirds

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.

“Keeping a Distance, Staying Close” East Leeds FM Covid-19 Pandemic Special Broadcasts

East Leeds FM has been gathering stories, useful information, music, original writing, soundscapes, oral histories and much more during the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown.

Below are our daily "Keeping a Distance, Staying Close" radio broadcasts that aired daily on 94.6FM from March through June 2020. 

Football Fanatics

Welcome to Football Fanatics! Join Sam and Kian as they talk through all things football over the past month.

Alternative Sundays

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...

Find Your Frequency 19/20

Writing on Air 2016

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.

Leeds Lit Fest Podcast

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.

Writing on Air 2017

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.

Queens of Dawson City

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.

Writing On Air

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.

Writing on Air 2021 Part 1

A two and a half day festival with over 30 programmes of literature on the radio, all made by writers and readers in Yorkshire. This year's theme is Vision.

Conversations with Mlindi

Mlindi Kulashe covers the Arts and Culture scene, finding inspirational stories from artists based in the North. With his fingers on the pulse of Leeds, he brings an urban flavour with mainstream music and great vibes from South Africa

Storycroft: Oral History of the Life & Adventures of Dave Wrighton

Stories about growing up and finding a place in the world, told by ELFM broadcaster and longtime Seacroft resident Dave Wrighton.

Curiosity Did Not Kill These Cats

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

Springwell East

A collection of shows presented by young people from Springwell East Leeds.

Leeds/Dortmund 50 Festival Radio Broadcast Archive

The Leeds/Dortmund 50 Festival featured more than two dozen events celebrating 50 years of the two cities being twinned.

Summer Youth Radio Week 2019 – Access All Areas

As part of our larger Access All Areas Radio week we ran a 5-day course with 16 young people from our communities who learned about making radio and produced their own spectacular programmes...

Access All Areas Summer Radio Broadcasts – 2019

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!