We do a huge range of programming on East Leeds Community Radio. 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!
We broadcast every second & fourth week of the month - we also have a few shows that happen every week. Check out our schedule below to find out more!
If you want to contact the Studio during a live show, send us a message on WhatsApp to 07749 697895.
Airs Fridays at 5pm on weeks 2 & 4 of the month.
Tune in for a wide-ranging overview of what's new in Leeds arts and culture, reviews, chat, games and more, presented by a range of East Leeds Community Radio broadcasters.
Our radio schedule works on a week 2 & week 4 basis. Week two begins on the second Tuesday of each month.
Airs every Tuesday at 4pm.
Peter Spafford presents his love of all things wordy in his weekly shows chatting to novelists, poets and play-wrights.
You ever wonder what happened to that TV Show, Piece of Music, Band, Movie? Are you sure it was even real? Come join The Chapel FM Techies as they try to get to the bottom of these mysteries and so much more. In this monthly show "Missing Media" as we try and uncover and report on all the lost media they can get there hands on, often with a local Leeds/East Leeds angle.
Airs Sundays at 11am on Week 4.
Radio Rewind showcases highlights from programmes each month on East Leeds Community Radio 📻
Our radio schedule works on a week 2 & week 4 basis. Week two begins on the second Tuesday of each month.
The Red Kite radio show and podcast is produced by teenagers from East Leeds at Chapel FM Arts Centre.
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.
It's all about seeing the world from above, from the edges, from outside the status quo!
Airs Tuesday at 3pm on week 4 of the month.
A delicious slice of chat about food, baking, cooking and what it means for friends, family and communities.
Our radio schedule works on a week 2 & week 4 basis. Week two begins on the second Tuesday of each month.
Explore all of the performances from Chapel FM's all-day festival celebrating music, radio, global connections, and community.
A special project from the British Library, exploring personal memories of corner shops.
Stories about Fearnville Leisure Centre in East Leeds. Created by the East Leeds Project and produced by Lucy Smickersgill.
Oral histories about how objects connect people in our community of Seacroft, East Leeds with the places all around the world.
Airs Wednesdays at 3pm on Week 4.
A Little More Conversation is simply all about what we can get from conversations. Life can be so busy and become about the practical things as an adult, we don’t always have time to have meaningful conversations with others.
Our radio schedule works on a week 2 & week 4 basis. Week two begins on the second Tuesday of each month.
Finding Our Feet is a podcast all about navigating the messy, exciting, and sometimes nerve-wracking transition into adulthood from being Leeds students.
Hosted by three upcoming graduates, we dive into the highs and lows of life entering the real world after uni - career dreams, personal growth, and everything in between. Each episode features candid conversations, thought-provoking guests, and a good dose of humor, whether it’s advice from someone who’s been there, or stories from those still figuring it out. Join us as we unpack what it really means to ‘find your feet’ in a world that rarely stands still.
Airs Tuesdays at 8pm on Week 4.
We explore everything that happening in the arts in Leeds & West Yorkshire in the upcoming weeks. Tune in for conversations, interviews reviews & of course, your guide for what's on in West Yorkshire.
Our radio schedule works on a week 2 & week 4 basis. Week two begins on the second Tuesday of each month.
Airs Thursdays at 3pm on Week 4.
We travel back in time and delve into a year, discussing the pop culture, politics, sports, music & more of that year. Tune in as we look back on some golden years.
Our radio schedule works on a week 2 & week 4 basis. Week two begins on the second Tuesday of each month.
Bridges NOT Borders is show empowering refugees and asylum seekers to share their stories, experiences, and insights.
Join us on a journey of discovery through the connections that can be made within the community. Through real conversations and engaging interviews, We talk to those from the migration sector, community leaders, and fellow participants.
Students from Leeds Conservatoire come together to create podcasts & live radio.
Our radio schedule works on a week 2 & week 4 basis. Week two begins on the second Tuesday of each month.
WRITING ON AIR is an annual festival of words and ideas broadcast in its entirety on East Leeds Community Radio (ELCR), the vibrant radio station housed in Chapel FM Arts Centre, Seacroft, Leeds.
Airs Sundays at 3pm on Week 4.
We discuss queer culture & being apart of the LGBTQ+ community.
Our radio schedule works on a week 2 & week 4 basis. Week two begins on the second Tuesday of each month.
Airs Tuesdays at 3pm Week 2.
Join us as we navigate womenhood, delving into the past, present & future of issues that matter us.
Disclaimer: Although we talk a lot about women's issues, we include absolutely anyone in these conversations, no matter how you identify.
Our radio schedule works on a week 2 & week 4 basis. Week two begins on the second Tuesday of each month.
Our unique 24-hour music festival, live in the Seacroft Village Green and from our studios in Chapel FM Arts Centre.
Culture Jamming! Flash Mobs! Occupations! A series of podcasts hosted by Pablo Kala on the rich variety of resistance against injustice taking place around the world.
A new radio and podcast series by Byline Times, the newspaper that covers what the other papers don’t say. "We will follow the story wherever it goes, without fear or favour."
Explore Byline Times online edition here: https://bylinetimes.com
You ever wonder what happened to that TV Show, Piece of Music, Band, Movie? Are you sure it was even real? Come join The Chapel FM Techies as they try to get to the bottom of these mysteries and so much more. In this monthly show "Missing Media" as we try and uncover and report on all the lost media they can get there hands on, often with a local Leeds/East Leeds angle.
Share the Wonder delves into the fascinating world of science. Hosted by Margaret and Tim Bending.
Explore our radio archive of oral histories about how people come together around urban forests, buses, and creative teenage spaces.
Airs Sundays at 11am on Week 4.
Radio Rewind showcases highlights from programmes each month on East Leeds Community Radio 📻
Our radio schedule works on a week 2 & week 4 basis. Week two begins on the second Tuesday of each month.
A collection of radio conversations about how artists and others experiment with transforming the human voice and oral histories in unexpected and inventive ways. Part of Chapel FM Arts Centre's "Home From Home" project.
Airs Fridays at 5pm on weeks 2 & 4 of the month.
Tune in for a wide-ranging overview of what's new in Leeds arts and culture, reviews, chat, games and more, presented by a range of East Leeds Community Radio broadcasters.
Our radio schedule works on a week 2 & week 4 basis. Week two begins on the second Tuesday of each month.
Girls from The Shine Project at St. Lukes Cares talk about recent projects they have been working on.
Conversations and stories from projects involved with LEEDS 2023: A Year of Culture.
Writing On Air is back again for 2023! This years theme is MISSING.
Come listen in and join us live for our largest Writing On Air festival yet.
Spanning over 7 days and including over 80 programmes, live events and workshops.
📻 🎧 SHINE ON 📻 🎧 : A radio show capturing the voices of older people in our community.
A magazine style show discussing lives, loves, travel, opportunities, interviews, stories and poetry. Radio for the young at heart, developed with older people for older people...
Radio stories about Leeds' links to the wider world. Stories from our international twin cities, migrants who have come to Leeds from elsewhere and other connections from across the planet.
Airs Wednesdays at 1pm on weeks 2 & 4.
A show and podcast about people doing amazing things in our community, useful information, history, art, activism plus how Seacroft is connecting with the wider world. Created by the We Are Seacroft network.
Our radio schedule works on a week 2 & week 4 basis. Week two begins on the second Tuesday of each month.
Stories about projects and cultural connections between Leeds and its twinned and partner cities around the world.
Writing On Air is back! Writing On Air is a literature festival on the radio. Now in its 8th year, all programmes are conceived and created by upwards of 200 writers, readers, and performers from across Leeds and West Yorkshire, supported by the Chapel FM team.
Here are some favourite audio clips from Chapel FM's evolving "Home From Home" audio archive and radio hour show.
At 55, John found himself living in a shed in a yard full of engine parts. So when We Can Make asked him if he wanted to pioneer the first home of a revolutionary sustainable housing project, he jumped at the chance. Join John as he finds the land, designs his house, pushes it through planning permission and finally starts to get his hands dirty...
And if this sounds like something you'd be keen to do yourself, listen closely and get in touch, as We Can Make is only growing…
Airs Tuesday at 3pm on week 4 of the month.
A delicious slice of chat about food, baking, cooking and what it means for friends, family and communities.
Our radio schedule works on a week 2 & week 4 basis. Week two begins on the second Tuesday of each month.
A radio show featuring all things festival with current news, reviews , interviews and info on local up and coming events. Complemented by themes for discussion about festival related stuff.
Each show will feature a band line up from a past festival along with some historical facts from the event in between, but that’s not all they’ll be hot festival topics like how long are you willing to wait in the cue for that food truck .
So be at the front of the cue for everything , no need to wade through mud for the loo and have your very own VIP pass for the main stage sounds tune into the Festival Pass show with Kevin O Donnell every 4th Sunday of the month between 1.45 - 2.45 on ELFM.
An open mic for under 25s entirely run, hosted and focused on young people's performances
A series of wildly inventive radio broadcasts by young people inspired by explorations of Yorkshire places as part of Chapel FM's summer Healthy Holidays broadcast and arts programmes.
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.
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 is an arts project celebrating non-mainstream sports in Leeds. Phase 1 was funded by Arts Council England. Phase 2 is a Leeds 2023 project, produced by Peter Spafford with Space 2 in collaboration with Chapel FM Arts Centre.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
Airs Wednesdays at 8pm week 2 of the month.
Local discussions on confronting the climate crisis both at home and around the world.
Our radio schedule works on a week 2 & week 4 basis. Week two begins on the second Tuesday of each month.
Airs Tuesdays at 8pm on week 4 of the month.
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!
Our radio schedule works on a week 2 & week 4 basis. Week two begins on the second Tuesday of each month.
The Gender Rebalance Equality and Advisory Team are here to discuss music, from producing and playing to performing and writing.
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.
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…
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/
Join Harry and Juwairia for a brand new show all about disabled stories, art and humour.
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 with Leeds Age UK 📻🎧: A radio show capturing the voices of older people in our community.
Airs Wednesday at 5pm week 4 of the month.
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.
Our radio schedule works on a week 2 & week 4 basis. Week two begins on the second Tuesday of each month.
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!
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 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.
Special radio features about the past, present and future of Seacroft in East Leeds and nearby communities.
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.
The Red Kite radio show and podcast is produced by teenagers from East Leeds at Chapel FM Arts Centre.
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.
It's all about seeing the world from above, from the edges, from outside the status quo!