ELFM’s Summer Broadcast 2018
Our annual summer broadcast festival returns with a smorgasbord of locally produced shows championing local musicians and exploring local issues
Shows
Have a look through all of our shows. You can filter the results to find the kind of shows you are particularly interested in.
Family Activity Days
Throughout the school holidays we invite families down to Chapel FM Arts Centre for a range of fun, creative activities. During each day we have a broadcast takeover by the young people that come and take part. Have a listen to what they've been up to here!
Femme Collective
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
Festival Pass
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.
Find Your Frequency
Find Your Frequency is our adult learning course that explores different aspects of radio production. At the end of the course participants produce their own radio show, which you can listen to here
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.
Football Fanatics
Welcome to Football Fanatics! Join Sam and Kian as they talk through all things football over the past month.
Friday Fry Up: What’s New in Leeds Arts
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.
From The Bandroom
Airs Fridays at 10pm week 4 of the month.
Andrew Forster and Phil Driscoll visit brass bands to hear them play and to find out what makes them keep the tradition of British brass banding alive.
Our radio schedule works on a week 2 & week 4 basis. Week two begins on the second Tuesday of each month.
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
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.
Global Leeds: International Radio Connections
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.
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…
GREAAT
The Gender Rebalance Equality and Advisory Team are here to discuss music, from producing and playing to performing and writing.
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/
Home From Home 2024: Audio Archives
Explore our radio archive of oral histories about how people come together around urban forests, buses, and creative teenage spaces.
Home From Home Snippets
Here are some favourite audio clips from Chapel FM's evolving "Home From Home" audio archive and radio hour show.
Hot Flavours
Airs Fridays at 10pm week 2 of the month.
From Blues to Bee-bop, James Fernie plays the music and tells the story from the great blues and jazz era.
Our radio schedule works on a week 2 & week 4 basis. Week two begins on the second Tuesday of each month.
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.
Is it Folk?
Owen Spafford presents a selection of folk for all kinds of folk. Or...is it folk?!
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.
LCoM Presents…
A range music brought to you by students from Leeds College of Music
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.
LEEDS 2023: Stories from a year of culture
Conversations and stories from projects involved with LEEDS 2023: A Year of Culture.
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
Leeds East Academy – Show Page
A place for all things LEA...
Leeds International Partner Conversations
Stories about projects and cultural connections between Leeds and its twinned and partner cities around the world.
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.
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.
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.