ELFM Summer Broadcast 2019: Access All Areas

Join us for this special show bringing together past two weeks of amazing projects, experiences, events, broadcasts and performances.

A show focusing on youth voice, relationships and music that takes you on a journey of emotions and truth with young people. Raw and honest discussions from young people with their mentor about what it is like discovering yourself and your emotions in the 21st century and the importance of self love and being who you are.

Getting involved in the arts world here in and around Leeds as simple as it seems? Join Peter and Zoe as they discuss how many different things are at play and what they think.

Join East Leeds FM for their coverage of the Family Fun Days. Next stop Crossgates Primary.

Welly sits in the studio with one fo the Next Gen's to talk all about games.

Chapel FM has been working with a group of students from Bishop Young Academy’s Exchange Group to explore the concept of propaganda in the media and arts, both in the past and present. This work culminated in a visit to Huddersfield’s Holocaust Exhibition and Learning Centre where the group discovered the full impact of Nazi Propaganda. They share their experiences and thoughts in this special programme for ELFM.

A group of our Have a Go Broadcasters got together, motivated by the power food can have to bring different communities together. Liam, Anil and Dennis have worked together over the past few months to make this programme that may make you think differently about food and the power it has to bring people together.

Today our Summer Radio Project team have been discovering all about radio drama and live performances on the airwaves. Join them for this special show which will showcase the myriad of skills they’ve tried out here in our Radio Theatre upstairs at Chapel FM.

In the first of two programmes made our Next Generation Broadcasters, the Radio Overload show is made by Harry, Jordan, Izzy and Shauna reflects their individual and contrasting experiences of dealing with the world when you have sensory or mental health challenges. This show is not only a moving listen, but it also showcases the voices and radio skills of our young Broadcasters who have spent months preparing this programme.

Our most recent Find Your Frequency group spent six months learning and building on their radio skills which culminated in them making this programme which intertwines their personal journeys alongside some top tips for promoting well being. Jamie, Laura and Marshall present this hour long show which should leave you feeling soothed and relaxed.

In the second of our programmes made by our very Next generation Broadcasters, Jake and Harrison present their show, Radio Rant. Stand by for news, reviews, tech and film updates and even a story narrated by them both!

ELFM broadcaster Dave Wrighton presents a special show jammed packed full of requests and dedications from people all across East Leeds. Listen out for your special song or even for a track that’s been dedicated especially for you!

Come listen in to a very special live performance with Chapel FM's Open Voices, live at the Seacroft Hub

2 years ago the wonderful Space2 worked with young people across East Leeds to put on a musical to end all al musicals. Oh I Do Like to Be Beside the Seacroft! is an adventure set across one strange night, written by Boff Whalley, using stories and histories collected from the folk of Seacroft by Jane Morland. We re-live the performances of Summer 2017 with a special radio version of this play which lives on for all those involved. Enjoy!

Listen in to the highlights from unity day, with special interviews and so much more

Few people in the history of radio accessed more areas of the human spirit than the great Chicago free-spirit and oral historian Studs Terkel. ELFM’s Peter Spafford talks with Tony Macaluso about his experiences helping build the digital archive of 5,600 radio programmes created by Studs Terkel after he died at the age of 96 in 2008. Terkel chose as his epitaph, “Curiosity did not kill this cat!” and this radio programme celebrates his ever impertinent spirit with snippets of conversations with blues musician Big Bill Broonzy, gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, writers James Baldwin and Nelson Algren and reflections on loving a city that can never love you.

Come join East Leeds FM for their coverage of the Family Fun Days. First Stop the Seacroft Village Green

Nobuhle and Xolani return with a special twist on their wonderful Woza Africa show.

For her first ever show for Chapel FM, Harriet Bolson brings a ray of sunshine to the Summer Broadcast with an hour of good vibes, great tunes and some great ideas for living your best life.

From the minds of Jaimes Lewis Moran and Zoe Carty, current and former Associate Writers.

Today our Summer Radio Project team have been learning all about Mixing and editing. Hear from Euan and Zoe who have been teaching the gang new skills, and check out some fresh new mixes from the group!

Spring 1984, and a group of individuals meet at the Adelphi on Hunslet Road in Leeds. They are generally dissatisfied with travelling to nearby towns and cities to see live jazz and improvised music and feel it is up to them to do something about it. “Leeds Jazz Promotions” was subsequently formed within the context of a flourishing alternative political and cultural environment including Leeds Other Paper, Leeds Trades Club and the Red Ladder Theatre Company. “Left of Leeds” speaks to some of the people instrumental in developing “Leeds Jazz Promotions”, “Leeds Jazz”, “The Termite Club” and “Jazz Leeds” we explore how jazz, improvised and experimental music has established in Leeds and become an important focus for this form of music.

Join Pete and Neil from this brilliant Leeds independent record label as they hijack the airwaves for an hour playing some of the tracks that inspired them to start their label and work with some of the most interesting musicians around in Leeds.

Our very own Fuzzy Jones interviews Leeds Music fanatic Whiskas as he talks you through a potted history of this city’s music scene- it’s not all about the Kaiser Chiefs you know! Sit back for an hour of forgotten Leeds bands from the Gang of Four to the Landspeed Loungers.

Hear the highlights from last week’s Summer Music Project with the young people who took part and Leeds legend and experimental musician Chris Sharkey.

Listen in for a special performance of the Chapel's very own Jazz Collective from the Old Fire Station.

Meet our group of young Broadcasters taking part in this week’s Sumer Radio Project. They’ll be introducing themselves, playing some of their favourite tracks and interviewing each other about the things they care about. We’ll have a live show from the project every day, so join us throughout the week to hear more from this lovely bunch!

We live in a global world, with families and friends often living hundreds of miles apart in different cities, countries and even continents - hosted by Nobuhle Kweyama. With ELFM being available internationally through our internet player, we felt this was a chance for people here in Leeds to send a song and perhaps and message to loved ones they may have left behind. Nobuhle Kweyama presents this heart warming programme.

Peter Mitchell is a world famous photographer legendary for his photos of ‘ordinary’ Leeds, including a rather one special one of Seacroft Methodist Chapel, the current home of Chapel FM! He talks to us about his ‘Strangely Familiar’ project on instagram which features previously unreleased images of Leeds along with the story of how he and his images became so famous

The Seacroft Scroll is a collection of stories and reflections from local people who’ve worked together for a year to delve into the area’s heritage and history. The scroll’s been developed by artists from the 365LeedsStories project and was produced in partnership with children and staff from Beechwood and Seacroft Grange Primary Schools. Project organisers Matthew Bellwood and Alison Andrews tell the story of how the scroll was made

The sight of these magnificent birds flying and swooping over the East Leeds landscape has had a powerful effect on the community and this programme tells that story.

“Get Lost in Leeds” soundscape of an experiment created by Slung Low / The Holbeck as part of their Cultural Community College features artists, runners and urban wilderness explorers Daniel Bye and Boff Whalley leading a group of open-minded urban-wild-space adventurers on a series of experiments in navigation and talking about the pleasures of getting lost close to home. Produced by Rosie Parsons, Jamie Carnie and Tony Macaluso. Also on the programme: “Hollybush” a short radio documentary produced by Rosie Parsons about the Hollybush Conservation Centre in Kirkstall. Following the documentary we have a discussion about getting lost with Claire Irving from the East Leeds Project, writer and storyteller Matthew Bellwood, Rosie Parsons and Tony Macaluso.

Commemorating Gay Pride. Mlindi Kulashe talks about some tackling issues, the LGBTQ+ community are still facing today.

From lyrics by the likes of Lou Reed and the Kinks to blurring gender stereotypes in image like Bowie, and the New York dolls, rock has been a powerful player in breaking down barriers. Jamie Carnie talks to Kate Hutchinson about the transformative impact this genre has had.

Join Madge and Monique for their live coverage of the Leeds Pride Event.

From getting on a train to London in search of a lesbian night club to the heartbreak of leaving your wife to become your true transgender self, this hour long programme will share the real life experiences of our local gay community over the past 5 decades.

Listen in to ELFM with there Live Coverage of Unity Day.