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£3,588
raised of £5,000 target by 183 supporters

    Weʼve raised £3,588 to An on going fundraising page for running costs for Edinburgh Radio Station Chief Radio. It costs £10,000 a year to keep Chief on air. Thanks

    Funded on Thursday, 1st December 2022

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    Support Chief Radio as we try to support others.

    We started Chief on the 27th July in the middle of a pandemic with not much experience, little money but we had a great idea. A radio station that at grass root level would support unsigned and independent bands and it's local community..

    We have supported over 700 bands, we helped raise over £22,000 with Sing in the City, we donated 59 Alexa Speakers to Scottish Care homes, we provided online parties for people who could celebrate, we started a group Guitar class and Rookie DJ session. While it was hard in 2022/21 to connect in real time with people we did our best to keep our listeners together and managed to get our listening base to 11,000 per month, now more with Edinburgh DAB

    If you have spare money to support us that would be great but don't feel obliged.

    We will continue to need money for DAB, licences, music, equipment etc and also it helps fund the Group Guitar Class & provide Rookie DJ sessions. It also helps pay for the Chief Radio app which is available on Android or iPhone.

    Please see our website to understand who we are and what we do.

    Kirsty Baird set up Chief Radio when the Hanley & the Baird single Follow the Rainbows got to No 3 in the Scottish chart and No 27 in the UK chart yet none of our local stations would play it. Only the community radio stations up and down the country featured it.

    With a year of experience she now realises that what we listen to on our 'go to local commercial stations is governed by London and really isn't local at all.

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    • Kirsty Baird2 years ago
      Kirsty Baird

      Kirsty Baird

      2 years ago

      Thanks for your support. If we get Edinburgh DAB next month it's going to get more expensive to run Chief Radio so the hard work continues. If DAB in Edinburgh works then of course we will look for getting it on other areas Thanks

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    • Kirsty Baird2 years ago
      Kirsty Baird

      Kirsty Baird

      2 years ago

      YOU GUYS, supporting Chief Radio helps keep us on air and also helps us develop the station and people volunteering for us. You are all legends

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    • Kirsty Baird2 years ago
      Kirsty Baird

      Kirsty Baird

      2 years ago

      This week if you mark your donation as Xmas Care then all that cash will be used for gifts for care home residents and care workers.

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    3 years ago

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    Page last updated on: 11/27/2022 09.04

    Supporters

    183

    • Vera

      Vera

      Nov 27, 2022

      Keep doing what you do best, & bring music into our hearts 💕 & home 👍xxxx

      £10.00

    • Marion Hogg

      Marion Hogg

      Nov 6, 2022

      Makes my Sundays xx

      £10.00

    • Jackie S

      Jackie S

      Nov 1, 2022

      £20.00

    • Wendy & William

      Wendy & William

      Oct 28, 2022

      Brilliant station guys. X

      £10.00

    • Gwen Haines

      Gwen Haines

      Oct 27, 2022

      Keep up the great work everyone. Love chief radio. 💜👍

      £20.00

    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Oct 23, 2022

      to all presenter's.Keep up the excellent standards

      £30.00

    • The Thomson Twins

      The Thomson Twins

      Oct 22, 2022

      Loving Chief Radio 💗🎼

      £20.00

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    Kirsty Baird

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    CHIEF RADIO is a community online radio station based in Edinburgh. WE support community, unsigned and independent bands. We play more Scottish artist than the bigger commercial stations. It is expensive to have a radio station, DAB alone costs us £400 a month. Thank you

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