About TMCR 
Formed in early 2005, the group was created to start up a new Community Radio station for the Thorne and Moorends area.

The Group meets regularly to act on behalf of the local community in the running of the project.

The radio station was located at 5 Finkle Court, Thorne, Doncaster. This is to the rear of the Belmont Hotel. The initial aim was to obtain guidance from the community, finding out what they expect this station to do when it took to the air, persuading local businesses to advertise and offer financial support. Without this the station could not perform properly as it would not have reflected the wishes of the community it serves.

A survey was carried out in April 2005, which brought in around 400 responses from all walks of life. Based on this a format was decided upon and TMCR played a mixture of music from the war years right up to current hits. Many people have commented on this and said it was good to hear a wider choice than some stations play, with few tracks repeated.

All members of the station and committee are volunteers, who have come forward to give help to the project. The aim is to set up a limited company, and then make this a registered charity. Under the guidelines laid out, the station cannot operate to make a profit. It can receive no more than 50% of it's income from sponsorship or advertising, the rest has to come from other sources. This may be external funding, our own fund raising or donations.

Initially, the station operated as a RSL (Restricted Station License) with a 28 day on-air run between July 16th and August 12th 2005. This was carefully timed to wrap around the Thorne Festival weekend on July 30th and 31st. The station carried local information, local news, local contributions and was hosted by local people. It is not allowed to be political, religiously orientated, or show bias towards other groups or individuals.

Unlike the regular local radio stations, TMCR provided a higher speech content. This was by way of interviews with local people and organisations, features on events happening in the area, information about roadworks that may affect traffic and many other items of interest. There was a blend of music to suit all, from Classical to the Clash, the Beatles to Busted. Our programming contained several specialist areas that have been asked for by the people who answered our survey. Whilst they agreed that we should play some current chart hits, we should also play classical and other styles.

It's all about the community, they run the station, they provide much of the content and we hope that everyone will tune in when we return to the airwaves.

COMPLAINTS

Should any member of the public have a complaint about our station we ask that they initially contact the station manager at the studio. Many complaints can be dealt with amicably.

If you are experiencing interference then OfCom may be able to help. They are the body who govern all use of radio frequencies and who have provided our license to operate. All transmission equipment used by our station is to the required standards and has been installed by competent personnel.

Complaints about material broadcast by our station are also dealt with by OfCom. TMCR's management team will co-operate with OfCom at all stages to resolve any issues concerning our station.

Please contact TMCR if you require details of how to get in touch with OfCom, or visit their website at www.ofcom.org.uk. We have an information pack that is available to anyone who believes they are receiving interference from our transmitter and we can either give this to visitors, or post it if a name and address is left.