We have been making great strides in achieving it's original goal of showcasing some great up and coming talent with over 280 "promoted bands" (promoted bands are bands that are either unsigned or signed to independent labels) and can currently be heard via our website http://metalmeyhemradio.com , via our own mobile apps, and all the major internet radio directories such as TuneIn, MyTuner and Radio.net and now Amazon Alexa.
We have regular links with most major record labels and PR Companies, and often punch above our weight by interviewing many large and established bands, as well as staying up to date with brand new releases.
As a South Coast Radio Station, we look to support the local music scene, by promoting the events, and also by actually showing up, and speaking/ interviewing the bands, as well as provide show reports... we have recently added a new monthly show called The LARS Live Show which is a show that plays the live recordings from some of the past LARS Promotions live events. LARS Promotions themselves are a small South Coast based Live Promotions Company.
Another group we have been working with are based in the heart of Portsmouth itself, The South (UK) Metal & Rock and are now putting on regular events at Southsea's leading music venue The Edge of the Wedge.
Sam who runs the events is now a regular on Metal Meyhem Radio.
Our regular shows look to showcase new talent, for example;
Saturday Late Breakfast with JayRock every week showcases over 20 BRAND NEW tracks by bands that have often never received any radio play before.
J.C's Kick Ass Rock Show each week features up and coming artists from both the UK and the US.
Both Elliot's Ritual of the Fourth ,
and The Pappa D Show often feature lesser known artists from across Europe,
along with Lauren's Woman Crush Wednesday which looks to celebrate females within the heavy music industry
Gemma with Let There Be Rock which focuses on up and coming bands and festivals.
Recent newcomer's to the station include, James with his Metal Ashes Radio Show,
Mandy Lawrie with The 69X Radio Show, which focuses on up and coming bands from the UK and around the globe,
and Pariah Burke's Hard Heavy & Hair Show which looks's at Rock & Metal from the 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s and now.
Most recently Sam, with the South (UK) Metal & Rock. This show focuses only on bands in the South of the UK, and those local to the station,
along with Stoner Witch Radio focusing on Stoner Rock/ Doom Metal
and Not The Punk Rock Show focusing on up and coming Punk bands.
We also syndicate shows from;
Hard Rock Nights
and one of Metal Meyhem Radio's longest running shows, The Rock Metal Podcast with Jon Harris
Starting in 2015, the UK regulatory radio body Ofcom has been conducting some trials of small scale DAB radio, in which Portsmouth was one of the first.
We won a space of the Portsmouth area mulitplex and went "Live" at the end of January 2018 broadcasting across Portsmouth and the South Coast at 48Kbps AAC v2, and in doing so we joined other small independent radio stations broadcasting on DAB+ digital radio.
At the beginning of February 2019, we also joined Brighton, again broadcasting on DAB+ at 64Kbps AAC.
Ofcom have extended the trials of Small Scale DAB for a further 2 years...which means we can continue broadcasting on DAB Digital Radio until at least March 2020!
Metal Meyhem Radio has always been, and will always remain a Not for Profit Radio Station, our purpose will always be to showcase up and coming talent, and to provide opportunities for budding presenters and media journalists.
The UK does not have another Ofcom licenced independent Rock station that focuses on independent music, the only other is owned by a commercial operator (Planet Rock), and they do not play Active Rock, Extreme Metal or up and coming bands.
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