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Two Rivers Media is a community owned media production company, creating radio programmes & podcasts. If you've read this far, thank you.
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Two Rivers Radio is a community radio station which broadcasts online only, although we will look to acquire an FM and/or DAB community licence when the opportunity arises. Organisationally, we are a constituted community group and currently we have a management committee of five individuals - none related to one another or that are living together. We are dedicated to opening up access to media

production to those that may otherwise not have the opportunity and to providing unique content to our listeners, providing stories and information for minority and marginalised groups as well as groups with niche interests that are not served by existing local services. Two Rivers Radio is wholly participatory and we encourage members of the community to present and/or produce shows irrespective of previous radio experience. Our volunteers include people who have been lifelong media professionals through to others who had never set foot inside a studio prior to joining us. Between September '17 and April '19 we would broadcast every Monday from the Corner Pin public house in York city centre. We would only broadcast for 10 hours a week, but during this time we worked with 40 volunteers and produced in excess of 600 hours of unique, grass-roots radio. Our website is currently offline for redevelopment, but you can find us here on Facebook and on Twitter or Instagram using the handle . Please find our archive here: https://www.mixcloud.com/TwoRiversRadio_York/

Two Rivers Radio has carried regular programmes produced by and for members of the BAME and LGBTQ communities within the city, 'Glass Half Full' which was a programme looking at the positive news and developments in climate science, 'Yor Living Well' which was a show about health, lifestyle and wellbeing and many other shows ranging from Poetry and Fine Art to Local History, Politics and Current Affairs as well as UK Wrestling and more. Of course, we also champion local and unsigned music as well as specialist programmes on genres under-represented in mainstream radio. When we relaunch later this year we hope that many of these programmes will return and we expect that there will be many more new ones launching alongside. Further to our regular weekly broadcasts we would promote and cover local community events including the famous Bishy Road Street Party, Dyls Party in the Park, and a number of charity fundraising events for IDAS and Macmillan at the Lendal Cellars. Twice we acquired a short-term restricted service licence to broadcast live to from Staxtonbury Music Festival - bringing the sounds of the festival, unique interviews and intimate acoustic sessions to the ears of those on the campsite and surrounding area on FM. Two Rivers Radio has been off-air since April 2019 when we decided to take a break and plan a relaunch. We had hoped to relaunch in 2020 and to open a café which would have provided the radio station with a reliable source of ongoing funding. Clearly, what with 2020 being the year it was that plan has been shelved. Currently we are fundraising for a modular building and are in the process of finding a home for it. This will mean that we have access to a permanent studio space and we will be able to relaunch, offering the people of York a 27/7 365 service. We firmly believe that with the homogenisation of commercial radio and the defunding of local BBC Radio, along with new national broadcast media outlets making a lurch to the right there is a significant threat to local news-gathering and more broadly a threat to democracy. This is why all areas of the UK need to have community radio stations that will not simply pump out pop-music and 'presenter banter', but will talk about the issues affecting their listeners' lives, investigating stories and enabling the community to be the change they want to see in their local area. Please check out the links below if you would like to support us or get involved:

Keep in touch: https://mailchi.mp/2d8019cc5c00/tworiversradio

Get involved: https://forms.gle/NMzEaz3J1cKrfrNr7

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04/01/2024

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09/11/2023

People of York! What are the big issues facing the city today? We are planning to relaunch our flagship local politics programme, Ask York, in the new year. What are the topics that you would like to see discussed by York's leadership, businesses, community leaders, and journalists?

08/10/2023

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22/09/2023

Awesome new music from Let 'Em Eat Crow!

Folk punk singer songwriter from Yorkshire. Love you all!

10/09/2023

Good morning ! I've had an idea - perhaps this already exists here in York and if not, it should.
Anyway, up til recently, once a veg plant had finished, and the container soil was exhausted, i dumped the soil into a small raised bed for a year or two. But now that bed is filled with wildflowers - and bees! :-)
So i wonder: is there a Soil Exchange in York? Drop off played-out soil, and take a bag away?

22/08/2023

We've been saying this for years - which means it's a growing problem. More people, more food, more chicken warehoused cheaply & w cruelty. And manure!
Lots of manure.
In our water. Etc.

Report argues chickens should be kept in much smaller flocks and given more space

22/08/2023

Yes - the UK is in trouble. I dealt with devastating neurological issues due to chronic encephalitis from Lyme (or erlichosis or bartonella or etc). People who develop tick-borne diseases in the UK are SCREWED.

Lots of good information on various Lyme pages

Ticks can spread a range of disease – including Lyme disease and the fatal Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever.

21/08/2023

Years ago, someone said "Future wars won't be fought for oil: but for water"

The future has arrived. Wildfires burn across the globe. Rivers are frying up; reservoirs emptying.

Humans change everything: or die

19/08/2023

This report is from Jan 2023. In 40 yrs, we've gone from a $billion-dollar disaster every 3 months to one every 3 WEEKS, & still nothing truly changes.

What disaster are we awaiting? When will we, & govts take this seriously?

In 2022, the U.S. suffered 18 billion-dollar disasters and had its 18th hottest year on record.

19/08/2023

Significantly higher T cells when you get the shots in the same arm! Interesting.

Right or left? The arm in which you get your Covid-19 booster may increase the amount of immune cells you produce. Researchers share what you need to know.

17/08/2023

Scary.
I reckon crops where this thing's originally from don't need much pollination. Can we grow them too? And, if these hornets "feast" on social bees /wasps I reckon we'd best support solitary bees asap.

The yellow-legged hornet, Vespa velutina, is a close cousin of the northern giant hornet, or "murder hornet." Both of them are very adept in the wholesale destruction of honey bees.

17/08/2023

Dear Thatcher's + Brexit Britain: refugees are in hotels bc councils no longer build housing & houses stand empty & rich punks own 3, 4, 5 etc homes & non-doms

13/02/2023

Today is World Radio Day. This years theme is 'Radio and Peace'.

https://www.unesco.org/en/days/world-radio

10/02/2023

***Exciting News***

After almost four years of inactivity Two Rivers is back!

We are no longer going to be broadcasting live, but we will be producing programmes and podcasts in and about York which will be distributed via Mixcloud and socials.

In light of our change of focus, we have rebranded to Two Rivers Media (Production). If you have a programme idea, or would like to get involved please click here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fml-mr3xWibukQabcjiQO42knGqr-B0YXww4MujUgjs/edit?usp=sharing

There will be some familiar favourites returning, as well as a slate of new shows coming over the next few months.

Thank you to all of our friends, fans, and supporters for sticking with us through what has been a difficult few years.

Make sure to like, comment and share our posts so that we can reach as many of you beautiful Yorkies as possible!!

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01/01/2023

Happy new Year from the Catchafire ❤️💛💚 Big Love 2023.
Next Lendal gig 3rd of February 2023
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Free entry 8pm till 1am

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15/11/2022

10/11/2022

"Catch A Fire" 🔥🔥🔥
Playing conscious reggae, roots, dance hall, rub a dub Jungle, steppers, and dub vinyl selections from sound system culture.
Free event with Live MC's every 1st friday of the Month at the Lendal cellars York
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Breaking Blueskies #3

Live music from some of York's finest musicians to help raise funds for Two Rivers Radio's new studio.

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World Radio Day 2021

Today is World Radio Day! The theme is, 'New World, New Radio' and is an opportunity to examine the evolution of radio, innovation in radio and the power of radio to connect people. In terms of our own evolution, Two Rivers Radio has come a long way in the last few years. Initially, circa 2015/16 there was just an idea - to build a radio station for the city of York that would focus on the city itself and that is completely participatory. In 2017 we conducted our first ever broadcast with a brand new and small, skeleton team of 5 from Staxtonbury Music Festival. Huge thanks go to Declan Minskip, Steve Judge, Maja Morawska, Graham Blueskies and Jez Russell for making that weekend happen. Later in the same year Two Rivers Radio began broadcasting every week from a pop-up studio at the The corner pin with a team of 40 volunteers from all walks of life. Although we were only broadcasting for 10 hours a week on a Monday, the content was fantastic and covered topics as diverse as social & environmental justice issues, health & wellbeing, wrestling, local interest and history, politics and current affairs as well as a broad range of music from both liive bands and DJs. You can enjoy many of our programmes from this period in the #TRRarchive: https://www.mixcloud.com/TwoRiversRadio_York/ All in all, during our time at the pin we broadcast over 600 hours of unique, grass-roots community radio made by the people of York, for the people of York in the heart of York. Further to these regular broadcasts we also covered a number of special events including Dunnington Community Events, Dyls Party in the Park and charity events for Macmillan Cancer Support and IDAS (Independent Domestic Abuse Services). We took a break in April 2019 and had planned to relaunch in 2020 in a new café. Clearly, last year being the year it was that plan got shelved. It has been our privilege to work with some amazing people and groups throuhout the city including, United Response, Yor