User:ButeFM/Bute FM

Bute FM is the community broadcaster for the Isle of Bute and broadcasts in stereo on 96.5 FM.

For over 150 hours per week the station broadcasts programmes produced by volunteer presenters, with the remaining airtime occupied by an automated music playout system. The station purports to be the first community radio station in the UK to offer 24 hours of scheduled, unrepeated programming for 5 out of its 7 days of broadcasting.

In October 2009, Bute FM also launched an online "Listen live" streaming service, accessible from a button on its homepage, and is now also in the Reciva database for Internet radios. In early September the Bute FM website reported that online listening figures had increased by 91% against the six month average from the first half of 2010.

Bute FM's programme schedule includes daily breakfast, mid-morning and lunchtime shows, plus a range of individual music and specialist programmes in the afternoons and evenings, including rock, country and American Old Time Radio. The station also broadcasts some programmes produced by the team behind the former Inverclyde Community Radio project.

The station operates on a not-for-profit basis for the benefit of the community, and is dependent on advertising, local fundraising and donations for its continued existence. Membership of the station is open to all who support its aims.