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RadioReverb is a community radio station broadcasting in Brighton & Hove on 97.2fm and available as a simulcast through its website. The station commenced broadcasting on April 2, 2007 to a geographical community of central and eastern Brighton & Hove. The area includes Kemp Town, a spiritual home to the large LGBT community of Brighton and Hove as well as the deprived areas of Whitehawk and Moulsecoomb. The station's output contains a diverse mix of speech-based and specialist music shows as well as short form radio features, radio art and event broadcasts.

History
RadioReverb was originally developed in 2003 by Earshot, a radio training organisation based in Brighton. It began as an internet radio station combining live streaming and on-demand programs which were produced by Earshot trainees. Demand for access to RadioReverb increased as each course completed and trainees continued to use the radio station. A partnership with University Radio Falmer (URF) then enabled the station to broadcast on AM one day a week.

The station then broadcast under a Restricted Service Licence for 2 weeks on FM in partnership with the Brighton Festival Fringe in May 2004 and included the first live radio broadcast from The Famous Spiegeltent in Brighton. With Lance Dann as the programme controller, RadioReverb included programmes made by Damian Harris from Skint Records, Orlando Harrison from Alabama 3, Jo Neary, The Big Chill (music festival), Ed Baxter from Resonance FM and included guests such as Animal Collective.

RadioReverb applied to Ofcom for a full-time community radio licence in November 2004 and was awarded its licence one year later. Following problems with the siting of its transmitter, the station received frequency clearance for 97.2fm one week prior to going on air.

Current Programmes
The radio station currently operates a unique format with most programmes being 48 minutes in duration followed by 12 minute short-form radio segments or 'Shorts'. This format was devised by RadioReverb's first curator, JJ Maurage. Some of the current programmes include:

Latest Soup

Stick It On

Songs From The Ark

Global Dance

The Albion Roar

Mason's World of Mystery

Station activities
In July 2008, RadioReverb and Earshot partnered the Sonic Arts Network to run Expo Brighton '08, the annual sound art festival. RadioReverb offered a commission for the festival which was won by the Felicity Ford for The Fantastical Reality Radio Show. They also held a Sonic Picnic in the Royal Pavilion Gardens.

Between October 2005 and December 2006, RadioReverb provided mentoring and experience for over 50 people from marginalised groups in Brighton and Hove as part of Earshot's Radio2Work course.