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The station is operated entirely by a volunteer staff, from a building in the Newton area of the town. Isles FM is the trading name of
Western Isles Community Radio Limited, which owns all the equipment. It has recently secured an area of land to construct a purpose-built studio near Seaforth Road in
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The station was initially set up in the living room of a local minister, Reverend
Stanley Bennie, and operated for a few weeks at a time under a temporary licence as a trial. After proving that the station was feasible, a permanent licence was granted by the UK
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programming includes: specialist music, chat shows, children's programmes, and news. Every Sunday Isles FM broadcasts two
Christian acts of worship, often from Churches across the Isles or from Isles 'expats' ministering across Scotland.
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team in the 1970s before becoming
Managing Director of ILR stations in Scotland and London. One of the younger members of Isles FM, Eilidh MacLennan, moved on to work for the BBC as a presenter on Gaelic children's television,
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