04/08/2018
Brighton is sometimes described as the gay capital of the UK, although there are some other towns that would dispute this!! Its queer media scene is a good reflection of the diversity of this wonderful seaside city. It has GSCene, a monthly magazine, an FM and DAB relay for national gay station Gaydio, and a campy breakfast show aired on the popular commercial channel Juice FM. Now, however, Radio Reverb, one of the city's local community stations has also been recognised for its role in promoting diversity in the city. The station has been shortlisted for the Community Organisation Award at the National Diversity Awards. According to the media website Radio Today, Reverb airs a wide variety of spoken word programmes for social groups including older people, people living with HIV and transgender people. Tracey Allen, RadioReverb director, said of the nomination: “We are tremendously proud that RadioReverb has been shortlisted for the Diversity Awards. RadioReverb takes diversity very seriously and are proud to give voices to marginalised communities, so to be recognised for this – and in such a competitive category – is truly an honour”. If you're in Brighton and want to try out Radio Reverb for yourself, you can hear it on 97.2 FM.
http://www.nationaldiversityawards.co.uk/
https://www.juicebrighton.com/
