Would you believe me if I told you that Castledown Radio has been on FM for one whole year! That's right, we launched on 104.7 FM on Saturday, 4th November, 2006.

So we had to have a party, and the idea was put forward to have 12 whole hours of live radio, with a mix of presenters and music. And we had a cake, and champagne!

Baz & Vanessa cut the cake, as John McConnell looks on

The Media Centre was open to a steady stream of visitors, and after Station Manager Baz Reilly had started the day we were treated to specialist shows from Luke Sperry,  Marc Denton, Vanessa Stone, John Sparrow (with the Voice of Ludgershall John McConnell providing the "voice", since the other John had lost his!),  Shane Graham,  new presenter Haydn Cragg and a great joint show called "Bill Oddie", with Luke Sperry and Rick Young. The 12 hours was completed by Helen Taylor, with a great choice of music that meant a lot to her.

Some of the presenters and guests on Sunday raise a glass to 104.7FM

The Media Centre is the centre of "Radio for you, by you", so if you want to volunteer to help in any way in the Media Centre or as a Pulse deliverer please call us on 01264 841047 or email

Listen to Baz Reilly launching Castledown Radio on the 4th November 2006: (2 MB)

Listen to Steve Lawton explaining how Castledown Radio came about at the launch in 2006: (2 MB)