North Cotswold Community Radio (NCCR) is celebrating the station's return to its formerly flood-ravaged studio with the announcement of two very special live events at Chipping Campden School Hall this June. Presented in association with Chipping Campden School Parents Association, the events will be unmissable for lovers of gardening and music, with experts in both fields lined up to offer advice and wisdom to an expected audience of around 300 at each.

From 2.30pm on Sunday, June 15th a Garden Show will see NCCR's Gardening guru Paul Williams joined by Daily Telegraph columnist Val Bourne, garden designer and expert plantsman Chris Brown taking questions and offering solutions to horticultural problems. There will also be a selection of garden-related stalls along with tea and cakes. Advance tickets are a mere £5 and are available from Chipping Campden School reception during school hours, Chipping Campden Bookshop, the Cotswold Bookshop and Fosseway Nursery, both in Moreton in Marsh, Stowes Nursery, Mickleton and Sabins Nursery at Ebrington.

Saturday June 21st (doors 5pm) will see a Midsummer's night Unsigned Music Showcase hosted by NCCR's very own Steve Sutherland ( former Editor of the New Musical Express) who will chair a panel of experts including local farmer and Blur bassist Alex James, Universal Music's A&R chief Simon Gavin, producer and musician Stephen Lipson (who has worked with luminaries as diverse as The Rolling Stones, Whitney Houston, Daniel Bedingfield and Paul McCartney) and MD of Carlsbro Electronics, Andrew Bishop. This is a great chance for local talent to bring their wares to the attention of a distinguished set of music industry specialists.

Aspiring musicians or those seeking a career in the entertainment industry will have the chance to quiz the panel before the cream of local unsigned bands and songwriters take to the stage to perform short sets and receive the pundits' comments. Among those slated to appear onstage are hotly tipped local rockers Souljacker, Blockley's own Kamikaze Union, Oxfordshire-based rock quartet Inlight (who are already attracting major record label interest) and melodic duet No Fixed Abode. One further act is still to be confirmed. Tickets are again only £5 in advance from all the aforementioned outlets, or £7.50 on the door.

NCCR is currently moving back into its bespoke studio in the cells (or 'The Cooler' as it are affectionately known!) of The Old Police Station, Chipping Campden, following its decimation in last Summer's floods. After a successful period of test transmissions a full schedule of programmes is currently being finalised. For full details of this along with up-to-the-minute news of the Summer events, ticket,outlets availability and timings, check out www.northcotswoldonline.com.

North Cotswold Community Radio (NCCR) is pleased to announce the appointment of Tony Wall as the station's co-ordinator for Broadway & surrounding areas. Tony presents the Sunday evening show on NCCR with a unique mix of news, hard hitting opinions, dedications and prayers. His first job, aged just 16, was making the tea and fetching studio guests in the lift for BBC Radio Birmingham at the former Pebble Mill. Whilst enjoying a 20 year career as a financier, he has always kept his hand in with broadcasting, with his most recent spell being at BBC Radio Gloucestershire for what was meant to be a six month stint on the mid morning show. Two and a half years later he finally left and went back into his finance company!

A family man with two teenage boys, he is passionate about life in the Cotswolds and lives just outside Broadway. “When listeners email you and you see phone lines lighting up, it really makes you realise that you are part of something much larger” he says. He also finds it quite phenomenal when an email pops in from a listener in Manchester. “There is obviously something magical about the Cotswolds that appeals to others far away” he says, referring to the station's distant listeners via broadband (www.northcotswoldonline.com) and to its many worldwide ex-pat supporters.

As well as presenting, and being part of the overall management committee, Tony will take personal responsibility for the Broadway area and ensuring that it is represented in the programme making and any particular news stories of interest. He is also keen to encourage local people to become involved in both the production and presentation of local programmes and to contribute to existing output, so if you have something to say or wish to promote your organisation, YOUR NCCR NEEDS YOU . " Tony can be contacted via email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

With the station finally moving back into its home in The Cooler, The Old Police Station, Chipping Campden, in the next few weeks after a long period of refurbishment made neccessary after last Summer's floods, NCCR Chairman Robb Eden says "at last we can begin to steam full ahead. Tony has been an invaluable supporter of NCCR since its inception and now he will ensure that another quintessential corner of the North Cotswolds is well represented on NCCR”

For further information contact NCCR Publicity Officer Richard Price on 07798 624597

North Cotswold Community Radio (NCCR) is pleased to announce the appointment of John Bowlt as the station's co-oordinator for Shipston on Stour and its environs. John, who is actively involved with the Rotary Club of Shipston as PR officer , Chairman of the Victorian evening committee and who is soon to be President of the club, moved to the area recently . During his working life,he has been involved in Sales and Marketing management both in the UK and on a worldwide basis and after retirement he became involved in charitable work for both the Princes Trust and Hospital Radio Plymouth before moving to the North Cotswolds.

The latest recruit to join the NCCR team is Steve Sutherland, editorial director of IPC Ignite and previously editor of NME from 1992 to 2000. Steve, who will be presenting a theme based show every Sunday, brings a wealth of knowledge about the history of modern music and the people who have made the music industry what it is.

With further delays to the refurbishment of our studios in Chipping Campden it is unlikely that our planned February launch will go-ahead. However, North Cotswold Community Radio will be broadcasting every weekend, bringing programmes of local interest as well as a diverse range of programming for young & old. We are keen to hear from any Media Studies students who wish to help prepare local news bulletins, organisations or individuals who want us to broadcast information about their project or from anyone who has anything of interest to say to our growing audience in the North Cotswolds.

NCCR’s Chairman, Robb Eden, says, “ It is particularly pleasing for me to announce Steve’s involvement with NCCR. His programme will be listened to by a huge number of listeners both within and outside our area and will therefore help to focus attention on the North Cotswolds at a time when the community needs to promote a positive outlook for the future”.