Portsmouth radio

Portsmouth is a coastal city in Hampshire with a local audience connected to its neighbourhoods, harbour and surrounding urban area. Its public services and workplaces also bring people into the city from nearby communities. Radio with a Portsmouth identity can recognise that wider catchment while giving particular attention to the city and the organisations based within it. Sport, healthcare, cultural activity and voluntary projects offer distinct subjects for locally made programmes. Some services concentrate on a general city audience, while others address people in a particular setting such as a hospital. Music, interviews and personal requests can each provide a route for listeners to participate in the broadcast. Hospitals, football and live cultural activity provide different local connections for programme-makers in Portsmouth. Patient requests can give an individual a place within a healthcare broadcast, while sport and performance appeal to listeners elsewhere in the city. These interests bring personal entertainment together with the institutions and occasions that help shape Portsmouth's community life.