Flame Radio

Flame Radio is a Christian and community station for Liverpool and Wirral, operated through the charitable organisation Wirral Christian Media. The project began with temporary broadcasts in 2000, followed by a series of further short services before full-time broadcasting started in December 2009. Its output brings music, faith, personal stories and local interests together, with participation from people connected with churches and the wider community.

David and Laura Higham contribute breakfast and other music programmes, while Vic Edwards presents the Victor E Show. Bible-focused features and time for reflection sit alongside programmes such as The American Song Book. This creates a schedule where religious material and more general musical enjoyment appear together rather than occupying completely separate services.

The team brings a wide range of interests to its selections. Andy Eades adds folk and country, Ken Izli draws on a collection of jazz records and Beryl Polden explores hymns and songs from different traditions. David Friery contributes Bible teaching, while Derek Lindley brings humour and conversation to his programmes. The individual choices give the station a varied sound within its broader Christian identity.

Flame's recorded programme collection includes Chat Room conversations, heritage features under the Look Back name and a dramatisation of Pilgrim's Progress. Its history also includes programmes made with carers and local people sharing their experiences. These strands give listeners more than a continuous sequence of songs or sermons: they offer opportunities to hear personal accounts, local recollections and creative work alongside worship and reflection. The station's development from occasional Wirral broadcasts into an ongoing service has retained that combination of faith and community participation.