Radio Phoenix FM

Phoenix FM is the community station for Brentwood and Billericay in Essex, combining local interviews with a wide range of music. It was formed in August 1996 by people with experience at Mayflower FM, and first broadcast on 29 December that year. Twelve temporary broadcasts followed before the full-time service launched on 23 March 2007. Its later homes included the Brentwood Centre, before a move to the Pavilion at Thorndon Country Park South in July 2026.

Jo Bailey is one of the station's breakfast voices, Michelle Ward presents Eat My Brunch and Patrick Sherring hosts One 2 Three. Interviews bring in local businesses, charities, artists and community organisations. Subjects have included the Brentwood Business Awards, Saint Francis Hospice campaigns and support services working across Essex, putting practical local matters alongside entertainment.

The musical schedule is notably broad. Gareth Williams explores indie and alternative records in Bumper To Bumper, Keith Ball presents jazz and big-band music in Having A Ball, and Xanthe Bearman's GR80s revisits the 1980s. Synth City concentrates on electronic music, while other programmes include Curveballs, Resurrection and Classic Phoenix. The station also publishes its own music chart and presenters' recommendations.

The Sunday Sessions promotes local and unsigned performers associated with the open-mic nights at the Essex Arms in Brentwood. Cricket discussion features in 98 Not Out, extending the speech output beyond general interviews. It is the Essex service, separate from Phoenix FM in Halifax.