Radio Platform B

Platform B is a non-profit, youth-led radio project based in Brighton and Hove. The station says it began broadcasting online in 2016 and later added 105.5 FM and DAB in the city. Its emphasis is on emerging voices and music that may receive less attention from larger commercial stations. This gives the programme a different purpose from simply repeating the day's most familiar hits.

The Brighton setting feeds into the work: the broadcaster invites new artists and contributors and provides opportunities to learn production. Platform B's community projects and event broadcasts show how radio can connect a local creative scene with listeners. A presenter may bring a specialist selection or conversation to a particular slot, so the live schedule is a better guide to what is on than a single genre label.

Listen to Platform B for a station shaped by the next generation of Brighton and Hove radio makers. The online service carries its local perspective to people beyond the city. Its official site has programme information and ways for potential contributors to take part.

The value of this project is also in who gets to make radio. Applications for a show and production opportunities invite people to bring their interests into a public programme. Emerging artists can be heard in the city where they work, and a contributor can learn the skills needed to present them.

The exact artist in a show may change quickly; the broadcaster's commitment to new voices is the more durable point of reference.