Diversity FM

Diversity FM
Broadcast area	Lancaster
Frequency	103.5 MHz
First air date	9 October 2007
Last air date	27 April 2012
Format	Community
Owner	YMCA
Website	No longer active

Diversity FM was a community radio station based in Lancaster, north Lancashire, which covered the Lancaster and Morecambe district. It broadcast a mixture of live and pre-recorded shows and music 24/7 on 103.5FM and via the Internet.

It launched at 11am on 9 October 2007 with the first song 'I'm on my Way' from the musical 'Paint Your Wagon'.

At the start of September 2011 Diversity FM launched a new website and started to play announcements on air that a change was happening on 3 October 2011 ahead of a brief re-brand and relaunch before its eventual closure.

In early March it was reported that Diversity FM was to close down at the end of the month due to problems with funding. At midnight on 31 March 2012, Diversity FM was to cease its live broadcasting.^[1]^[2] The presenters (a large group of the volunteers involved with the station at the time and some previous members) were unable to decide what to play as the last 'official' song and the broadcast was extended due the presenters not wanting to end! Eventually, the last song was chosen and played at twenty nine minutes past midnight (00:29) on 1 April 2012, the song 'September' by Earth Wind and Fire marked the end of the station's live broadcasting and the station went into automation (or 'Non-Stop Diversity' as it was branded). On 27 April 2012 the transmitter was turned off. The last song (which just happened to be 'I Try' by Macy Gray) was followed by the last piece of audio heard on 103.5FM: a clip of Edmund Blackadder and Queen Elizabeth from the popular TV show 'Blackadder' reciting the end of a ransom note that read "hope you're not too miffed... byeeeeee". This was followed by the last post and a final jingle.

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Culture and infrastructure of the City of Lancaster

Transport

Carnforth MPD Furness and Midland Joint Railway Heysham Port Heysham to M6 Link Road Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway Lancaster bus station Lancaster Canal Lancaster Carriage and Wagon Works Lancaster Corporation Tramways Leeds to Morecambe Line "Little" North Western Railway Morecambe Branch Line Morecambe Tramways

Railway stations	Bare Lane Carnforth Heysham Port Lancaster Morecambe Silverdale Wennington

Disused stations	Arkholme Ashton Hall Bay Horse Borwick Galgate Halton Hest Bank Kirkby Lonsdale Lancaster (Greaves) Lancaster Green Ayre Morecambe Euston Road Morecambe Promenade

Parks &
reserves

Sport

Media

Politics

Constituencies: Lancaster
- By-elections: 1928
- 1941
Lancaster and Fleetwood
Lancaster and Wyre
Morecambe and Lunesdale

Education

Schools in the City of Lancaster

Comprehensive	Carnforth High School Central Lancaster High School Heysham High School Morecambe High School Our Lady's Catholic College Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy

Further Education Colleges	Lancaster and Morecambe College The Adult College

Grammar	Lancaster Girls' Grammar School Lancaster Royal Grammar School

Independent	Lancaster Steiner School

Former	Skerton Community High School

Geography
Buildings and structures

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