Nationally, we’ve recently seen a period of great change, with a new Monarch, a new Government and certainly big changes in the weather. “South Norfolk Radio has been undergoing some changes too” says Chair of the Wymondham-based not-for-profit Community Interest Company Anthony Woods.

“We’ve said reluctant goodbyes to long-standing presenters Sophie Garrod (The Sophie Sessions) and Johnnie Dalton (Music Forever, Forever Music) both of whom were finding it increasingly difficult to fit in radio with their other interests” explains Anthony. “But we’ve also welcomed new recruit DJ Harry (Harry Holmes) and we’re also hoping for a return from Matty T, one of our former presenters from our time as Radio Wymondham”.

“I can honestly say that I like music of all sorts really” says new recruit Harry, “and you’ll hear all types across my two new shows on South Norfolk Radio. It’s the Dance music that’s in focus of course on my Saturday Night show Dancemania (Saturdays 7-10pm), while there’s a wider range in DJ Harry’s Year Of Music (Thursdays 8-10pm) where I pick a year each week and play songs from that year from all the genres that were popular at the time (and still are!). So the list can include rock, pop, dance, house, and more” says Harry.

Harry has previously been heard on Norwich’s Future Radio but, away from the microphone, he is also a bit of a transport enthusiast, enjoying spending time with his camera at the viewing area at RAF Lakenheath and taking photos of buses too. And, like a number of other SNR presenters, he’s a supporter of Norwich City Football Club.

Meanwhile, SNR regular Hannah Young has added to her responsibilities at the radio station by taking on an extra programme. “As well as The Lust for Life Show (Thursdays at Midday), I’m also doing a new show between 7 and 8pm on Fridays called Lust for Life - Funked Up. Tune in then for a perfect mix of funk and groove from disco to house via trip hop and pop. As long as the beat is funky, it gets on the set list” explains Hannah.

“It’s great that we really do have such a wide range of specialist music programmes on the station now” says SNR Chair Anthony “but there is always room for more - and for speech-based programming too”.

You’ll find full details of all South Norfolk Radio’s programmes on the station’s website at www.snradio.uk. You can keep up to date through SNR’s social media (the station is on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) and during live shows you can use WhatsApp to send a text message to the presenter directly in the studio and there’s a QR Code for this on the website. But if you’re more old-school, the number is 01603 863097 so you can easily add the station to your WhatsApp contacts.

If you’d like to contribute to helping keep the volunteer-run station on the air, then why not join as a South Norfolk Radio member (you don’t have to broadcast if your skills lay elsewhere!) or you could support the enterprise ‘local business to local business’ with one of the station’s keenly-priced advertising packages. Contact the radio station at info@snradio.uk or fill in your details on the Recruitment Tab on the website at www.snradio.uk.

South Norfolk Radio broadcasts on DAB+ in Norwich and is also available across many parts of South Norfolk, but if you’re having trouble finding the station there, remember that if you’ve got internet, you can listen 24/7 online through the website and a dedicated smartphone player, and on Alexa and other smart speaker devices.