Faza FM

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Faza FM
Broadcast area	Nottingham
Frequency	97.1 MHz
First air date	25 March 2002
Format	Asian
Owner	Asian Women's Project
Website	www.radiofaza.org.uk/

Faza FM is a community radio station in the United Kingdom. The station broadcasts on 97.1 FM in Nottingham.

1 Background
2 Programming
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Background

Radio Fiza (operating as Radio Faza) was the sixth of the fifteen original pilot Access Radio stations in the United Kingdom which paved to way for the full launch of community radio stations in 2005. The Asian Women's Project originally provided programming on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays (0700-2300) and Sunday between 1200-2100 hours. The rest of the week consisted of programming from the Karimia Institute which are now broadcasting as Dawn FM. Due to losing the bid to keep Radio Faza. Since 28 March 2006 97.1FM has consisted solely of programming from the Asian Women's Project. Their slogan is 'For your information, communication and entertainment needs'. Asian Women's Project has experience with local community Radio, as it ran Radio Kiran from 2000 until the birth of Radio Faza.

[edit] Programming

Programming is primarily aimed at Asian women their families and young people. The service includes local and community news and information, features, interviews, discussions, phone-ins, poetry and literature, and Asian and English music. The station broadcasts in English, Urdu and Punjabi with a smaller amount of programming in Hindi, Bengali, Mirpuri and Gujarati

You can listen to Faza FM live on their website.