Somer Valley FM, the local radio station for North East Somerset, based in Midsomer Norton, will be broadcasting a record number of shows and hours from Monday 12 September. 

'100 has always been a target number for me' remarked Richard Burgess, Somer Valley FM Station Manager. 'And that's our plan for this Autumn. We'll be broadcasting over 100 hours of live and fresh shows every week, over 14 hours of locally originated, community-focused radio daily'. 

New show highlights include The Community Show, airing 1pm on Thursdays. 'We have a fantastic team working together to produce radio which will concentrate on local community issues. It's a pleasure to have Simon Allen (Chief Executive, Age UK), Rob Wicke (Manager, Big Local Radstock & Westfield) and Janine Woodward-Grant (Deputy CEO, B&NES Carers' Centre) jointly hosting the show. With the cost-of-living crisis, along with increased demand on our community services, they'll be helping listeners in signposting where help can be found whilst featuring a relevant weekly community topic' Richard added. 

Other new shows include Toby Crabb's 12pm Monday Midday Magazine, Gav Richard's 11pm Monday to Thursday 'Somer Valley's 10 Most Wanted', and 9pm Sunday 'The Rock Alt Show' with Matt Ribbins. 

Richard continued 'We've added to our weekday daytime commercial orientated output. We've added to our weekend/weeknights speciality show roster. As always, we strive to provide something for all our listeners. Full show schedules are available via our website and daily social postings. If you miss a show, never fear, all are available to listen on-demand for 30 days, again via our website' 

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