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Brighton radio station Platform B gets permanent studio at Green Door Store
By Andy Malt | Published on Friday 2 December 2016
Newish Brighton radio project Platform B is to get a permanent home with a new studio at the city’s Green Door Store venue. The official launch of the studio will coincide with the venue’s sixth birthday celebrations in January.
Launched online earlier this year, and due to begin broadcasting on FM next summer, Platform B’s team is entirely made up of young adults.
“For many fifteen to 25 year olds, radio today can sound rather staid, lacking the vibrancy and interactivity of the online platforms they are used to, especially YouTube”, Station Manager Nats Spada told CMU shortly after launching the project. “So I think it’s time to re-imagine what radio can be, and only people in that age range can do that. Which is what Platform B is all about”.
Commenting on the announcement of the new studio, Spada said yesterday: “Throughout 2016, Platform B has experimented with ‘pop-up’ broadcasts throughout the city, but we’re THRILLED to finally have a permanent home at the Green Door Store. I don’t know of any radio station based in a music venue, so it’s an exciting venture that will create a space for Brighton’s next generation of DJs, producers and presenters who want to reimagine and diversify the traditional sounds of radio”.
Green Door Store Programme Manager Toni Coe added: “We are really excited to be able to house and support the opening of this new influential, local community radio station as a platform to showcase the great local music community we have in Brighton. This is the perfect collaboration for both Platform B and Green Door Store to better support international, national, and most importantly local bands in their development”.
Platform B will officially launch its new studio at Green Door Store’s sixth birthday party on 7 Jan. The free entry show will feature performances from Traams, Gang, Ditz and Spill, and will be live-streamed on the station, via its website.
