citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . january 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message huntingdon community radio broadcast area huntingdonshire branding your music . your voice . your station . slogan hits & memories 24 hours a day frequency 104mhz rds hcr104fm first air date 23 april 2011 format community radio station affiliations the hunts post local newspaper owner hcrfm huntingdon community radio media limited website www.hcrfm.co.uk huntingdon community radio is a community radio station operating from studios in huntingdonshire cambridgeshire england . it was awarded a broadcast licence by ofcom in 2009 and has been broadcasting 24 7 on 104 fm across huntingdonshire and online since april 2011 . history edit hcr started life in 1995 when a group of volunteers headed by current mayor of huntingdon bill hensley opened a temporary studio above bookmakers braybrook racing in huntingdon . obtaining a restricted service licence from the uk s broadcasting regulator ofcom hcr initially went on air for 3 weeks . following the initial broadcast a partnership was established with the community college in st neots cambridgeshire . the purpose of the partnership was to allow sixth form students to practice and develop an interest in broadcast media . this partnership along with purpose built studios remained extant for several years before the station moved to new studios at raf wyton . hensley lobbied ofcom for the allocation of a full time community licence for huntingdon . following a successful bid hcr was awarded a full time licence in 2009 . following the award of the licence the station became known as hcr104fm using the previous name as a byline . it went on air permanently in may 2011 . the station has national news each hour from sky and local news in association with the hunts post each day . the station is funded through a mix of grants advertising and sponsorship . programming edit programming runs 24 hours a day including breakfast & daytime shows . each weekday evening at 7pm on hcr104fm runs its community based interview show over to you inviting members of the community to be interviewed for an hour around . between 8pm & 10pm are the station s specialist shows monday soul & motown tuesday rock & roll wednesday country & western thursday soft rock friday spotlight local arts music and entertainment saturday a different beat 80 s mixtape & dance decades sunday smooth jazz the station had a soap opera huntsford which centred on a hairdressing salon wavelengths in a small town not completely unlike huntingdon . this went out as five minute episodes on mondays wednesdays and fridays at 10 20am and 4 20pm with a 15 minute omnibus edition on sundays at 4pm . the soap opera has since been axed and there are no plans for it to return . external links edit official website coordinates 52 19 45 n 0 10 52 w 52.329098 n 0.180999 w 52.329098 ; 0.180999 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title huntingdon community radio & oldid 734282512 categories community radio stations in the united kingdomradio stations in cambridgeshire and peterboroughhuntingdonhidden categories articles needing additional references from january 2015all articles needing additional referencesarticles with a promotional tone from january 2015all articles with a promotional tonecoordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 august 2016 at 08 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view