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Grantham Journal
Grantham Journal
A community radio station which broadcasts across the Vale of Belvoir has won a King’s Award. Community radio station 103 The Eye, which broadcasts across an area including Bottesford, Bingham and Sedgebrook, has gained the King’s Award for Voluntary Service. This is the highest award a local voluntary group can receive in the UK – equivalent to an MBE – and it comes just a few days after the station celebrated its 18th birthday. The station, based in Melton, is operated entirely by volunteers and was the first in the UK to launch under the new tier of community radio licensed by OFCOM in 2005…