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What is Community Podcast Radio?

Community Podcast Radio is just like FM radio except you listen to it on demand via your PC, mobile phone, or MP3 player. The shows relate to your community and are hosted in a typical music format such as our RCAT Radio programmes.

The Widget is Finally Here This clever little desktop widget plays our radio shows and videos on demand. You will receive automatic updates alerts for all new shows direct to your desktop. Now you'll never miss a thing, best of all its totally FREE !
		Welcome to CCN TV. You can watch any videocast online, or if you want to watch it later you can download it to your computer. We at CCN TV need you to let us know what's going on in your community, so that we can show what's going on in your area.

Listen to our local podcast shows, recorded in your community, for your community. Catch up with local events and chat. Featuring community groups, festivals, school news, music and lots more.

Hosted by our own JFP and Ringo, look out for a local drop in zone and come and introduce the music and join us for a chat over a bacon sandwich! Listen

Listen to our new Youth Show. Brought to you by young people of 'Involve' from the Northfield Young Peoples Forum. With news, informatin, views on issues that affect young people, and a bit of music and fun thrown in.

The young people plan the show, present the show, and choose the music to be played on the show! Listen

Join the crew from our friendly community police station. Hosted by Karen and Rob, your local PCSO's. Get some anti-crime tips from our 'Sarge' (Dave), put a question to the team about your concerns.

Lots of local news and information, featuring youth initiatives, drug support, local PACT info and great music! Listen

This new series of podcasts will be looking at history on your door step. To start with we focus on the Saracen's Head in Kings Norton.

It is rumoured that Queen Henrietta stopped here with her soldiers camping near the Rea River, known locally as Camp Lane. Podcast 2 looks at the ruins of Weoley Castle dating back to medieval times. Listen

School Broadcast Network empowers schools with the facility to broadcast video, radio, podcasts and updatable information alerts.

CCN provides schools with a simple, easy to use, low cost solution to broadcasting online with full technical support. Via our desktop 'Widget' each school gets its own channel, providing video and audiocasts. Listen

This project is set up for young students to discover new technologies in the world of podcasting.

With our help, students create their own radio style shows, featuring news, sport and school activities, and presenting the shows themselves. Who knows, we might have the next Jon Snow or Fiona Bruce in the making. Listen

Focusing on the huge pool of local talent on the Birmingham music scene, City of Music comes to you from the Tower of Song, Birmingham's foremost acoustic and roots music venue. As well as hosting gigs by featured local artistes, the stage is open to anyone who has a love for playing live music. The first show features the Crossroads Blues Club. Listen

Fast becoming a favourite with listeners, Martin Mullaney brings you interviews with the famous and not so famous folk of Birmingham.

Armed with little more than a small recorder and his scooter, he travels the suburbs interviewing its residents. Show's feature, UB40 producer Bob Lamb, and Andy Wickett, former singer/writer with Duran Duran. Listen

Whatever your garden passions are, why not join in the fun and submit your gardening secrets. Help others with your gardening knowledge. Submit your own audio file for inclusion in the podcast, ask a question or offer advice.

Our team will be visiting some of you and interviewing both amateur and professional gardeners on a variety of gardening topics. Listen

This section contains a number of podcast shorts and interviews about local issues. Coming soon is our very own 'Talk Birmingham' and 'If I ruled the world'. Get the chance to rant about what's driving you crazy and share your views. Young or old we all have something to say.

Take part and send us an e-mail. Listen

A weekly show featuring classic sounds from the 1950s to the present day, including very rare recordings and the latest news from the new generation of Rock n Rollers. Explore this fascinating world of years gone by and re-live the atmosphere with the one and only Ringo.

Featuring regular news and updates from the Rock n Roll scene. Listen

Some of us hated it, some of us loved it. Chat about the pixie boots, the wedge, hair gel, eye liner, big shoulder pads and that was just the men! The crazy music, pioneering films and videos, the cars, the cold war, Maggie Thatcher all happened in the 80's.

Take a listen and re live the this unbelievable decade. Listen