Shows & Schedule
This is a draft of the shape we're building towards as we finalise our licence and recruit presenters. Every strand pairs voices or stories from North and South London, and makes room for new talent.
Weekday draft schedule
| Time | Show | What to expect |
|---|---|---|
| 07:00 to 09:00 | Both Banks Breakfast | News, tides and travel from both sides of the river, plus a daily "bank of the day" spotlight. |
| 09:00 to 11:00 | The Foreshore | A slower morning, with conversations with local makers, river charities and community groups. |
| 11:00 to 13:00 | North Bank Sessions | Music and guests rooted in North London, rotating daily by neighbourhood. |
| 13:00 to 15:00 | South Bank Sessions | The South London mirror to the North Bank slot, with the same format on the other side of the water. |
| 15:00 to 17:00 | Riverwatch | An environmental strand made with the RNLI, Raybel Charters and local clean-up groups. Safety, conservation and how to help. |
| 17:00 to 19:00 | Crossing Home | Drivetime: commuter culture, one story from each bank, and the day's river conditions. |
| 19:00 to 21:00 | Student Takeover | Produced entirely by students and graduates from London media institutions, with a new cohort or theme each term. |
| 21:00 to 23:00 | Late Tide | Specialist music strands, with genre nights curated by resident and guest DJs. |
Weekend draft schedule
| Time | Show | What to expect |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 to 12:00 | Saturday Sessions | An open decks morning mixing resident DJs with alumni from London's media institutions. |
| 12:00 to 15:00 | Student & Graduate Takeover | A rotating weekly slot handed entirely to students and graduates from a different London media institution: their tracklist, their voices. |
| 15:00 to 18:00 | On the Water | Reports and interviews from river events, regattas and Raybel Charters sailings. |
| 10:00 to 13:00 | Sunday Culture Crossing | A cultural exchange format. A guest from the North bank and a guest from the South bank, in one conversation. |
| 13:00 to 16:00 | Community Desk | Open mic for local organisations, charities and residents' associations to tell their own story. |
| 16:00 to 19:00 | Sunday Wind-Down | Slow, warm and mostly instrumental, a soft landing before the week starts again. |
This schedule is indicative and will evolve as our licence application progresses and presenters are recruited. See Get Involved to help shape it.
Made with students & graduates from London's media institutions
We work directly with students and graduates from a number of London media institutions, including ICMP, The Rhythm Studio, Ravensbourne, BIMM and the Royal College of Music, so they can produce genuine on-air segments, not just coursework. That means a real broadcast credit, a real audience, and real experience linking them to a working radio station with an environmental mission behind it.
Students record a set, feature or interview segment following our simple format guide, and submit it for scheduling review.
Our volunteer producers give feedback on mixing, pacing and presentation before anything goes to air.
Approved segments are scheduled into Student Takeover slots and weekend takeovers, with full on-air credit.