Link FM 92.2

Link FM was a community radio station operating in Havering, east London on 92.2 FM. Its first broadcast was in 1992, with the station going on air for a couple of weeks. Every summer since then Link FM has repeated this format of short-term broadcasts. In the summer of 2005 there was no broadcast with the station deciding to go on air at Christmas instead. In 2006 it was announced that after 10 years of short-term broadcasts that Link FM had been awarded a full-time community radio licence, with the station opening permanently in April 2007. However due to lack of funding the station closed down in June 2010. The concept of Havering having its own community radio station was trialed in 1990 at Harold Wood Primary School. This was the first school ever in the country to broadcast radio. It was trialed again a year later but this time at St.Edwards Church of England Comprehensive School. The first time Link FM went on air in 1992 turned out to be very popular among the local commun...