Knowsley Community College

KCC Live
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Liverpool, Merseyside;
Broadcast area	Knowsley, Liverpool, Merseyside
Frequency	99.8 FM; Online
Programming
Format	Community
Ownership
Owner	Knowsley Community College
History
First air date	1 December 2003 (1251MW), 18 June 2009 (99.8FM)
Links
Website	www.kcclive.com

Knowsley Community College
Knowsley Community College
Location
	Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside; England
Coordinates	53°24′47″N 2°51′04″W / 53.413194°N 2.851077°W
Information
Type	Further education college
Established	1990
Department for Education URN	130486 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	coeducational
Age	16+
Website	https://www.knowsleycollege.ac.uk/

Knowsley Community College is a further education college based over three sites in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, in Merseyside, England.

History

The college was established in 1990 as a tertiary college,^[1] as a result of a merger between Kirkby College of Further Education and Knowsley Central Tertiary College.^[2] Today, the college has two main further education sites in Kirkby and Knowsley and previously a sixth form centre in Roby.

Courses

Courses offered by the college include A Levels, BTECs, apprenticeships and Access courses. Knowsley Community College also offers some higher education courses in conjunction with Edge Hill University.

KCC Live

KCC Live is a community radio station based in Knowsley Community College, broadcasting across Knowsley, surrounding areas such as Liverpool and online to 10 - 24 year olds.

History

KCC Live was launched on 1 December 2003 by Hywel Evans as the college radio station for Knowsley Community College. It broadcast on 1251 Medium Wave, through a web stream, and across the two college campuses.

KCC Live is based in the new Stockbridge Campus of Knowsley Community College^[3] and operates from two interchangeable live/pre-rec studios.

FM Community Radio

In 2008, KCC Live was successful in a bid for a community radio FM licence from Ofcom.^[4] KCC Live was allocated the frequency 99.8FM, and now broadcasts across Knowsley and surrounding areas such as Liverpool playing music and content exclusively tailored for 10- to 24-year-olds.

Daytime Broadcasting

KCC Live Broadcasts 24/7, playlisting a mix of music aimed at a younger generation such as Grime music, Urban music, Hip Hop music, House music and Rock music to name a few.

References

^ https://dera.ioe.ac.uk/3115/2/knowsley_community_cyc2.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ [1] Archived 23 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ Knowsley Community College
^ More info can be found on the Ofcom website.

External links

Knowsley Community College homepage

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[1] ttps://dera.ioe.ac.uk/3115/2/knowsley_community_cyc2.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[2] [1] Archived 23 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Knowsley Community College

[4] More info can be found on the Ofcom website.

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Knowsley Community College
Location

Borough of Knowsley , Merseyside England
Coordinates	53°24′47″N 2°51′04″W / 53.413194°N 2.851077°W / 53.413194; -2.851077
Information
Type	Further education college
Established	1990
Department for Education URN	130486 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	coeducational
Age	16+
Website	https://www.knowsleycollege.ac.uk/