Sheffield Live! https://web.sheffieldlive.org Made in Sheffield. Made by You. Thu, 28 Aug 2025 23:13:03 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 Sheffield Live! at 25 – Birthday Celebration and Fundraiser https://web.sheffieldlive.org/sheffield-live-at-25-celebration-and-fundraiser/ Thu, 28 Aug 2025 22:08:22 +0000 https://web.sheffieldlive.org/?p=249377

Friday 19th September 2025
6pm – 3am
£6 on the door after 9pm

Join us for a night at Hagglers Corner to celebrate 25 years of Sheffield Live!’s community broadcasting to the city and beyond!

Featuring DJs from long-running shows on the station – past and present. DJs on the night include Deepgroove, Dubcentral, Junglist Alliance, Latino Times, Mid Afternoon Memories, Platinum Plates, Sounds Like This, Spinning Jazz, The Night Train, Two Foot Left and The Breakdown.

Come along at 6pm for a special broadcast in the intimate Grub Records focusing on the importance to you of a single record. Bring a record and a story, memory or association to talk about!

The media landscape has changed dramatically since Sheffield Live! started off in 2000 as a weekend broadcast for Sharrow Festival. It quickly moved to regular events-based broadcasting, internet radio when live-streaming was in its infancy, and podcasting, before podcasting was a thing. It gained a full-time FM community radio licence in 2007, one of the first of its kind in the UK, and joined others in forming Sheffield Live! TV in 2014. It’s now also available on DAB with broadcast coverage extending across South Yorkshire. Broadcasting continuously to Sheffield and beyond for 25 years is some achievement. Many a successful DJ and broadcaster has cut their teeth on the station and it has given voice to a multitude of artists, activists and academics.

But really the story of the station is in its original intentions: to be a place where presenters of all ages, backgrounds and abilities can share a variety of distinctive music and speech based programmes to reflect and serve the diverse communities of Sheffield. It has been sustained by the passions and enthusiasm of its volunteers, including the founders and directors of the station and the many who have passed through its doors, whether that is presenting a show, reporting and news gathering, organising, fixing, painting and decorating.

With a challenging environment for the funding of community media and the increased dominance of global media conglomerates and digital technology giants, an independent and community media space is more important than ever to reflect the often untold stories, unheard voices and unconventional music to which Sheffield Live! has given a platform.

Join us for a party at another Sheffield independent mainstay, Hagglers Corner, on 19th September to mark 25 years of Sheffield Live!

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]]> The world’s first away football match https://web.sheffieldlive.org/the-worlds-first-away-football-match/ Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:30:09 +0000 https://web.sheffieldlive.org/?p=247008 On 2nd January 1875 Sheffield FC boarded a train at The Wicker Station in Sheffield.

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From the Sheffield Live archives (2024)

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From the Sheffield Live archives 2023

]]> Robots come to Sheffield https://web.sheffieldlive.org/robot-company-opens-in-sheffield/ Wed, 02 Apr 2025 07:35:43 +0000 https://web.sheffieldlive.org/?p=232403 Universal Robots, the world’s largest collaborative robot company, opened in Sheffield in 2023 its first UK hub. The hub supports collaborative automation, where robotic devices work alongside human worlers. The Sheffield hub includes a showroom latest technology and applications are demonstrated. Baillor reports for Sheffield Live!

From the Sheffield Live! archives June 2023

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From the Sheffield Live archives September 2022

]]> Pop-up market celebrates Black history and culture https://web.sheffieldlive.org/pop-up-market-celebrates-black-history-and-culture/ Wed, 02 Apr 2025 07:34:24 +0000 https://web.sheffieldlive.org/?p=212662 A pop-up market, set up to celebrate Black History Month, gained plaudits from market traders and their customers. The week long market in Fargate aimed to celebrate the city’s diversity, embrace change and help build a stronger community. Report by Baillor Jalloh for Sheffield Live!

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