Marlow’s 2024 Hidden Gems revealed
Marlow’s Hidden Gems of 2024 have been revealed. The winners were announced at an awards ceremony and party held at Harleyford Golf Club on Saturday 16th Nov...
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2024
Support the Marlow FM team in this year’s Santa’s Fun Run
This year’s Santa’s Fun Run in Marlow takes place on Sunday 1st December, and we’d love you to support the Marlow FM team.
“Alexa, enable the Marlow FM skill”
An Alexa Skill is now available for Marlow FM. This means you can play your favourite radio station on Amazon smart speakers even faster, without hearing lot...
We’ve got 20 pairs of Shaila Prospere tickets to give away!
Acclaimed UK soul vocalist Shaila Prospere has announced an exclusive London concert at The Forge, Camden on Saturday 26th October, and you could be there co...
Hidden Gems is back!
Yes, Hidden Gems 2024 is underway…
Send us voice messages through the Marlow FM app
The Marlow FM app gets better and better. You can now record a voice message inside the app and send it straight to our studios - and we might even play it o...
Michael Eagleton: a Marlow legend
Everyone at Marlow FM is devastated to hear the news that our dear colleague and friend, Michael Eagleton, died on Monday 9th September. He’d been ill for so...
Lorraine Kelly opens our new studios
Bourne End resident Lorraine Kelly CBE opened our stunning new studios at Great Marlow School on Thursday 18th July. The daytime ceremony marked the culminat...
Win tickets to Folk by the Oak 2024!
The Folk by the Oak festival is taking place at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire on Sunday 21st July, and you could win one of two pairs of adult tickets, court...
Win tickets to a Battle Proms picnic concert!
The Battle Proms Picnic Concerts are the longest running picnic proms series in the UK, attracting around 40,000 visitors per year since the first concert in...
The Marlow FM Night Walk is coming…
Professor Greg Whyte OBE, Olympian and trainer to the stars, will lead the Marlow FM Night Walk on Saturday 11th May, raising money to kit out our wonderful ...
Help Marlow FM runners hit fundraising target
Our very own Chris Zaremba and his wife Jenny are looking for support as they prepare for sponsored runs in Cyprus in March. If they raise £500, Jenny’s runn...
Marlow FM Quiz Night - Saturday 9th March
The Marlow FM Quiz Night is back! Find out more and get your tickets now.
The Duke’s Drag Bingo raises £1,250 for Marlow FM
The Duke’s Chrimbo Limbo Drag Bingo and Karaoke on 29th December raised an amazing £1,250 to help us move into our new home later this year.
2023
Merry Christmas from Marlow FM
Everyone at Marlow FM wishes you a merry Christmas and a happy new year (here are some of us at our Christmas party!).
The Duke supports Marlow FM with Drag Bingo and Karaoke
Don’t suffer the dreaded Chrimbo Limbo between Christmas and New Year - The Duke has the answer!
Support the Marlow FM team in this year’s Santa’s Fun Run
This year’s Santa’s Fun Run in Marlow takes place on Sunday 3rd December, and we’d love you to support the Marlow FM team.
Mr James Menswear supports Marlow FM throughout August
Mr James, the tailor well known around Marlow and beyond, is very kindly supporting our new studio building fundraising.
Harmony Belles’ summer concert to support Marlow FM
Local singing group Harmony Belles has very kindly chosen to support our new studio building fundraising in their upcoming summer concert.
Lisa BHA sings for 24 hours and raises £1,000!
Marlow FM volunteer Lisa BHA has raised an incredible £1,000 for our new studio building by completing a 24-hour karaoke-thon!
We’re raising £50,000 to build new studios
We’re raising money to build a new home in the grounds of Great Marlow School. Our current studio building at Longridge Activity Centre, from where we starte...
Local pupil gets Silver DofE Award with Marlow FM project
Great Marlow School pupil Jamie Tennant has earned a Silver Duke of Edinburgh’s Award after completing a project at Marlow FM. He worked with our Training Di...
Marlow’s 2023 Hidden Gems revealed
Marlow’s Hidden Gems of 2023 have been revealed! The winners were announced at an awards ceremony and party held at Holy Trinity School on Saturday 18th Febr...
Marlow FM’s Hidden Gems 2023 launches
After three years away, the Marlow FM 97.5 Hidden Gems Awards, celebrating all that is great about Marlow and its people, are back!
2022
More than £1,200 raised for Marlow FM in Santa’s Fun Run
We’re delighted to announce that we raised more than £1,200 in Santa’s Fun Run on Sunday 4th December, way over our target of £975.
Win tickets to Christmas in the Park 2022!
Christmas in the Park is coming to Marlow on 9th-21st December, and we’re giving you a chance to win a ticket for a family of four. Enter the free draw by 9p...
Marlow FM’s John Rumble wins national radio accolade
We’re over the moon that our head of training, John Rumble, collected the bronze award in the Sage Person category at this year’s Community Radio Awards. T...
Marlow FM in the running for national radio awards
We’ve once again made the shortlists in this year’s Community Radio Awards.
Join the Marlow FM team in this year’s Santa’s Fun Run
This year’s Santa’s Fun Run takes place on Sunday 4th December, and we’d love you to be part of the Marlow FM team.
Join us on Saturday 15th October for the Marlow FM Quiz Night
The Marlow FM Quiz Night is back! Join us on Saturday 15th October in the hall at Holy Trinity School for a night of fun, head-scratching, and fundraising fo...
Three new shows launch on Marlow FM this week
Three great new shows are starting on Marlow FM this week, featuring feel-good music and music from the big and small screen.
Marlow FM is suspending programmes until Monday as a mark of respect
We’re suspending our programmes as a mark of respect after the sad announcement of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Win a family ticket to Folk by the Oak 2022!
The Folk by the Oak festival is taking place at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire on Sunday 17th July, and you could win a family ticket for two adults and two c...
We speak to Trevelyan Middle School about their new anti-drugs film
We recently spoke to Trevelyan Middle School in Windsor about their new anti-drugs film Notice Me!. It’s a gripping and pioneering film that explores the top...
Win tickets to a Battle Proms picnic concert!
The Battle Proms, the UK’s premier picnic concert season, are celebrating 25 years of staging their unique and memorable events at some of the UK’s most cele...
Win tickets to Rock Bottom 2022!
Rock Bottom will be taking place at Marlow Bottom Playing Fields on Saturday 25th June, and we’re giving you a chance to win a family ticket for up to two ad...
Experience Pub in the Park live on Marlow FM
Pub in the Park 2022 kicks off this Thursday, 12th May, and Marlow FM will be broadcasting live each day from this amazing event in Higginson Park.
Marlow May Fayre is back - and so is Marlow FM!
Marlow Round Table is delighted to be bringing back Marlow May Fayre after a 2 year absence on Saturday 7th May 2022.
Take part in ‘Walk Marlow’ on Easter Saturday
As a member of the Marlow Chamber of Trade and Commerce, Marlow FM encourages you to sign up and join in this Easter trail and scavenger hunt!
Win tickets to Pub in the Park 2022!
Pub in the Park is coming back to Marlow, and we’re giving you a chance to win FOUR tickets to the evening session on Sunday 15th May, featuring Happy Monday...
Local sixth former gets university offer with Marlow FM project
18-year-old Desborough College student Luke Jales has got an unconditional offer from Bath Spa University after working with our Training Director, John Rumb...
Marlow FM attends Meals from Marlow fundraiser
Our own Pat Reading represented Marlow FM at last night’s Meals from Marlow fundraising event at the Compleat Angler, which is expected to have raised more t...
The Eco Show gets nominated for Radio Programme of the Year
Our environment programme, The Eco Show, presented by Dora Hargitai and Toby Brown, has been nominated for Radio Programme of the Year in the Broadcasting Pr...
Marlow Film Studios talks to Marlow FM on Monday
Robert Laycock from the Marlow Film Studios project will appear on Good Morning Marlow on Monday 7th February.
2021
Marlow FM wins gold at national radio awards
Wow! We picked up a top accolade at this year’s Community Radio Awards, and won more awards than any other community radio station in the country.
Marlow FM gets most nominations in national radio awards
We’re chuffed that we’ve been nominated for a total of seven Community Radio Awards this year, more than any other community radio station.
Marlow FM supports Fighting With Pride campaign
We’re proud to be taking part in the Fighting With Pride charity’s awareness campaign this week.
10th birthday lapel badges for sale
As part of our celebration of broadcasting for ten years on FM full-time as a community radio station, we’ve produced some lovely lapel badges - and a small ...
Jam Theatre talks to Marlow FM about Music in the Park this Wednesday
Mark Hartley from Marlow’s Jam Theatre Company appeared on Breakfast this morning (Monday 28th June, just before 8.30am) to talk about their Music in the Par...
Bucks Business Award winners to be announced on Marlow FM
We’re proud to be partnering with Buckinghamshire Business First to announce the winners of their prestigious business awards. Each day on Breakfast from 24t...
We celebrate our 10th birthday (again!)
Marlow FM is 10 years old for real on Tuesday 11th May, and we’ll be broadcasting 12 hours of special shows live from The Causeway in Marlow.
Marlow FM to talk to 10-year-old cancer fundraiser
Willow Andrews, a 10-year-old who cut off her long, flowing locks for charity, will appear on this evening’s Drivetime programme (Friday 7th May).
‘Radio experience’ winner: Oliver Gratrick
Oliver Gratrick is one of five lucky winners of a competition organised by Buckinghamshire Council - and we at Marlow FM are delighted to have been asked to ...
Read MyMarlow news on our mobile app
We’ve teamed up with the popular local news website MyMarlow to bring you their latest stories on our phone and tablet app.
More vaccination news from Globe Park
On Tuesday’s Consumer Show Carla Delaney caught up again with Olivier Picard from Newdays Pharmacy, who leads the NHS vaccination site at the Softcat offices...
Have an anything but ‘Quiet Night In’ with Marlow FM
The Meals from Marlow organisation is to start a new fundraising drive on Saturday 27th March, and Marlow FM will be broadcasting a special event live from 8...
Marlow FM has more listeners than ever before!
If you’ve been listening to us recently - thank you! From Monday 15th February to Sunday 21st February, we had 2,334 unique online listeners*, our highest we...
Our mobile app is now available
You can now find our phone and tablet app in Apple’s App Store and on Google Play for Android devices - just search for ‘Marlow FM’ (make sure you get the on...
New technology show launches
Our technology coverage is back. Internetted will go out every Wednesday from 2pm to 3pm.
Latest vaccination news from Globe Park
Consumer Show presenter Carla Delaney yesterday spoke again to Olivier Picard from Newdays Pharmacy, who leads the NHS vaccination site at Lunar House, Field...
Latest COVID-19 vaccination news
Last week, many over 80s in Marlow were deeply troubled that their friends in surrounding areas had been vaccinated, but they themselves hadn’t heard anythin...
Nova Fine Art prize draw winner announced
Stephen Harwood is the lucky winner of the Nova Fine Art prize draw, and is now the proud owner of three limited edition prints by artist Tom Fitch, worth a ...
New sports show launches
Our sports coverage is back. The Sunday Sports Show will go out every Sunday from 8pm to 10pm.
2020
Hidden Heroes 2020 revealed
Marlow’s Hidden Heroes 2020 were revealed earlier this evening (Saturday 19th December) at the Marlow Christmas Drive-In.
Marlow FM success at radio awards
We’re celebrating success at this year’s Community Radio Awards.
Marlow FM to broadcast from Christmas Drive-In
The Marlow Christmas Drive-In will take place from Wednesday 16th December to Tuesday 22th December, and we’ll be bringing all the events to you live on air.
Our tribute to David Knowles-Leak
Marlow FM is mourning the loss of founder member David Knowles-Leak, who recently lost his battle with Covid-19. He came to us more than a decade ago through...
Marlow FM presenters shortlisted for radio awards
We’re chuffed that four of our presenters have been nominated for this year’s Community Radio Awards.
Win art worth £1,500 and help Marlow FM
Here’s a chance to win three arresting and playful limited edition prints by artist Tom Fitch, worth a total of nearly £1,500, and help Marlow FM at the same...
Nominate your Hidden Hero 2020
Marlow FM, in partnership with the Town Council and the Chamber of Trade and Commerce, wants to recognise the people in our town who are going the extra mile...
Mike Read joins Marlow FM
We’re delighted that Mike Read, star of radio and TV for more than 40 years, will join us as a guest presenter of Breakfast from Monday 16th November.
New ‘after hours’ music show to launch this week
We’re launching a new two-hour late night dance music show this week.
Maidenhead Advertiser covers our fundraising drive
Today’s edition of the Maidenhead Advertiser has covered our fundraising drive. You can read the article here.
Help see your local radio station through 2020
We have launched a new fundraising drive at www.gofundme.com/f/marlow-fm-2020-fundraising-drive.
New talk shows to launch from this week
As the schedule continues to evolve after the disruption of lockdown, we’re launching new hour-long afternoon talk shows from this week.