NLive Radio is the local radio station for Northampton, you can hear us on 106.9FM across Northampton and the wider area, as well as online, smart phone apps, and via smart speaker.

We began broadcasting on the 1st of October 2016 (originally as NNBC), and have been serving the people of Northampton as NLive Radio since 2017.

As Northampton's local radio station all our volunteers and presenters are linked to the town, they work here, they live here, or they have close connections to Northampton.

The station operates under an Ofcom Community Radio Licence (CR100783BA) which is held by the University of Northampton Enterprises Limited (03092244).

The station has a remit to serve the entire population of Northampton, this means we try and cater for the majority of the town across the majority of our output, so you will mainly hear shows with entertainment, information, about Northampton, with music mainly from the 80s to today. But with additional specialist content and music to cater for communities of interest and identity. ALL with the aim that across our schedule there is something for everyone.

The station us run by Martin Steers the full time Station Manager, who us supported by a part time station assistant, and a volunteer operations group made up of volunteer coordinators.

If you have any feedback on the station, positive, constructive, or complaints, please do email [email protected], if you are unhappy with our response you are welcome to raise the issue further with Ofcom.

Ofcom Community Radio Fund

In 2023/2024 we received an Ofcom Community Radio Fund grant to pay for academic research into the benefits of listening to community radio, you and read the academic research HERE, and you can find our Ofcom grant report HERE