I am one of the directors of Celtic Music Radio, a licensed community radio station and charity based in Glasgow. We broadcast 24x7 on 1530kHz to the west of Scotland, and stream on http://www.celticmusicradio.net/

Celtic Music Radio has a mission to be a strong cultural voice for contemporary and traditional music, arts and culture.We play a broad range of traditional and contemporary roots and folk music - 'connecting singers and songwriters around Glasgow and around the world'.

During January, we will be broadcasting 10 hours live every day from Celtic Connections - and we're optimistic that this will be relayed on a number of other stations throughout the UK.

Anyway - enough of the advert!

We've been "on-air" full-time for 3 years, and listener numbers are generally increasing. The biggest asset we have is that our presenters are all enthusiasts - all volunteers, drawn from the local folk community. Some performers, some listeners! We work very closely with the local folk community - every week we will have some local musicians in for a live set, or maybe just a chat, and we try to record and broadcast as many local music events as we can. It's all about being part of a community, broadcasting with it, rather than to it.