How we checked Riduna Radio

Riduna Radio describes itself as "Alderney's first exclusively online broadcaster, broadcasting throughout the world on www.riduna-radio.com", and states that it "is majority owned by residents of Alderney". It runs from a ground floor studio on Victoria Street which it says "is open to everyone to pop in and see how much fun broadcasting can be". Its own strapline is "Broadcasting from the Heart of Alderney" with "the beating heart of our 100% Volunteers". The listening routes it lists are its website, an app on iOS and Google Play, and a smart speaker skill invoked with "Launch Alderney Online".

none published. Its stream server carries no track metadata at all, only a fixed station ident, so the station publishes nothing about who it plays. The genres named in its own show titles are the only guide it gives.

yes, and unusually complete. A studio telephone number, a separate WhatsApp and text number, a general studio email address, a named Studio Manager with his own email address and his own mobile number, a postal address, a dedicated contact page with a form, Facebook and Instagram links, and a standing open invitation to walk into the studio in person. No actual numbers or addresses are reproduced here.

https://www.riduna-radio.com/contact/

not the organising idea here. The station sorts its output by presenter and by genre strand, not by decade, and publishes no era claim.

mixed music community radio, divided by presenter rather than by a single station format. Its own grid carries country, indie, jazz, classical and general pop strands in separate named slots, plus a monthly technology talk hour and an interview show.

English, on air and across the whole site, in a Channel Islands community whose everyday language is English. Every show title on its published grid is English.

live volunteer presenters on a systematic repeat cycle. The schedule states after every weekday, "All shows are repeated 12 hours later." Its own stream server reports the station online with a live source and an encoder logged in under the collaborator name Riduna Radio, rather than an automated playlist, which matches the staffed studio the site describes.

"Riduna" is the Roman name for Alderney, so the station is named after the island itself, and it reinforces that in two directions: its strapline is "Broadcasting from the Heart of Alderney" and its smart speaker skill is invoked as "Launch Alderney Online".

Alderney, in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands. The station publishes its own registered identity as Riduna Radio Limited at a Victoria Street address in Alderney with a GY9 postcode. It has no frequency: it states it is exclusively online and gives no FM or DAB dial position anywhere.

named in quantity, on two separate pages. From the grid: Ellis, Boyd Kelly, Annie B, Vinyl Vaughan, Ian & Charlotte, V, Jenny & Jo, Alexis, Andy Le Clercq, Mark The Postie, Louise, JMB aka Jenny Rowley, Karl Reynolds, Mama Sam, Dougal, Gilham, Carly Collins, Jamie & Leah, Kathy, Chisor Annie, Moira, Decca & Neal, Munchi. Its Meet The Peeps page gives fuller names and roles: Ian Taylor as Station Manager, and as presenters 'Dougal' Bohan, Derek 'Decca' Llewellyn, Jenny Rowley, Vinyl Vaughan, Annie Burgess, Chris Harris, Liz & Graham Walker, Veronica 'V' Taylor, Dom 'Mr Film' Cross, Alexis Martin, Mama Sam, Rev David Stretton, Moira Sleeman as Jazz Presenter, Boyd Kelly, Ellis Downes, with Kathy Smith and Jo Jordan as co-presenters and Christine De La Perrelle among the backroom volunteers.

the station publishes a full weekly grid. Monday from 5th October: Wake up with Ellis 7am to 9am, Boyd Kelly 9am to 10am, Annie B 10am to 12pm, Lunch with Vinyl Vaughan 12pm to 2pm, Great Tunes 2pm to 4pm, Ian & Charlotte's Cocktail Time 4pm to 6pm, V's Country Show 6pm to 7pm. Tuesday: Wake Up with Ellis 7am to 9am, Boyd Kelly 9am to 10am, Jenny & Jo 10am to 12pm, Lunch with Alexis 12pm to 2pm, Happy Music 2pm to 4pm, Andy Le Clercq 4pm to 5pm, Mark The Postie's Indie Sounds 5pm to 7pm. Wednesday: Wake Up with Ellis 7am to 9am, Boyd Kelly 9am to 10am, Annie B 10am to 12pm, Lunch with Vinyl Vaughan 12pm to 1pm, Great Music 2pm to 4pm, Louise's Tea Time Show 4pm to 6pm. Thursday: Wake Up with Ellis 7am to 9am, Boyd Kelly 9am to 10am, JMB aka Jenny Rowley 10am to 12pm, Karl Reynolds 12pm to 2pm, Happy Tunes 2pm to 4pm, Alexis's Tea Time Show 4pm to 5pm. Friday: Early with Ellis 7am to 8am, The Breakfast Show with Mama Sam 8am to 10am, Dougal Interviews 10am to 11am, Gilham Gold 11am to 1pm, Carly Collins 1pm to 2pm, Jamie & Leah's Show 2pm to 4pm, The Tech Show 4pm to 5pm on the first Friday of each month. Saturday: The 'SAS' Show with Dougal & Kathy 8am to 10am, Chisor Annie on Saturday 10am to 12pm, 60 Minute DJ's with Annie B 12pm to 1pm with a new special guest each week, Happy Tunes 2pm to 4pm, Moira's Jazz Session 4pm to 6pm. Sunday: Dougal's SAS Show 8am to 10am, Decca & Neal 10am to 12pm, Sunday Lunch with Vinyl Vaughan 12pm to 1pm, Happy Tunes 2pm to 4pm, Munchi's Classical Experience 4pm to 6pm. The grid carries its own caveat, "(Schedules may vary occasionally)".