A working station
Participants can contribute to real programming and production while building confidence, portfolios, contacts and paths towards employment.
Pure FM / The Pure Foundation
Broadcasting with purpose.
A radio station with a purpose beyond broadcasting. Pure FM helps create work, develop talent, teach skills and bring communities together through a real, working platform.
A station with reach.
Pure FM broadcasts digitally worldwide, with listeners and presenters in countries including the USA, Brazil, Mexico and Japan. People can tune in through smart speakers, the Pure FM app with Apple CarPlay, and the smart TV app. DAB broadcasting across London and Essex brings the station to audiences closer to home.
Opportunity in action
Learn it. Make it. Broadcast it.
Pure FM provides paid and voluntary opportunities for Foundation artists, DJs, producers, presenters and creatives. Emerging and established talent have a platform to develop work, reach audiences and stay involved in the music community.
Practical training
Learn radio presenting, DJing, music production, podcasting, interviewing, audio production, programming and digital content alongside experienced professionals.
A platform for talent
Give artists and broadcasters space to make new work, share their voices and connect with different audiences and generations.
Inclusion & community
More voices on air.
We make broadcasting and creative opportunities accessible to people of different backgrounds, ages and circumstances, including those who have faced barriers to entering music and media.
Diversity and inclusion are central to the Foundation’s purpose and already reflected in the people who shape Pure FM’s sound, programming and community.
Pure FM gives space to new voices, community organisations and emerging talent while bringing generations of music culture into conversation.
Connecting generations
Share what we know. Build what comes next.
Established artists, DJs, producers and broadcasters have decades of experience to pass on. Mentoring, guest programming, workshops, interviews and collaborative projects can help ensure that knowledge reaches the next generation.
Create work · Develop talent · Teach skills · Open doors · Build community · Champion inclusion