Hello Everyone,

When we launched ARfm in November 2004, all the staff agreed to help the station survive, by working for no wage and by not charging expenses or expecting any payments in kind. This situation continues today, all of the presenters, both from the original ‘team‘ and our fantastic new presenters, do it for the love of the music, the thrill of getting new and classic rock music out to you.

Keeping ARfm going is a hard job. Over the last year or so you may have heard about the campaign in the USA to "Save Net Radio" where they are faced with massive copyright fees. Well, here in the UK those fees already apply.

We pay fees to PPL, MCPS and PRS and, for example PPL's fees rose by 4.5% in August 2007 and have just risen by another 4.5% from 1st Jan 2008.

It now costs us around £600 per month to stay on air and these costs are increasing all the time. This does not include Electricity, Rent or other running costs; this is purely the costs of Copyright payments and Internet bandwith!

We’re sure you will agree with us when we ‘boast’ that we really are the one and only ‘REAL ROCK STATION’ in the UK at the moment. Since the staff work for free and also regularly fund activities such as equipment upgrades, we would ask you to consider making a small donation to keep us ‘on air’.  We will use this money honestly and efficiently; the priority to be to keep ARfm in operation.

You can donate via PAYPAL via the above link. We are not asking for large sums, just £1 or even 50p would be wonderful. If you would prefer to send a cheque then please make one payable to ARfm and sent it to the following address:

ARfm, P O Box 200, Hailsham, BN27 9AX, UK

No money will be wasted, nobody will benefit personally, we have no overheads aside from those that are essential to keeping ARfm on air.

Thank you for your interest in and support for ARfm.
Steve Price, Paul Chamberlain, Ralph Winser, Paul Baker, Neil, Lightnin' Jack Cane, Bruce Gall, Donna, Hairball John and The CMS team.

January 2008