Just Oxfordshire 87.9 FM launched on Sunday, and will broadcast for a week as part of plans by organisers to set up a permanent radio station for West Oxfordshire.

The station has been playing a range of music, from indie and rock to pop, broadcasting from a West Oxfordshire District Council building, in Station Lane, Witney.

It plans to recruit volunteers, particularly young people, from across the district, to give them a chance to learn broadcasting, presenting, and news reporting skills.

Radio stations have to run for at least six months before listener figures are available, but Just Oxfordshire's organisers said they had been inundated with phone calls, e-mails, and people visiting the station's website.

Witney resident Andy MacLarty, who was able to set up the station after receiving a £51,000 grant from the West Oxfordshire Network, said: "We have been absolutely staggered by the response we are getting from people, and the positive things they are saying.

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