Rutland and Stamford Sound will soon launch its pilot radio station after Rutland County Council agreed to transfer its project budget to the community interest company
The Rutland Community Radio project is being led by former Rutland Radio presenter Rob Persani.
Rob has spent more than two decades working in the radio industry and will oversee the project to establish if a community radio station could be set up and sustained locally.

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