More than just broadcasting Community radio is often misunderstood as simply a smaller version of mainstream radio. In reality, it does something very different. Where commercial radio chases audiences, community radio listens to them. It creates space for stories that would otherwise never be told. Stories that don’t fit headlines or formats, but matter deeply to the people who lived them. In a town like Paisley, that role is vital. Giving people a voice Many people don’t se

What is oral history? Oral history is the recording of people’s memories in their own words. It’s not about dates carved in stone or official records locked away in archives. It’s about lived experience — what it felt like to grow up somewhere, to work there, to belong to it. When someone talks about their childhood, their job, their family or their street, they are sharing history that would otherwise disappear. That is oral history. Why oral history matters in Paisley Paisl