Rutland radio personality Rob Persani has revealed the name of the proposed community radio station to serve Stamford and Rutland.

Mr Persani has been appointed as Project Manager for an independent, community-led project to assess whether a new community radio station is feasible. An independent project board is leading this work, after Rutland County Council provided initial seed funding.

Rutland County Council's Cabinet next week is to consider proposal put forward by the independent Community Radio Project Board as part of an interim report.

This includes a proposal to create a pilot station, as recently reported by Nub News.

Mr Persani said on his Facebook page yesterday: "Thank you for all the warm wishes as I prepare to move forwards into the next stage of the Rutland Community Radio Project.

"A massive thank you from me to everyone who has supported the project, from my colleagues at Rutland County Council, to my resourceful and talented board and everyone who has commented and messaged to say they are excited to come with us into the next part of the journey. Again, there is more detail to come!."

He added: "I just want to share with you four words though – the NAME of the new radio station, the name that was voted for by 61% of you who answered the survey question back in October

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RUTLAND AND STAMFORD SOUND"

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