Skip to main content

Our website uses cookies

Like many websites, we use ‘cookies’ to temporarily store small pieces of data on your device. This data helps us understand how many people visit our website and how they use it, which in turn helps us to fundraise to secure the future of our volunteer-led radio station.

You can find out more about the cookies we use here.

Website advertising supports Phonic FM. Find out more

Phonic FM – Exeter's sound alternative

  • Schedule
  • Programmes
  • About
  • Contact
Listen

Programmes

Tagged with Lifestyle

We Don’t Know

We Don’t Know

We don’t know… but we like to find out. Jonathan plays mostly current pop music from his tablet, @will789gb plays R&B from CDs. We’ve an interest in tech to counter disability, starting with sound.

The Inner Game of Food, Diet & Life

The Inner Game of Food, Diet & Life

Supporting you on your way to better health and well-being.
If you have any health issues, or simply want to live a more fulfilled life, feeling comfortable in your own skin, this programme will be of interest to you.

The Decades Show

The Decades Show

With Christian Brook. The Decades Show aims to find music from across the past ten decades that will appeal to anyone who was into the alternative scene in the 80s – basically anything from the 1910s to yesterday!

Happy Sundays

Happy Sundays

Hosted by Jeff Sleeman, Happy Sundays promotes and explores the creative and cultural life of the area with an emphasis on how the arts can contribute to wellbeing.

Tom Williams

Tom Williams

Tom brings you a load of new alternative music.

Accessibility Matters

Accessibility Matters

Andrew Barge, Chair of Trustees at Living Options Devon, will be talking all things accessibility. Living Options is a user-led disability charity offering a range of services to deaf people and the disabled community in the county of Devon.

Wallpaper Sounds

Wallpaper Sounds

With Caroline Hart. Playing those favourite 80s songs, to folk discovered in the Western Isles, to Indian ragas…

The Way of Things

The Way of Things

Presented by John Tron Davidson, Dragon and The Spring. The Way of Things shares all the records that we’ve found, been told about, and loved.

The Miscellany Show

The Miscellany Show

Presented by DJ John M. I play a mixture of music and have studio sessions, interviews and spoken word. I talk about the music, chat with guests, and drop in other random general factoids! I play music to soothe and rock, to relax and hype, the unusual and usual.

Jazzy Business

Jazzy Business

Linda Humphries provides business information, advice and interviews with local business owners. The programme also features listings for business networking events. The music is swing jazz or upbeat jazz to put listeners in a good mood. It’s a place to share ideas, and spread optimism in the business world.

Home Earconomics

Home Earconomics

I’m Andrea and I present an upbeat show full of conversational anecdotes and my favourite tunes (quite heavy on the 80s!). I often invite in studio guests to select their favourite songs which inspires lively conversation.

Living Better with Dementia

Living Better with Dementia

With local dementia champion, Gina Awad BEM. I showcase a wide range of guests from people living with dementia to care partners and families in addition to sharing innovative practice. I have a variety of guests from the local area and from across the country.

The CoLab Radio Show

The CoLab Radio Show

With John Stammers. The CoLab Radio Show explores the work of the community and voluntary sector in Exeter, highlighting the projects and people whose passion is improving lives and promoting positive change.

The Friday Modulation

The Friday Modulation

With Jim. Playing all the very best in mod, ska, punk and indie, it’s probably the best thing you can do on a Friday night with your clothes on.

Anti-Telly Time

Anti-Telly Time

With Chee. The main objective of Anti-Telly Time is to give listeners a giggle and a smile. There’s music from local bands through to obscure sounds, and music that makes you dance against your will. Sometimes spoken-word and other non-music delights will pop up, with guests on occasion. It’s a party and you’re invited.

Station Well Raver

Station Well Raver

With Steve, aka Well Raver. It’s a rave music show under a wellbeing umbrella. This means I will have breaks within the music in order to talk about the latest wellbeing news in the local community.

Occupy the Airwaves

Occupy the Airwaves

Phonic FM and Dreadnought South West present ‘Occupy the Airwaves’, our annual day-long takeover of the station on International Women’s Day, Monday 8 March 2020.

The High Fidelity Radio Show

The High Fidelity Radio Show

Nick Burrow and Nigel Lowe, old friends from Exmouth Comprehensive Sixth Form days (1977–now), each create a playlist (Nick Hornby style) to share with our audience.

Exeter Talking

Exeter Talking

With Dr David Treharne. Exeter Talking highlights the extraordinary range of arts talent that exists in and around Exeter. It aims to support theatre, film, spoken word, music and more.

Today’s schedule

Thursday 8 June 2023
Previous Next
  • 08:00–10:00
    The Phonic FM Drama Show
  • 10:00–12:00
    The Wild Show
    With Chris Norton. A fun and entertaining daytime show.
    The Wild Show
  • 12:00–14:00
    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Show
    The Electric Tortoise and Strangle Jim present a weekly instalment of the weird and wonderful, sometimes horrifying (but never boring) music of almost every variety known or unknown!
    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Show
  • 14:00–16:00
    The Inner Game of Food, Diet & Life
    Supporting you on your way to better health and well-being. If you have any health issues, or simply want to live a more fulfilled life, feeling comfortable in your own skin, this programme will be of interest to you.
    The Inner Game of Food, Diet & Life
  • 16:00–18:00
    Exeter’s Vanished Rock Venues
    With Steve. Features interviews with local musicians about their work and influences. In between, Steve plays all kinds of stuff, including local bands, psych, folk, blues, punk, rock, goth, prog, & freakbeat - And he highlights new releases and upcoming gigs.
    Exeter’s Vanished Rock Venues
  • 18:00–20:00
    The Grunge Explanation
    DJ Jim Finn is spinning the discs and comin’ atcha with what he hopes is a topical off-piste grunge show. Fortean news included...
    The Grunge Explanation
  • 20:00–22:00
    The Soul Show
    Tom Yule plays across-the-board soul music: northern, modern, RnB and Motown.
    The Soul Show
  • 22:00–00:00
    Birth School Acid House

Listen again

  • The Friday Modulation
    Updated on 26 September
    The Friday Modulation
  • The Ricochet
    Updated on 26 September
    The Ricochet
  • The Lost Chord
    Updated on 27 September
    The Lost Chord
  • The High Fidelity Radio Show
    Updated on 28 September
    The High Fidelity Radio Show

Follow us

  • Follow Phonic FM
    on Facebook
  • Follow @phonicfm
    on Twitter
  • Follow Phonic FM
    on Mixcloud
Website advertising supports Phonic FM. Find out more

Phonic FM is Exeter’s sound alternative: a community radio station for the city and beyond, on 106.8FM, DAB+, on your phone and smartspeaker. We’ve been part of life in Exeter since 2008.

Phonic FM
Exeter Phoenix
Bradninch Place
Gandy Street
Exeter
EX4 3LS
United Kingdom

Studio
Call or text 01392 690 450
Email studio@phonic.fm

Admin
Email info@phonic.fm

  • Schedule
  • Programmes
  • About
  • Contact
  • Listen
  • Support
  • Cookies
  • Members Info

Phonic FM is the on-air name of Exeter Community Radio, a company limited by guarantee, registered in England & Wales, number 05979408. Registered address: Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, Exeter, EX4 3LS.

Information on this website, including schedule information and event listings, is provided for guidance only. Errors and omissions excepted.

Websites, social media accounts and listen again facilities for individual programmes are the responsibility of individual Phonic FM members. We link to these to provide extra value to our members and our listeners, but we do not endorse the content. Phonic FM is not responsible for the content of members’ own websites, social media feeds or listen again facilities.