Echo (radio station)

Throughout its annual broadcast, FCOT FM operates a 24-hour music radio service with live presenters from 7 am until 9 pm every weekday.

Originally operating a highly localised service, the station now covers the entire Rushmoor area with a broadcast radius of approximately fifteen miles.

The station also broadcasts a live-music focussed programme called Echo Sessions featuring live performances by Rushmoor-based bands.

The normal programming schedule is sometimes adjusted to accommodate 30–60 minute one-off programmes, produced as coursework by students of Farnborough College of Technology who are not necessarily otherwise involved in Echo.

A significant academic link-up occurred during the final week of Echo in 2009; to cover the Rising Starz singing contest, Echo simulcast the audio from an internet TV stream produced by students of Media & Creative Arts as well as using their text message short code to collate votes.

Echo's primary radio studio, featuring microphones, computers and an audio mixing desk.
The primary broadcasting studio used for Echo since 2010. Visible are two microphones , computer screens and a mixing console .