Behind the public face, retrained unemployed people brought their MANCAT training into reality, producing shows and presenting off-peak output on the station.
For now, WFM and ALL FM continue to be overseen by Radio Regen, but the aim is for ownership to be transferred to residents and managed by local steering groups.
Their ground-breaking experiment in how community radio tackles disadvantage and aides regeneration has included more than 25 temporary Restricted Service Licence (RSL) broadcasts and a number of full-time stations.
Their Community FM conferences in Manchester in 2004 and 2005 helped would-be licencees develop their station concepts and apply for licences for forthcoming start-ups.
All community radio practitioners are invited to use the site to share information, learn and debate about any matters affecting the sector.