A community focused radio station, which ran and operated from a Bushey School throughout the late 90’s, is set to make a return.

Silver FM ran for four Summer RSL (Restricted Service Licence) periods between 1996 & 2000 by students from the then Bushey Hall School, now Bushey Academy.

Now, fifteen years later many of the students from the team have got back together to bring the station back for Easter 2015.

The station has been licensed by Ofcom and will broadcast on 87.9FM for the Easter Holidays, from April 2 to 6, and will serve as a community platform for charities and voluntary groups to get involved and promote themselves, along with giving opportunities to students in the borough.

Jon Moonie, Silver FM head of training, said: "We are aiming to give seven teams of between three and five young people the opportunity to be trained and then broadcast the daytime radio programmes, across four of the five days we are on-air. We are now looking to invite local schools or other groups to put a team forward."

Mr Moonie, who was an original member of the Silver FM student team back in 1996 added: "We want to find young people who will become passionate about radio just as I did way back then and create a very special station for everyone in Watford."

Silver FM first came about when a group of students at Bushey Hall School asked their head teacher, Geoff Hunder, if they could set up a radio station. He liked the idea and then talked to the team who had run the national Radio Cracker RSL in Harrow - one of them being a parent at the school.

And in July 1996 Silver FM went on air for the first time across all of South West Herts. It was on air for a month at the end of each school year, from 6pm till 8pm - once the GCSE and A-Levels were finished and the students were in charge.

In the late evening and over-night the adults, who helped put the station together, took over and presented specialist shows The returned station will be broadcast from the Bushey Sports Club on Aldenham Road.

School students or teachers from years nine to 13, who are interested in getting involved in this project and want to know more, should contact Jon on jon.moonie@silverfm.co.uk.