Our HQ - Blackpool Technnology Centre (Bispham, near Blackpool, UK)

Our HQ is purpose built and is home to multiple departments at the Station, including our Management, Presentation, Social Media and Admin Teams.

Based at Blackpool Technology Centre, our office is modern and  built to a high specification. The building is light and airy, with a modern working environment. In addition to our office space, we have access to the Board Room for larger meetings, manned Reception and Kitchen facilities. (Our kitchen even has vending machine facilities!)

We have separate areas for Broadcasting, Admin and IT and an an area for meetings too. 

Our Office has Air Conditioning for the comfort of our Volunteers and Visitors. The office is also large enough for more than one wheelchair user and is wet lit. 

For our Disabled Volis, we also have an accessable toilet downstairs and access to a lift, which will bring you up to our floor.

10 Quick Facts about Shout Radio HQ

  1. Our HQ is based at Blackpool Technology Park, around 2 miles from Blackpool Town Centre
  2. Our HQ has 24 hour access, CCTV, Air Conditioning,  Lift, Manned Reception, Meeting Facilities, Shared Kitchen. two sets of toilets (One set on each floor) and plenty of parking.
  3. Our HQ is fully accessible, with a Disabled Toilet provision on the Ground Floor and a Lift to the upper floor of the building.
  4. Our office is located on the first floor of the building.
  5. We moved into our current Office on February 11th 2024
  6. We have a Sonfiex S2 Broadcast Desk, plus a Broadcast PC running Windows 10 and Play-It Live, for broadcasting shows
  7. Our Office building was built in 1994 and used to belong to the Council. It was used by Community Adult Mental Health Teams, before becoming a Buisness Centre.
  8. Our HQ has good bus links, with Service 14, 7A and 3 serving stops nearby. The nearest Railway Station is Poulton-Le-Fylde
  9. We have extremely fast Internet access, with a near Gigabit Fibre Connection 
  10. Everyone at the centre is friendly and respecful. 

IT Facilities 

We have a modern IT Working enviroment, using a Client-Server Network, using Active Directory. Our Computers have Windows 10, Microsoft Office, Google Chrome, 7Zip, Audacity and many other applications, needed by our Volunteers. The Studio PC also has Play-It Live, Play-It Cartwall and Radio Studio Broadcast Client installed.

We have 4 servers running; 

  • PFSense – Firewall and Gateway 
  • CC4-01 (Domain Controller, OS Deployment, File Storage)
  • CC4-02 (Music Server)
  • NAP (Network Protection)

On top of this, we have a Layer 3 Swtch, which our computers, phones, printer and servers are connected to. We also have a dedicated WI-FI Access Point, with both a Staff and Guest Network.  

For Printing, we have a Sharp MFP, which scans, copies, prints and has scan to email cababilities. Our Internet is almost a 1GB connection. 

A Close-Nit Community

At Blackpool Technology Centre, we are a close-nit community. Everyone is very friendly and other users of the building will stop and chat to you. 

The Ground Floor Canteen is a central hub, which is used by all users of the building and is a great place to get chatting. The small Canteen does get busy through the day, with people making brews and heating up food. 

Various events happen through the year, from Easter Egg Hunts, to Coffee Mornings and various stalls, such as health and beauty, charities and other orginisations. 

The building is bright and viberent and we all have a good laugh. No one is too serious – especially our Centre Manager! (Millie) It is a great place for our Volunteers to work and we would proudly show you round our HQ. So please get in touch, if you want to come and have a look.