The city's very own community radio station is back with a bang as Preston FM rockets to the airwaves with a bonfire night launch.

From Sunday November 5, around 200 local volunteers will present a month-long broadcast from studios on Church Street.

Station bosses hope to feature a wide range of musical styles and local bands, as well as programmes on the arts, sport and community issues alongside interviews with local celebrities.

There will be a regular programme aimed at local businesses, as well as programmes to help people looking for work, and a daily Preston Focus show including interviews with people from all over the city.

The diversity of the station's schedule will be demonstrated in a special event, called I Care, to be held on the Flag market on Saturday, November 11.

Preston FM presenters will be encouraging everyone to make a banner reflecting something they care about, from dog mess and car parking to global poverty and nuclear energy. Organisers hope that a forest of banners will grow up during the day, reflecting the huge range of things that Prestonians are passionate about, with recordings made on the day being turned into a programme for Preston FM.

Station manager Richard Lace said: "The I Care event really crystallises what Preston FM is all about.

"Our presenters are all volunteers, using community radio to tell the city what they care about.

"Everyone cares about something and, as well as helping us create a really interesting programme for the station, I hope that some of the people taking part will be inspired to volunteer for Preston FM in the future."

Other regular shows will be City Soap, a soap opera written by and starring local people, and Your Preston, a daily news programme keeping residents in touch with the latest goings on in the city.

The station will broadcast on 87.9FM, and via the internet at www.preston.fm, where full programme schedules are available.