Friday 3rd September
Jacob Rees-Mogg, MP for NE Somerset, will record his monthly surgery on Somer Valley FM this Friday.

The feature will be broadcast at 2pm this Monday, September 6th and repeated on Friday at midday and Sunday at 2pm.

The hour, presented by Dom Chambers, will be speech led with the first 40 minutes answering listeners questions. These can be on any subject from the general political and economic climate to specific questions on local issues.

The last section of the programme will focus on a specific area of government so we will be finding out ‘What did the Home Office/Chancellery/The Royal Family’, as examples, ‘ever do for me?’ In this Friday’s recording we will be asking, ‘What did The Home Office ever do for me?’

This is a great opportunity for Jacob’s constituents to put questions, raise their concerns or advance their own points of view to him.

Please post questions to our MP to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or use the station text line on 81400 starting your text with SV.

Midsomer Norton Farmers' Market is joined by some new producers this Saturday, September 4th.

They will be joined by ‘The Somerset Cheese Company’ based just a few miles down the road in Ditcheat, who have over 40 years of cheesemaking experience and a total of 6 national and international award winning cheeses amongst their range of speciality cheeses made from goats, sheep, cow and even buffalo milk! Another big cheese at this week's market will be Greens of Glastonbury, whose organic farmhouse Cheddars are already a firm favourite with customers.

Taylors Traditional Bread are also joining the Market this Saturday. They are a generations-old family business whose traditional methods combined with the innovative ideas of the new generation ensures enough choice to keep every customer happy.

With Benji, the town's favourite troubadour returning on guitar, this Saturday's Farmers' Market will be well worth a shopping trip!

www.somersetfarmersmarkets.co.uk

Dom Chambers and Matt Clifford go head to head in the battle to shed the pounds as they 'Commit To Get Fit'. Working with Fitness First in Bath, the Somer Valley FM presenters will endure three weekly personal training sessions with a selection of different trainers who will be putting them through their paces and giving them guidance every step of the way on their nutrition and fitness plans!

At the end of this two month period Dom and Matt will take the ultimate fitness test to see who will be crowned winner of Commit to Get Fit. This is a great new feature that allows listeners to get involved - each week the trainers will be bringing you their top 5 nutrition and workout tips to do at home!

Let the battle commence!

Want to train at Fitness First Gym in Bath for FREE? All you have to do is go into the club and say the phrase 'Fitness' and tell the receptionist you are a listener of Somer valley FM, and you can train for free that day! It doesn't get much better than that!

For more details on the club please go to www.fitnessfirst.com

Breakfast Club Promotion - click here to register for the Macmillan Coffee Morning...

Somer Valley FM listeners are being invited to join the station's Breakfast Club as part of a new schedule of programmes.

Hosted by Matt Clifford and Charlie Vernon, the show offers everything you need to kick start your day. The Breakfast Club is essential listening for all who live and work in the area with strong local news content, sports, traffic updates and plenty of ‘What’s On’ information. The team will throw into the mix a variety of original features including Commit to get fit, The Breakfast Band of the Week and School of the Week which will give kids the chance to ‘Test their Teacher’.

The station hopes that some listeners will volunteer to help run the Breakfast Club, which carries traffic, weather, local information, interviews and local news reports and a mix of brand new and classic rock and pop.

"It takes a team of dedicated people to put a show like this together and we're looking for reporters, researchers and presenters to deliver the stories to our 14000 known listeners across the broadcast area." says presenter, Matt Clifford.

Station Manager, Dom Chambers, says,
"The Breakfast Club will be upbeat and exciting and give other broadcasters a run for their money. It's another example of how community radio can get really close to the heart of a community and keep it interesting and fun."

Join the Breakfast Club every weekday morning, 7-9am, online at www.somervalleyfm.co.uk or on 97.5fm.

For more information on The Breakfast Club and how you can get involved contact show producers Jodie Kemp and Vikki Hutton on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , call 01761 411 755 or text SV plus your message to 81400.

If you've ever wanted to know how it all works at a radio station, or you've wanted to make a programme yourself, now's your chance!

Here at your local community station, we are committed to training as many people as possible to make radio. Whether you're 10 or 80, we'd be happy to show you around and give you some training.

There are 3 fully equipped studios here, a stack of portable recording equipment and an outside broadcast unit available to capture what's going on in your area and relay it to your friends and relatives all over the world over the internet and to 65,000 people in the locality over the 97.5FM waveband.

We have regular training sessions at the studios for groups of all ages.

Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons from 4-6pm we offer training courses for those of you who are at school during the day. If you're an adult and you would like some training - give us a call and we'll set up a time to suit you. After a few hours in the studio, you could be presenting your own show! Why not give it a try?

Call Rupert on 01761 411755 or email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

You won't regret it!