{"id":552625,"date":"2026-04-27T03:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T03:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/552625\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T03:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T03:05:16","slug":"bolton-choirs-to-feature-in-ground-breaking-radio-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/552625\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolton choirs to feature in &#8216;ground-breaking&#8217; radio series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Choirs from across the town will feature in a special set of programmes on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theboltonnews.co.uk\/news\/25665243.bolton-fm-celebrates-growth-looks-future\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bolton FM<\/a>, which is looking to explore the power of group singing through a series titled The Town That Sings.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The project began with the community station contacting every adult choir in the borough, resulting in more than 20 groups agreeing to take part in the upcoming broadcasts.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Bolton Choral Union (Image: Bolton FM)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  John Ryan, station manager at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theboltonnews.co.uk\/news\/18182591.bolton-fm-reach-bolton-ever\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bolton FM<\/a>, said: &#8220;It seems that singing is one of Bolton&#8217;s secret passions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;One of the great strengths of community radio is that listeners and our volunteer broadcasters have the time and space to share their passions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We&#8217;re confident this series will resonate and shed fresh light on an important aspect of local life.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Bolton Parish Church Choir (Image: Bolton FM)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Reasons for joining a choir varied among participants, with many citing camaraderie, meeting new friends, and improvement to physical and mental health.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The series is produced and presented by retired broadcast journalist John Beesley, who now sings with The Cottontown Chorus.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Beesley said: &#8220;When I arrived here I was amazed by the sheer number and variety of singing groups.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Happy Voices (Image: Bolton FM)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;From community choirs to rock choirs, workplace choirs, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theboltonnews.co.uk\/news\/24629291.bolton-leisure-centres-introducing-british-sign-language\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BSL<\/a> signing choir, church singers, even a political choir, the enthusiasm seems boundless.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  While radio programmes have featured individual choirs before, Bolton FM believes this is the first time an entire urban area&#8217;s choir culture will be explored in detail.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Town That Sings will begin airing at 4pm on Saturday, May 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Choirs from across the town will feature in a special set of programmes on Bolton FM, which is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-552625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}