Issue FM is one of a growing number of UK radio stations run by young people, for young people. Radio is not only a relatively cheap way of communicating to an audience, it is also a great youth work tool. Increasingly, schools and youth services are recognising that the airwaves present teenagers with a fun way to learn and express themselves.
Issue FM was born in south London in somewhat unusual circumstances.
Titus Lucas was a 19-year-old single father almost 15,000 in debt when he hit on the idea four years ago while watching Jerry Springer on TV.
"I thought it would be great if there was a more serious, practical way of helping people," he says. "Paying my daughter's nursery fees and going to college was a huge struggle, but I was fortunate enough to know about organisations that could help me. Not everyone is as lucky. I thought radio would help them."
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