From 2005 to 2011, the station broadcast twice a year under Ofcom's Restricted Service Licence regime since its first broadcast in April 2005.Good reception for radio station trial - http://www.cotswoldjournal.co.uk/archive/2005/03/31/The+Cotswolds+Archive/6893655.Good_reception_for_radio_station_trial/ The first broadcast was partly inspired by the success of the now defunct Forest of Dean Radio, and was the first community service in Gloucestershire to launch after FOD Radio. Radio Winchcombe was also the first RSL station in the UK to acquire a special emergency broadcast licence from Ofcom during the Gloucestershire floods in 2007 to aid communication in the community.
