Feel Jah FM is a relatively small radio station that is setup, deejayed and managed by me, Jude Kriwald, a student from England. The idea for the station came about simply through my ever growing passion for reggae music and my desire to share the pleasure it brings to me with as many people as possible.

I have great plans for the radio station; I want to make Feel Jah FM one of the top reggae stations worldwide. I hope that in months to come Feel Jah FM will earn a reputation for being a great source of reggae music and people will really start talking about it!

Feel Jah FM has no formal source of funding, all the hosting and other bills are paid by me. As you can imagine, being a student, I don't have much spare change lying around. The planned expansion of Feel Jah FM is not going to be cheap, and I have been considering different methods of raising funds.

Many radio stations play advertisements between tracks. While this brings in a lot of money, the thought of interrupting people's meditation with Babylon trying to sell products is not acceptable for me.

Another route I could have taken is to apply for the station to be part of a bigger radio network with numerous stations. While this would immediately bring in plenty of listeners, to "sell out" the station would not be fitting with my beliefs: independence is vital, and I don't believe the station would be able to flourish as it would otherwise.

Finally, I also considered putting text advertisements on the Feel Jah FM website. While this would be less disruptive to listeners than audio advertisements, I would have little control over the content of the adverts which could be problematic. Secondly, I want Feel Jah FM to be a website where people can forget about money and living in Babylon and just chill and feel irie.

Ultimately, there is only one way I can raise funds and keep a clear conscience, and that is for listeners who appreciate the website and music which they receive at no charge to donate however much they wish in order to fund Feel Jah FM. This could be anything from £1 or $1 to however much you wish, depending on how generous you are feeling!

Currently, Feel Jah FM costs me £242 per year (around $358). These costs are made up of charges for radio stream hosting, domain name hosting and my license to play copyrighted music. Obviously, as the station expands, these costs will increase. When donations start to come in I will immediately put figures up on the website. If total donations ever exceeded the cost of running Feel Jah FM then I would donate 75% of the excess to the NSPCC charity.