Radio Buena Vida

Radio Buena Vida (RBV) is a community arts and cultural organisation in Govanhill, Glasgow, using internet radio to platform the creative output of under-represented voices in music & culture.

We broadcast 7 days a week with community-produced and led programming. Our 200+ resident presenters have 100% creative control of their own shows, choosing music, setting tone, shaping content: a grassroots model ensuring the voices & priorities of our community are reflected.

We started out in October 2020, from the window of our local record shop and In November 2022, we opened the doors to Cafe Buena Vida, where Radio Buena Vida now broadcasts from its location in the street-facing window, which brought together the original idea of a different kind of radio station, set in an accessible community space, serving up quality snacks and drinks to an ever changing soundtrack of shows.

We feature independent Scottish artists overlooked by mainstream radio, experimental audio, interviews, new music & remote broadcasts from festivals/events.

We work with people facing structural barriers to the cultural sector — including ethnic minorities, working-class, LGBTQIA+, disabled, neurodivergent, women and non-binary creatives. Our mission is to make Scotland’s cultural landscape richer, more inclusive and representative.

We deliver on this through:
Community-led internet radio content
Skill-building creative workshops led by those with lived experience
Events in our own space/partners venues
Collaborations
Our accessible café-bar/studio which offers an inclusive creative hub to hang out and connect

With a radio schedule as diverse as the DJs and presenters, you can expect to hear every genre of music from experimental to disco, punk to ambient, jungle to soul, as well as occasional special guest appearances, interviews and discussions on topics that really matter to you.

Both the Cafe & radio station are wheelchair accessible. The cafe is ground level with accessible WC facilities while the DJ booth and fully adjustable desk mean no-one is excluded from applying for or presenting a show.