Bristol community radio station Ujima Radio is back on air after the utility company which pulled the plug last week agreed to reconnect power to its studio.
The Utility Warehouse disconnected the electricity following a dispute over unpaid bills with CEED, the community organisation which leases the building in Wilder Street, St Pauls, from Bristol City Council. 
Ujima had been making payments for its electricity supply to CEED. However the bills were not being paid. Ujima was forced off air last week when the power was cut off.
Ujima directors called on Mayor of Bristol George Ferguson to help break the deadlock and get the station back on the airwaves and a demonstration last Friday outside the studio showed the level of support for the station.
Mayor Ferguson said: “This is a victory for common sense and I’m delighted that at our request The Utility Warehouse has agreed to restore power.
“Ujima Radio provides a valued community service to thousands of residents and it was important to resolve a situation in which it found itself off the air because of a dispute between its landlord and the company that provided power to Wilder Street.
“Now that this stand-off has been broken I am asking officers to review the leasehold, use and management of the building, which is clearly unsatisfactory.”
Ujima Radio chair Roger Griffith added: "We're thrilled that common sense has prevailed and that power will be returning to our studio facilities sometime this week.
"We want to thank the mayor and his team, once again, for their continued support and perseverance and Utility Warehouse for their flexibility. We will be issuing a statement regarding our new live broadcast schedule once the reconnection has been made"
A spokesman for The Utility Warehouse said: “We are very pleased that the pro-active involvement of the council has enabled us to find a resolution to this issue, and that as a result, Ujima Radio will soon be able to resume broadcasting.”
