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Lochbroom FM
Lochbroom FM in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Lochbroom FM is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Lochbroom FM was a radio station based in Ullapool, Wester Ross in the Highlands of Scotland that broadcast between 1995 and 2020 and which was Britain's smallest radio station. The station now broadcasts as Radio Wester Ross after a rebrand to unite the broadcast areas of Two Lochs Radio and Lochbroom FM.
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Background
History
A community radio association was formed in 1994. They broadcast in 1995 using a three-month temporary commercial radio licence from a small tin shack with a transmission radius of 20 miles. A further two-month licence let them broadcast in 1996, and then a full eight-year licence came into operation at the end of May 1997. In 1996, it was announced that they had secured £45,000 of lottery funding towards the purchase and fitting out of a new building. Lochbroom FM launched on 23 May 1997. It broadcast on 96.8 MHz and 102.2 MHz. The studio opened in September 1998. In 2012, the station started to use neighbouring commercial station Two Lochs Radio as its sustaining service. In 2020,…
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- Coordinates
- 57.8986, -5.1603
- Official site
- www.lochbroomfm.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q20190537 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Lochbroom FM (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Lochbroom FM?
- Lochbroom FM is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 57.8986°, -5.1603°.
- Who owns Lochbroom FM?
- Lochbroom FM is owned by Community owned via Wester Ross Radio Ltd.