Radio Folkestone

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Radio station

Radio FolkestoneBroadcast area| Folkestone

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Frequency| 105.9 MHz
History

First air date

| 31 March 2011

Former names

| Academy FM Folkestone
(until 2024)
Technical information

Transmitter coordinates

| 51°05′30″N 1°09′57″E﻿ / ﻿51.0917°N 1.1659°E﻿ / 51.0917; 1.1659

Radio Folkestone, previously known as 105.9 Academy FM until 11 May 2024, is a community radio station serving the town of Folkestone in Kent, which launched on 31 March 2011.[1]

The station broadcasts 24 hours a day on 105.9 FM. In spring 2015 OFCOM announced that rules relating to on-air advertising for community radio stations would change, which will enable the station to raise limited funds from this source.[1]

## History

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The licence for the station was filed with OFCOM in November 2008.[2][3]

The station relaunched as Radio Folkestone on 11 May 2024[4] .

## References

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1. ^ a b Academy FM: Folkestone's own radio station gets ready to launch
2. ^ "CR Licence Application Form (V2) – Academy FM (Folkestone)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
3. ^ Minutes of the Sixtieth Meeting of the Radio Licensing Committee Held on Monday 15 June 2009 Archived 14 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ Radio Folkestone relaunch event

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Folkestone

People|

* List of people from Folkestone

Political|

* Folkestone & Hythe District
* Folkestone and Hythe constituency

Education|

* The Harvey Grammar School
* Folkestone School for Girls
* Folkestone Academy
* K College
* Turner Free School
* University Centre Folkestone

Transport|

* Folkestone West railway station
* Folkestone Central railway station
* Folkestone Harbour railway station
* Folkestone East railway station
* M20 motorway
* Channel Tunnel
* Folkestone Harbour

Sport, arts and leisure|

* Folkestone Invicta F.C.
* Folkestone Sports Centre
* Folkestone Triennial
* Leas Cliff Hall
* Tower Theatre
* Folkestone & Hythe Operatic & Dramatic Society
* Folkestone White Horse
* Leas Lift

Media|

* Folkestone Herald
* Kentish Express
* KMFM Shepway and White Cliffs Country
* Radio Folkestone

Historical events|

* 1934 Hillman's Airways de Havilland Dragon Rapide crash
* 1954 Swissair Convair CV-240 crash
* 2007 Kent earthquake

Twin towns|

* Boulogne-sur-Mer
* Middelburg
* Étaples

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