Chaine FM

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| name = Chaine FM

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| city = UK - Larne

| area = UK - Larne

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| frequency = 106.3 (FM)

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| airdate = December 2007

| last_airdate = December 2013

| format = Restricted Service Licence

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| owner = Larne Community Media Ltd.

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| website = [http://www.chainefm.com www.chainefm.com]

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Chaine FM was an FM community radio station, based in Larne in Northern Ireland, that operated on an intermittent basis from 2007 until 2013.{{cite web|url = http://www.chainefm.com/ | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20181004061843/http://www.chainefm.com/ | archivedate = 4 October 2018 | website = chainefm.com| title = Chaine FM, Larne | quote = Chaine FM [..] Was the local radio station for the Larne Borough. Proudly broadcasting from 2007-2013 }} Operating as a "Christmas radio station" only,{{cite web|url = https://www.northernirelandworld.com/news/no-plans-for-year-round-chaine-fm-2840861 | publisher = National World Publishing Ltd | website = northernirelandworld.com | date = 4 January 2010 | title = No plans for year-round Chaine FM | quote = There are no plans for Larne-based Christmas radio station Chaine FM to broadcast all the year round, it's been revealed [..] was on air throughout the Larne area from November 30 until Christmas Eve [2010] | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20230413163650/https://www.northernirelandworld.com/news/no-plans-for-year-round-chaine-fm-2840861 | archivedate = 13 April 2023 }} it broadcast seasonally from December 2007. After broadcasting in November and December 2010, the station did not broadcast during Christmas 2011 before returning in December 2012.{{fact|date=April 2023}} It subsequently broadcast for the last time from 30 November to 24 December 2013. In June 2013, Ofcom granted the station a full-time Community Radio licence.{{cite web|url = https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/northern-irelands-first-ulster-scots-radio-station-given-green-light/29333811.html | website = belfasttelegraph.co.uk| publisher = Belfast Telegraph | title = Northern Ireland's first Ulster Scots radio station given green light | accessdate = 10 June 2013 | quote = Among the other community radio licences awarded by Ofcom was Belfast FM [..] along with Chaine FM in Larne and Bridge FM in Portadown}}{{cite report |url = https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0021/40692/2013_cmr_northern_ireland.pdf | publisher = Ofcom | title = Communications Market Report: Northern Ireland | page = 62 | date = August 2013 }} However, in early 2015, Chaine FM's owner was reported to have "abandoned" its plans to operate a full-time station and returned this license to Ofcom.{{cite web|url = https://www.northernirelandworld.com/news/chaine-fm-abandons-plans-to-launch-full-time-larne-community-radio-station-2600313 | publisher = National World Publishing Ltd | website = northernirelandworld.com| title = Chaine FM abandons plans to launch full-time Larne community radio station | date = 6 February 2015 | accessdate = 13 April 2023 }} The station owner, Larne Community Media, was wound up in November 2015.{{cite web|url = https://www.northernirelandworld.com/news/chaine-fm-plays-its-last-request-2559140 | website = northernirelandworld.com | publisher = National World Publishing Ltd | title = Chaine FM plays its last request | date = 19 November 2015 | accessdate = 13 April 2023 }}