Compass FM
{{Short description|Radio station in Lincolnshire, England}}
{{about|the radio station in the UK|the Compass FM in New Zealand|Compass FM 104.9}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = Compass FM
| airdate = {{start date|2001|6|3|df=yes}}
| last_airdate = {{end date|2020|8|31|df=yes}}
| frequency = DAB: Lincolnshire
FM: 96.4 MHz
| city = Grimsby
| area = North East Lincolnshire
| format = Adult contemporary
| owner = Bauer Radio
| sister_stations = Lincs FM
Rutland Radio
| website = [http://www.compassfm.co.uk www.compassfm.co.uk]
}}
Compass FM was an Independent Local Radio station serving Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Immingham. Last owned by Bauer Radio, the station broadcast from 2001 to 2020, when it was subsumed by Greatest Hits Radio, as part of its Yorkshire region.
Licence application
Three [http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/rau/newsroom/news-release/00/pr121.htm applications] were received by the Radio Authority by 5 September 2000, which also included the proposed Haven FM and Southbank FM, having been first [http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/rau/newsroom/news-release/00/pr075.htm advertised] in May 2000. The licence for the station was awarded on 24 November 2000.
Format
Compass FM sat within its sister station's (Lincs FM) TSA (Total Service Area), and the station's format reflected this.
Programming
Compass FM provided 24/7 programming, some of which was automated (where the presenter's links between the records are pre-recorded).{{cite web|url=http://www.compassfm.co.uk/info/public-file/ |title=Public File |publisher=Compass FM |accessdate=7 October 2013}}
Transmitter information
The 96.4 FM signal, now used by Greatest Hits Radio, came from a low-powered [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1890523 transmitter] on the roof of [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/532459 Bevan Flats] in the East Marsh of Grimsby near the A180 until the building's demolition in 2018. The transmitter is now located on the roof of the nearby Grimsby Telecoms Tower building.
Awards
Compass FM was the NTL Commercial Radio Station of the Year in 2003 (under 300,000 TSA).{{cite web|last=Welsh |first=James |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/news/a11288/ntl-commerical-radio-awards-roundup.html |title=ntl Commercial Radio Awards roundup |publisher=Digital Spy |date=27 June 2003 |accessdate=7 October 2013}}
Merger with Greatest Hits Radio
On 27 May 2020, it was announced that Compass FM, among other stations acquired when Bauer purchased the Lincs FM Group, would join Bauer's Greatest Hits Radio network.
In September 2020, the station rebranded as Greatest Hits Radio and merged with several other local stations. The station's local breakfast show was replaced by a regional drivetime show. Localised news bulletins, traffic updates and advertising were retained.[https://radiotoday.co.uk/2020/05/most-of-acquired-bauer-stations-to-become-greatest-hits-radio/ Most of acquired Bauer stations to become Greatest Hits Radio] Stuart Clarkson, Radio Today, 27 May 2020
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.compassfm.co.uk/}}
- [http://www.myradiobase.de/fmscan/net.php?r=f&m=m&itu=G&pxf=Compass+FM&rg=nel Reception map]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091022201725/http://geocities.com/thehotw/aircheck_UKLincs.htm History of local radio in Lincolnshire]
- [http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/rau/newsroom/news-release/00/pr173.htm Award of Grimsby FM licence in November 2000 to Compass FM]
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Category:Borough of North East Lincolnshire
Category:Radio stations in Lincolnshire
Category:Mass media in Grimsby
Category:Radio stations established in 2001
Category:Radio stations disestablished in 2020