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- ↑ "CR Licence Application Form (V2) - Academy FM (Folkestone)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- ↑ Minutes of the Sixtieth Meeting of the Radio Licensing Committee Held on Monday 15 June 2009 Archived 14 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine