Coast FM (Tenerife)

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Coast FM
City Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, El Hierro
Broadcast area Canary Islands
Frequency 87.9MHz, 97.9MHz, 102.3MHz, 102.5MHz, 102.6MHz 102.8MHz, 103.0, DAB, 6230kHz
Programming
Language(s)English
Format Adult Contemporary
Links
Website http://www.coast.fm

Coast FM is an English language radio station based in Tenerife. [1]

The station was based in studios situated in Las Chafiras, south Tenerife and previously broadcast 24 hours a day with a live and voice tracked service, using commercial radio presenters based in Tenerife and in the UK.

Past presenters include: Matt Fletcher (Afternoons), Gordon Slayney, Jadene Littlejohn (Live Drive-time), Simon Rowe (Evenings) & Ryan Woodman (Breakfast). Local news was broadcast throughout the day along with Sky News at the top of the hour. The station broadcast the syndicated programme "The Airplay 40 Chart" with Spencer James on a Saturday evening.

In March 2013 Coast FM and sister station Energy FM were sold to new owners

At the end of February 2014, the station dropped its on-air branding and then broadcast on air with no identity in preparation of the much-anticipated transformation into an internationally branded radio station as part of the 'Virgin' brand.

In July 2014, the station went off air.

In 2015 the station was relaunched by it`s previous owners and now broadcasts to all 7 Canary islands from studios in Tenerife and Gran Canaria on both FM and DAB. Coast FM was the first radio station in the Canary islands to be available on DAB digital radio .

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References

  1. FM, Coast. "Official English language radio for the Canary Islands - Coast FM". www.coastfmradio.com. Retrieved 2017-07-11.