Compass FM


Compass FM is an Independent Local Radio station serving Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Immingham and is part of Bauer Radio.

Licence application

Three were received by the Radio Authority by 5 September 2000, which also included the proposed Haven FM and Southbank FM, having been first in May 2000. The licence for the station was awarded on 24 November 2000.

Format

Compass FM sits within its sister station's TSA and the stations format reflects this.

Programming

Compass FM provides 24/7 programming, some of which is automated.

Transmitter information

The 96.4 FM signal comes from a low-powered at in East Marsh in north Grimsby near the A180. This also has Bauer Humberside.

Awards

Compass FM was the NTL Commercial Radio Station of the Year in 2003.