Coast FM is a local radio station in

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, to most of the

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. The station began in 1995 as Radio Fifeshire Westport in partnership with

Fifeshire FM Fifeshire FM was a Nelson, New Zealand radio station owned by RadioWorks. The station broadcast on 93.0FM in Nelson, 92.0FM in Motueka and Tākaka, and 94.1FM in Murchison. Fifeshire FM first started as a summer station known as Radio Fifeshir ...

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, and started broadcasting in

Hokitika Hokitika is a town in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island, south of Greymouth, and close to the mouth of the Hokitika River. It is the seat and largest town in the Westland District. The town's estimated population is as of . ...

and

Greymouth Greymouth () (Māori: ''Māwhera'') is the largest town in the West Coast region in the South Island of New Zealand, and the seat of the Grey District Council. The population of the whole Grey District is , which accounts for % of the West Coas ...

in 1996. The station was rebranded as Coast FM in 1999, but is not related to

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network that broadcasts in other parts of the country. It used to broadcast from the ''

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'' offices (1995 - 2012) in the former

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building on Palmerston Street. The station's main programmes include; * Early Morning Wake Up with Lisa Pattinson * Late Late Breakfast Show with Dave Williamson * Night Café with Jason Mac * Night Zone with Danny Cockfield * Saturday Morning Sports Show with Barry Townrow. The station broadcasts mid-morning trade and exchange notices, cancellation notices for Sunset Speedway, and live commentaries of Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union and

Buller Rugby Football Union The Buller Rugby Union (BRU) is a rugby union province based in the town of Westport, New Zealand. The Buller provincial boundary also includes other notable towns such as Reefton, Karamea, Granity, Charleston, Punakaiki and Murchison (Murchi ...

games. On Sunday mornings it broadcasts The Great Big Kids Show with Suzy Cato, and country music programme West Coast Country with Barb Berry.

Stations

Coast FM broadcasts on the following frequencies: * Grey Valley: 99.5 FM *

: 97.9 FM *

: 100.3 FM *

Karamea Karamea is a town on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the northernmost settlement of any real size on the West Coast, and is located northeast by road from Westport. Apart from a narrow coastal strip, the town of Karam ...

: 99.3 FM * Murchison: 87.8 FM *

Reefton Reefton is a small town in the West Coast region of New Zealand, some 80 km northeast of Greymouth, in the Inangahua River valley. Ahaura is 44 km south-west of Reefton, Inangahua Junction is 34 km to the north, Maruia is 63 ...

: 90.3 FM * Haast :94.5 FM * Westport: 96.5 FM

References

External links

Coast FM website
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