105.9 Academy FM is a

community radio Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popula ...

station serving the town of Folkestone in

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

, which launched on 31 March 2011.Academy FM: Folkestone's own radio station gets ready to launch
/ref> The station broadcasts 24 hours a day on 105.9 FM. In spring 2015 OFCOM announced that rules relating to on-air advertising for community radio stations would change, which will enable the station to raise limited funds from this source.

History

The licence for the station was filed with OFCOM in November 2008.Minutes of the Sixtieth Meeting of the Radio Licensing Committee Held on Monday 15 June 2009

References

{{Folkestone Radio stations in Kent Radio stations established in 2011 Community radio stations in the United Kingdom Folkestone