Compass FM was an

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station serving

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, Cleethorpes and Immingham. Last owned by

Bauer Radio Bauer Media Audio UK is a UK-based radio division of the Bauer Media Group. History In early 2008, German magazine publisher Bauer bought the radio division of British company Emap, which had been established as East Midland Allied Press in ...

, the station broadcast from 2001 to 2020, when it was subsumed by

Greatest Hits Radio Greatest Hits Radio is a classic hits radio network in the United Kingdom, owned and operated by Bauer. Overview The network launched on 5 January 2015 as the "Bauer City 2 Network", and rebranded on 7 January 2019 due to the success of Rad ...

, as part of its Yorkshire region.

Licence application

Thre
applications
were received by the

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by 5 September 2000, which also included the proposed Haven FM and Southbank FM, having been firs
advertised
in May 2000. The licence for the station was awarded on 24 November 2000.

Format

Compass FM sat within its sister station's (

Lincs FM Lincs FM is an Independent Local Radio radio station serving Lincolnshire and Newark in Nottinghamshire. The station is owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio Network. As of September 2022, the station has a weekly audience o ...

) TSA (Total Service Area), and the station's format reflected this.

Programming

Compass FM provided 24/7 programming, some of which was automated (where the presenter's links between the records are pre-recorded).

Transmitter information

The 96.4 FM signal, now used by Greatest Hits Radio, comes from a low-powere
transmitter
a
Bevan Flats
in East Marsh in north Grimsby near the A180. Thi
transmitter
also has Bauer Humberside.

Awards

Compass FM was the

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Commercial Radio Station of the Year in 2003 (under 300,000 TSA).

Merger with Greatest Hits Radio

On 27 May 2020, it was announced that Compass FM, among other stations acquired when Bauer purchased the Lincs FM Group, would join Bauer's

network. In September 2020, the station rebranded as

and merged with several other local stations. The station's local breakfast show was replaced by a regional drivetime show. Localised news bulletins, traffic updates and advertising were retained.Most of acquired Bauer stations to become Greatest Hits Radio
Stuart Clarkson, Radio Today, 27 May 2020

References

External links

*
Media UK

Jingles

Reception map

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