Radio Folkestone, previously known as 105.9 Academy FM until 11 May 2024, is a

community radio Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial broadcasting, commercial and public broadcasting. Community broadcasting, Community stations serve geographic communities and communities o ...

station serving the town of

Folkestone Folkestone ( ) is a coastal town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England. The town lies on the southern edge of the North Downs at a valley between two cliffs. It was an important harbour, shipping port, and fashionable coastal res ...

Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...

, 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 The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, internet, telecommunications and mail, postal industries of the United Kingdom. Ofcom has wide-rang ...

in November 2008.Minutes of the Sixtieth Meeting of the Radio Licensing Committee Held on Monday 15 June 2009
The station relaunched as Radio Folkestone on 11 May 2024Radio Folkestone relaunch event
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References

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