Lochbroom FM was a radio station based in

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in the

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that broadcast 1995-2020 and which was Britain's smallest radio station. The station now broadcasts as '

Radio Wester Ross Radio Wester Ross is the community focused radio station for the Gairloch, Loch Ewe and Lochbroom areas of Wester Ross. It broadcasts a music-led service to the communities in Wester Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland and it is the only commerci ...

' across the area after a rebrand to unite the broadcast areas of Two Lochs Radio and Lochbroom FM. A community radio association was formed in 1994. They broadcast in 1995 using a three-month temporary commercial radio licence from a small tin shack with a transmission radius of 20 miles. A further two-month licence let them broadcast in 1996, and then a full eight-year licence came into operation at the end of May 1997. A purpose-built station was proposed, which was to be funded through a variety of grants. In 1996, it was announced that they had secured £45,000 of lottery funding towards the purchase and fitting out of a new building. Lochbroom FM launched on 23 May 1997. It broadcast on 96.8 MHz and 102.2 MHz. The studio opened in September 1998. In 2012, the station started to use neighbouring commercial station

Two Lochs Radio Radio Wester Ross is the community focused radio station for the Gairloch, Loch Ewe and Lochbroom areas of Wester Ross. It broadcasts a music-led service to the communities in Wester Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland and it is the only commerc ...

as its sustaining service. In 2020, broadcasting regulator

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formally transferred the Lochbroom FM licence to Wester Ross Radio Ltd, the company that also holds the Two Lochs Radio licence. The station rebranded to

on Monday 29th April 2024.

References

External links

Lochbroom FM official website
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