Coast FM (Westport)

Coast FM is a local radio station in Westport, New Zealand, to most of the West Coast Region. The station began in 1995 as Radio Fifeshire Westport in partnership with Fifeshire FM in Nelson, and started broadcasting in Hokitika and Greymouth in 1996. The station was rebranded as Coast FM in 1999, but is not related to Coast network that broadcasts in other parts of the country.[1] It used to broadcast from the Westport News offices in the former BNZ building on Palmerston Street.

This is a map of Coast FM frequencies.

The station's programmes include the weekday morning Early Morning Wake Up with Lisa Pattinson, the weekday afternoon Late Late Breakfast Show with Dave Williamson, the weeknight Night Café with Jason Mac, the Friday night Night Zone with Danny Cockfield and the Saturday Morning Sports Show with Barry Townrow.[1]

The station broadcasts mid-morning trade and exchange notices,[2] cancellation notices for Sunset Speedway,[3] and live commentaries of Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union and Buller Rugby Football Union games.[4][5][6] On Sunday mornings it broadcasts The Great Big Kids Show with Suzy Cato,[7] and country music programme West Coast Country with Barb Berry.[8]

Stations

Coast FM broadcasts on the following frequencies:

References
  1. "Coast FM". coastfm.net.nz. Coast FM. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  2. White, Mike (December 2009). "A Weekend in Karamea" (PDF). North & South. pp. 120–124. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  3. "Sunset Speedway, Westport". speedwayracing.co.nz. Speedway Racing New Zealand. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  4. "Poverty Bay Rugby Representative". povertybayrugby.co.nz. Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  5. "Heartland Preview – Buller v North Otago – Head 2 Head". rugbyheartland.co.nz. Rugby Heartland. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  6. "September 2013 Buller Rugby". bullerrugby.co.nz. Buller Rugby Football Union. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  7. "TGBKS Stations". tgbks.enter.co.nz. Treehut Limited. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  8. "West Coast Country". nzcountrymusic.com. Retrieved 3 January 2016.

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