Coast FM is a locally owned and independent radio station, based inWestport, New Zealand, broadcasting to most of theWest Coast Region. The station was born in 1995 as Fifeshire FM Westport, in a partnership betweenFifeshire FM inNelson and theWestport News, and progressively expanded its broadcast reach toReefton,Greymouth andHokitika from 1997. The station was rebranded as "Coast FM" in 1999, but is not related to NZME'sCoast network that broadcasts in other parts of the country.[1] The stations studios and offices were based in theWestport News offices (1995 - 2012) in the formerBNZ building on Palmerston Street. Today, Coast FM broadcasts from 52 Palmerston Street.
Coast FM broadcasts across the West Coast on the following frequencies: