& south west scotland slogan your music your life frequency fm 96.4 102.2 102.5 103.4 mhz rds c f m first air date 14 april 1993 format 80 s 90 s and noughties audience share 21.1 % december 2013 rajar owner bauer radio webcast radio player cfm website www.cfmradio.com cfm is an independent local radio station broadcasting to cumbria and south west scotland with transmitters in carlisle penrith and west cumbria . its musical output is popular hits of many genres with the occasional selection of today s hits . the station is owned & operated by bauer radio and forms part of bauer s city 1 network of stations . contents 1 history 2 programming 2.1 news 3 past presenters 4 references 5 external links history edit cfm logo used from 2008 until 2015 . the station was launched by its original owners border television at 8am on 14 april 1993 when managing director and breakfast show host john myers played the best by tina turner as its first song . originally cfm only broadcast from their caldbeck mast to carlisle on 96.4 and penrith from the top of beacon hill on 102.5 . in september 1995 they also started transmitting to west cumbria from their transmitters at broughton moor and whitehaven . the frequencies for the west coast are 102.2 workington and cockermouth and 103.4 whitehaven . from its launch the station broadcast from premises adjacent to the itv border studios in durranhill carlisle . in april 2010 cfm moved to a new base at atlantic house in kingstown carlisle . in 2005 emap bought cfm and branded it as one of its big city network of stations . three years later emap was bought by bauer who have retained ownership of the station . previously cfm has won numerous industry awards including the radio academy s north west station of the year 2005 and emap station of the year 2006 . in may 2013 cfm became the first radio station to broadcast from a nuclear reprocessing site at sellafield west cumbria . programming edit local programming is produced and broadcast from cfm s carlisle studios from 6am 2pm and 3 7pm on weekdays 2 6pm on saturdays and 12 4pm on sundays . cfm also airs networked programming from sister stations key 103 in manchester clyde 1 in glasgow metro radio in newcastle radio city in liverpool radio aire in leeds and forth 1 in edinburgh . the vodafone big top 40 is syndicated from global radio at its capital studios in london for broadcast on over 145 commercial radio stations across the uk . the station s local presenters include robbie dee weekday breakfast pete moss and andy gregory home run . 1 the station s national network presenters include paddy mcguinness darryl morris dave kelly jack wood kelly pegg marvin humes simon morykin wes butters and so wright . 2 news edit cfm broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays from 7am to 1pm on saturdays and sundays . headlines are broadcast on the half hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows alongside sport and traffic bulletins . national bulletins from sky news radio are carried overnight with bespoke networked bulletins on weekend afternoons usually produced at sister station radio aire in leeds . past presenters edit rich clarke heart solent lucy horobin heart and heart london john myers jason king heart and heart london joel ross heart west midlands tim shaw references edit cfm djs 1 external links edit official website history of local radio in cumbria mds975 s coverage map broughton moor transmitter caldbeck transmitter penrith transmitter whitehaven transmitter v t e bauer media group publishing consumer titles australia apc australian geographic the australian women s weekly cleo cosmopolitan dolly empire fhm grazia harper s bazaar motor nw ok people the picture qantas the australian way rolling stone rugby league week street machine take 5 techlife top gear tv week wheels woman s day zoo weekly consumer titles germany auf einen blick autozeitung bravo joy das neue blatt neue post volksstimme consumer titles new zealand metro north & south consumer titles united kingdom angling times bella bike bird watching car classic bike closer empire fhm first golf world grazia heat kerrang match model rail mojo more motor cycle news mcn parker s performance bikes pop practical classics practical fishkeeping practical photography pregnancy & birth q rail take a break that s life today s golfer tv choice tv quick zoo consumer titles united states astrogirl first for women in touch weekly ideas and discoveries j 14 life & style weekly m quizfest soap opera update defunct soaps in depth twist woman s world bauer radio bauer city 1 cfm clyde 1 forth 1 hallam fm key 103 metro radio mfr northsound 1 radio aire radio borders radio city rock fm tay fm tfm viking fm west fm bauer city 2 clyde 2 forth 2 hallam 2 key 2 metro 2 radio mfr 2 northsound 2 radio aire 2 radio city 2 rock fm 2 tay 2 tfm 2 viking 2 west sound ayrshire west sound dumfries and galloway bauer city 3 clyde 3 forth 3 hallam 3 key 3 metro 3 radio 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