south coast broadcast area dorset hampshire isle of wight and west sussex slogan we re in charge frequency 106.0 mhz and 106.6 mhz fm first air date 1 october 2006 original 106 30 october 2008 the coast 106 4 july 2011 106 jack fm 1 april 2015 sam fm south coast format classic and contemporary hits owner celador radio broadcasting website sam fm sam fm south coast is an adult hits format radio station broadcasting to a stretch of the english south coast on 106 mhz & 106.6 mhz fm and on dab digital across a limited area on the portsmouth small scale trial multiplex . it broadcasts from its roman landing studios in kingsway southampton alongside its sister station the breeze which is also housed in the same building . contents 1 history 1.1 original 106 & the coast 1.2 jack fm 1.3 sam fm 2 transmitters 2.1 analogue fm 2.2 digital dab 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit original 106 & the coast edit the station was originally launched in 2006 as original 106 solent owned by canwest which then sold the station to celador in august 2008 . 1 it was replaced by the coast 106 in october 2008 and while initial rajar results were encouraging with a healthy increase over those posted by original the weekly reach stagnated at around 115 000 by early 2011 . jack fm edit celador then rebranded the station as jack fm 2 to bring it in line with its sister station in bristol from 4 july 2011 . all prior presenters except robin caddy were removed from the station which switched to a format also used by celador s other jack stations a presenter led breakfast show hosted by bam bam 3 a saturday morning world of sport show presented by robin caddy and automated music interspersed with topical one liners in between songs voiced by actor paul darrow at other times . sam fm edit on 1 april 2015 the station was rebranded again as sam fm which runs with a strapline of we re in charge the station controls the music and doesn t play requests interspersed with topical one liners in between songs by gareth hale who is referred to as the voice of sam fm . 4 transmitters edit analogue fm edit transmitter site frequency power rds name pi code area chillerton down 106 mhz 4000w sam fm c385 c485 switched isle of wight south hampshire west sussex and dorset crabwood farm 106.6 mhz 20w sam fm c385 c485 switched winchester mannings heath 106.6 mhz 310w sam fm c385 c585 switched bournemouth & poole following the station s previous launch coast 106 made use of a restricted service licence from ofcom to re broadcast the station to guernsey . this was done to promote the station to guernsey residents for when they travelled to england . digital dab edit multiplex name bitrate short label long label sid trial portsmouth 112kbit s sam fm sam fm c485 joint stereo see also edit the breeze hampshire the breeze south west sam fm bristol sam fm swindon celador references edit radiotoday.co.uk radio today jack fm to replace the coast radiotoday bam bam launches jack fm south coast radio today celador s jack stations to become sam fm 1 april 2015 external links edit official website v t e radio stations in hampshire major stations the breeze andover the breeze basingstoke the breeze south & east hampshire bbc radio solent 103.2 capital fm south coast smooth radio heart solent sam fm south coast wave 105 community radio skyline community radio hedge end unity 101 southampton 103.9 voice fm southampton student radio echo radio farnborough pure fm portsmouth radio sonar solent surge southampton online stations bizz radio basingstoke dab multiplexes now south hampshire now berkshire & north hampshire coordinates 50 54 20 n 1 23 50 w 50.90556 n 1.39722 w 50.90556 ; 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