wester ross first air date 1995 format community info & mixed music website www.lochbroomfm.com lochbroom fm is a radio station based in ullapool wester ross which in the highlands of scotland . 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 . 1 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 . 1 a purpose built station was proposed which was to be funded through a variety of grants . 2 in 1996 it was announced that they had secured 45 000 of lottery funding towards the purchase and fitting out of a new building . 3 lochbroom fm launched on 23 may 1997 . the studio opened in september 1998 . 4 in 2012 the station handed over its fm frequencies to neighbouring two lochs radio and began operating online from ullapool . 5 6 references edit a b stephinson ken 15 september 1997 . play it again hamish . the independent . retrieved 21 june 2015 . a radio move to the tune of 100 000 . the herald . 6 january 1998 . retrieved 21 june 2015 . bruce keith 29 june 1996 . theatre gets biggest scots award as art college head calls for lottery cash to solve funding crisis curtain rises on 4.3 m . the herald . retrieved 21 june 2015 . new lochbroom sweeps in . the herald . 1 september 1998 . retrieved 21 june 2015 . west coast community radio stations join forces . the scotsman . 21 november 2012 . retrieved 21 june 2015 . lochbroom fm shares all output with 2lr . radio today . 21 november 2012 . retrieved 21 june 2015 . external links edit lochbroom fm official website coordinates 57 53 55 n 5 09 37 w 57.8986 n 5.1603 w 57.8986 ; 5.1603 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lochbroom fm & oldid 740456646 categories media in highland council area radio stations in scotlandradio stations in the highlands & islandshidden categories use dmy dates from july 2015use british english from july 2015coordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 september 2016 at 05 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view