Compass FM [SEP] licensed to broadcast to
Compass FM
Compass FM is an Independent Local Radio station serving Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Immingham and is part of Bauer Radio.
Licence application.
Three applications were received by the Radio Authority by 5 September 2000, which also included the proposed Haven FM and Southbank FM, having been first advertised in May 2000. The licence for the station was awarded on 24 November 2000.
Format.
Compass FM sits within its sister station's (Lincs FM) TSA (Total Service Area) and the stations format reflects
and broadcast an adult album alternative format. On September 28, it was announced that Compass sold KPRI to EMF; the station began carrying K-Love programming the same day.
History.
The station was first licensed to Oceanside, California as KXST; the city of license later changed to Encinitas.
History KPRI - 'Capri-by-the-Sea'.
When it first went on the air in the 1950s at 106.5 FM, the station billed itself as "KPRI: Capri-by-the