Lincs FM

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**Lincs FM**
Broadcast area	Lincolnshire
First air date	March 1, 1992
Frequency	102.2 MHz, 96.7 MHz
Format	Contemporary
Owner	Lincs FM Group

Lincs FM is an Independent Local Radio station that broadcasts from studios at Witham Park in Lincoln, next to the River Witham at the far end of Waterside South where the river is crossed by the Nottingham-Grimsby railway. The building used to be the Titanic Works owned by the Clayton and Shuttleworth engineering company. Captain Roy Brown's Sopwith Camel, which shot down Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) on April 21st 1918, was made in this building.

[edit] Transmitters

The main and far-reaching 102.2 FM signal comes from the Belmont transmitting station. It also has lower-powered frequencies in Grantham, south of the town near the bypass, on 96.7FM and Trent View Flats in Scunthorpe on 97.6FM. Lincs FM can be clearly heard in northern Nottinghamshire. The Belmont transmitter has Digital One and MXR Yorkshire multiplexes but does not transmit Lincs FM on DAB. The EMAP Digital Humberside 11B multiplex transmits Lincs FM across East Yorkshire.

The strapline for the station is hits and memories.

[edit] Lincs FM Group

The station has been a success, and the Lincs FM Group was formed which opened six other local radio stations in Leicestershire, North Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland and South & West Yorkshire. The news bulletins at Compass FM are read from the main studios in Lincoln.

Format is largely made up of golden oldie type records from the last 40 years and supplemented with a few contemporary easy listening hits.