Coast 96.3

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Coast 96.3

Broadcast area	North Wales Coast
First air date	1993
Frequency	96.3 MHz
Format	Contemporary and Classic Hits
Owner	GCap Media
Website	www.coast963.co.uk

Coast 96.3 (formerly Marcher Coast FM) is a commercial radio station in Wales, available along the North Wales coast.

The station, which is currently broadcast from Bangor (previously Colwyn Bay) and transmitted from the Great Orme, Llandudno, officially broadcasts from Anglesey in the west to Holywell in the east, but can be heard as far away as Manchester. It might be heard in most of Flintshire, but the signal fades as it is not far from the stronger signals of Radio City and 96.4 Signal 1.

The station, along with the nearby Marcher Sound and Champion 103 was part of the Marcher Radio Group of radio stations, which were bought by the GWR Group (now GCap).

GCap did put the Marcher Group stations up for sale in 2005, but in March 2006 the sale was called off.

Coast 96.3 won a Gold Sony Award at the Sony Radio Awards 2006 for stations with a TSA of under 300,000.

[edit] Trivia

Breakfast presenter Craig Pilling was a zombie in romantic comedy film Shaun of the Dead. Also, Eugene Sully has hosted the breakfast show on occasion. Drivetime presenter Adam Hopkins was an extra on The Channel 4 series Hollyoaks where he played a student who had to throw pies at clowns.