| City of license | Carlisle |
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| Broadcast area | Carlisle, Penrith, Gretna, Workington, Whitehaven |
| Slogan | The Best Mix of Music |
| Frequency | 96.4, 102.2, 102.5 and 103.4 MHz,Online |
| First air date | 14 April 1993 |
| Format | Contemporary Hit Radio |
| Audience share | 20.9% (March 2010, [1]) |
| Owner | Bauer Radio |
| Sister stations | Hallam FM Key 103 Metro Radio Radio City 96.7 96.3 Radio Aire 97.4 Rock FM TFM Radio 96.9 Viking FM |
| Webcast | whatsON |
| Website | CFM Radio |
CFM Radio is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to Northern & Central Cumbria and the southern tip of Scotland, with transmitters in Carlisle, Penrith and West Cumbria. Its musical output is popular hits of all genres, with mostly today's hits being featured. The station is owned & operated by Bauer Radio and forms part of Bauer's Place Network of stations.
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The station was launched by its original owners, Border Television at 8am on 14 April 1993 when Managing Director and Breakfast show host John Myers played "The Best" by Tina Turner as its first song.
Originally CFM only broadcast from their Caldbeck mast to Carlisle on 96.4 and Penrith, from on the top of Beacon Hill, on 102.5 In September 1995 they also started transmitting to West Cumbria from their transmitter at Broughton Moor, Frequencies for the West Coast are 102.2 (Workington) and 103.4 (Whitehaven).
In 2005 media giant Emap bought CFM and branded it as one of its Big City Network of stations. In 2008 Emap was bought by Bauer, who have retained ownership of the station.
CFM is currently the market leader for commercial radio in Cumbria and Southern Scotland (according to Radio Authority joint audience research data in January 2008).
From its launch in 1993 until 7 April 2010, the station broadcast from premises adjacent to Border Television's studios in Durranhill, Carlisle. Following the merger of ITV Border and ITV Tyne Tees in February 2009, both the CFM & Border TV buildings have now been demolished. CFM is now based at studios at Atlantic House in Kingstown, Carlisle.
Previously, CFM has won numerous industry awards including the Radio Academy's North West Station of the Year 2005 and Emap Station of the Year 2006.
The majority of programming is presented and produced locally from CFM's Carlisle studios although In:Demand and overnights are produced from Key 103 in Manchester. Saturday Night Party is produced by sister station Metro Radio in Newcastle and also broadcasts on TFM Radio. The Vodafone Big Top 40 is produced by Global Radio at its Capital studios in London for broadcast on over 130 commercial radio stations across the UK.
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CFM Radio broadcasts local and national news on the hour, every hour from 6am to 6pm on weekdays and headlines on the half-hour during breakfast and at 5:30pm. Weekend local bulletins air from 8am to 2pm with headlines at 8:30am and 9:30am on Saturdays. National news bulletins from Sky News Radio are broadcast at all other times.
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