| Broadcast area | Shetland Islands |
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The independent radio of the Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company airdate = November 26, 1987 |
| Frequency | 96.2 MHz, 102.2 MHz |
| Format | Contemporary |
| Owner | Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company |
SIBC (short for Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company) is a local independent commercial radio station that broadcasts to Shetland Islands. It is located at Market Street, Lerwick and broadcasts in FM on 96.2 MHz and 102.2 MHz, additionally in Lerwick. It is owned and operated by husband and wife team, Ian Anderson and Igna Walterson.
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The company, which was registered on 23 September 1985 and has Ofcom licence number AL131-2. It then started broadcasting on November 26, 1987. It is coming to an end of the current 12-year licence with the new 5-year licence to take affect from 19 October. The shorter term licence was issued when there was a belief within the regulator Ofcom that analogue(FM) broadcasting was coming to an end and it did not want to licence current FM stations beyond the changeover date to digital.
Ian Anderson, the station's main owner, was previously a broadcaster for the BBC and Radio Forth and pirate radio stations including Radio Atlantis, Radio Northsea International, Radio Caroline.[1].
SIBC broadcasts a variety of Music and News, 24 hours a day. It has latest local news and weather for Shetland on the hour and sometimes national/international news. It plays mostly 20s music and its coverage area is Shetland, parts of Orkney and 75,000 square miles (190,000 km2) of sea-lanes, fishing grounds and offshore oil fields. It also has essential information for lost cats/dogs, school closures (also for Shetland Training) and emergencies.