Radio Island FM

Island FM is a local commercial radio service for Guernsey and the Bailiwick's island communities. Its programme is music-led, while news, local information and presenters connect the station with the place it serves. An online listener can still choose it for a genuine Guernsey perspective.

James Bentley presents breakfast, Carl Ward takes the daytime programme and David Francis accompanies the afternoon drive. Weekend Anthems supplies an additional music-led strand. Together these programmes give Island FM a recognisable daily rhythm, with individual hosts linking the songs and local conversation rather than leaving the entire service to an unpresented playlist.

The music spans different generations of popular releases. Recent selections have included Tom Grennan's Higher, Whitney Houston's Step by Step and Sabrina Johnston's Peace. Contemporary pop, established vocal hits and dance favourites can therefore sit together, while the schedule's named programmes provide continuity around them.

Guernsey news and community activity are central to the station's local role. Its website includes island events, local businesses and opportunities for workplace shout-outs, connecting the music service with people and organisations around the Bailiwick. Those features give it a different editorial focus from a national station carrying similar songs. Island FM belongs to Tindle Radio, alongside Jersey's Channel 103 and Soleil Radio, which addresses the Channel Islands together. Island FM's own programme remains identified with Guernsey: the location shapes the stories it follows and the community it speaks to, as well as the name heard between records.