Koast Radio

Koast Radio is a community station for South East Northumberland, with its published base in Ashington. It identifies its service with the places where local people live, work and spend their leisure time. FM, digital radio and online listening bring together music, presenter programmes and a continuing connection with activities in the surrounding communities.

The station's own pages include schedules, interviews and a guide to community events. Charitable gatherings, family activities and projects for young people appear alongside the programme service. These details give Koast a practical local role, publicising opportunities nearby as well as entertaining listeners through the day.

Koast has operated since 2010, and describes a schedule that extends beyond music into local business, community discussion and sport. Features on local talent give people from the area a place in the output, while outside broadcasts allow the team to follow events away from Ashington. The station is a community broadcaster with an Ofcom FM licence, rather than a regional relay of a national network. Its range of programme subjects reflects that role: the same service can carry a musical interest, a local organisation's work and a sporting story from South East Northumberland.

Outside broadcasts and partnerships extend the station's involvement beyond its studio. Recent shows can also be heard again through the broadcaster's player. Koast's identity is rooted in South East Northumberland, with the interests of its presenters and the organisations contributing to its community coverage shaping the sound of the live service.