History
East Coast FM began as BLB (Bray Local Broadcasting) as an unlicenced operator and was launched as "Horizon Radio" when it received a licence from The Independent Radio & Television Commission (now known as The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland).
In 2002, The station was renamed from "East Coast Radio" to "East Coast FM" and they moved from the original Victorian premises on Quinsboro Road, Bray to a state-of-the-art Radio centre complex in Ballywaltrim, Bray. The station is located on Killarney Road.
East Coast FM is owned by East Coast Radio Limited. Denis O'Brien's Communicorp group, is a former shareholder in the station - it was a shareholder from 1998 to 2008. East Coast FM has the largest weekly reach (49%) of any station measured in County Wicklow.
The station won two industry awards—in October 2006 a PPI General Music Programming award was presented to Joe Harrington for his show "East Coast Lunch" and at the Radio Advertising Awards held in March 2007 the station won an award in the "Advertiser Promotion" category.
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