{"id":166279,"date":"2025-12-03T16:02:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T16:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/166279\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T16:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T16:02:07","slug":"local-radio-station-closes-after-just-18-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/166279\/","title":{"rendered":"Local radio station closes after just 18 months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An independent local radio station has ceased broadcasting after just 18 months on the air.<\/p>\n<p>Coast Radio, based in Peterhead, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressandjournal.co.uk\/fp\/news\/aberdeen-aberdeenshire\/6903732\/coast-radio-in-peterhead-to-cease-broadcasting-at-the-end-of-november\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">made its final broadcast<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday, citing \u201coperational and financial pressures\u201d for the decision.<\/p>\n<p>The station first broadcast in May 2024 with content covering the North-East of Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>The closure was announced in a statement on the station\u2019s social media channels, although there has been no word on whether any jobs were impacted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1751532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Coast-Radio-e1764532680718.jpg\" alt=\"Coast Radio\" width=\"672\" height=\"378\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It said: \u201cAs a small, independent station, we have always operated with passion first and resources second \u2014 but sadly, that is no longer enough to keep the station viable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to express our deepest thanks to every listener, sponsor and advertiser who believed in us. Your support, enthusiasm and loyalty turned a small local idea into something we will always be incredibly proud of.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also want to pay a sincere and heartfelt tribute to the talented team of presenters who brought Coast Radio to life every single day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir energy, personality and commitment made the station what it was \u2014 warm, engaging and unmistakably personal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey put their hearts into every show, and we are incredibly grateful for the joy, character and connection they delivered to our audience.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An independent local radio station has ceased broadcasting after just 18 months on the air. Coast Radio, based&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-166279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}