Connect FM
| Broadcast area | Kettering, Corby, Wellingborough Northampton and Rushden |
|---|---|
| Branding | This is Connect FM |
| Slogan | Today's Best Mix |
| Frequency | 107.4 MHz, 97.2 MHz, DAB, Online |
| First air date | 6 April 1990 |
| Format | Contemporary |
| Audience share | 6.20% (October 2010, [1]) |
| Owner | Adventure Radio |
| Website | connectfm.com |
Coordinates: 52°24′27″N 0°44′25″W / 52.407456°N 0.740263°W
Connect FM Northants is a commercial radio station in the United Kingdom broadcasting to Northamptonshire. It is owned by Adventure Radio and based in Kettering. Playing songs from the 1970s to the present day.
The station launched as KCBC on 6 April 1990 on 1530 kHz AM. The original daytime line-up consisted of Howard Rose at breakfast time, followed by Tony Harrison, Terry Doyle, Mark Jeeves and Andy Jackson. It originally broadcast a Golden Oldies format, playing hits from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, in addition to local news bulletins and sports coverage. In 1992, the station switched frequency to 1584 kHz.
In 1996, KCBC was purchased by The Local Radio Company. The station transferred to FM in March 1998, broadcasting on 107.4 MHz in Kettering and Corby, with a sister station, Connect FM, in Wellingborough, on 97.2 MHz.
In August 1999, the station's new owners, Jersey-based Hub Trans Communications, merged KCBC and Connect FM, rebranding them as Connect 97.2 and 107.4, and co-locating both stations at Telford Way Industrial Estate in Kettering. The station changed hands again in May 2000, when it was bought by Forward Media. In 2007, Connect was granted permission by OFCOM to relocate to Peterborough at the headquarters of Lite FM, another station operated by Forward Media. In 2010 Connect FM moved back to Kettering after acquiring the old Tollers solicitors building in the Headlands.
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