The station was initially set up in the living room of a local minister, Reverend Stanley Bennie, and operated for a few weeks at a time under a temporary licence as a trial.
[2] Mr Bennie ceased presenting on the station in 2000 after complaints were made over the lyrics of a song he repeatedly played, The Bad Touch, caused offence.
[6] One of the younger members of Isles FM, Eilidh MacLennan, moved on to work for the BBC as a presenter on Gaelic children's television, Dè a-nis?.
The mixture of Gaelic and English programming includes: specialist music, chat shows, children's programmes, and news.
It is often a source of essential information in times of severe weather and other crises, when transport off the islands by ferry or air may be unavailable, or when roads may be closed.