Radio Folkestone, previously known as 105.9 Academy FM until 11 May 2024, is a community radio station serving the town of Folkestone in Kent, which launched on 31 March 2011.
[1] The station broadcasts 24 hours a day on 105.9 FM.
In spring 2015 OFCOM announced that rules relating to on-air advertising for community radio stations would change, which will enable the station to raise limited funds from this source.
[1] The licence for the station was filed with OFCOM in November 2008.
[2][3] The station relaunched as Radio Folkestone on 11 May 2024[4] .