Viking FM

Broadcast area	East Riding of Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire
Slogan	All The Biggest Hits - All Day Long
Format	Classic Hits & Contemporary Hits
Audience share	7.8% (June 2014, RAJAR)
Owner	Bauer Radio
Sister stations	Viking 2 Viking 3
Webcast	whatsON
Website	www.vikingfm.co.uk

Viking FM is a British Independent Local Radio station which has broadcast music and local information to the East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire since 1984. It is based in Kingston upon Hull. The station is owned & operated by Bauer Radio and forms part of Bauer's City 1 network of stations.

The station is transmitted from the High Hunsley transmitter on the Yorkshire Wolds, near North Cave, sharing the 200 ft tower with Capital Yorkshire and BBC Radio Humberside, as well as on the Bauer Humberside DAB multiplex from three transmitters, located at High Hunsley, Buckton Barn near Bridlington and Grimsby town centre.

It is also streamed over the Internet via Viking FM's website (listed in the external links), making it accessible to listeners from all across the United Kingdom. Worldwide webcasting has recently been suspended for licensing reasons.

During the application process for the licence, the station's working title was Humber Bridge Radio; however on 17 April 1984, it was launched as Viking Radio and broadcast on 102.7 FM and 1161Khz AM (258m Medium Wave). The first on-air presenter was David Fewster and the first song played was Celebration by Kool & the Gang. In Spring 1986, the frequency was changed to 96.9 FM, the then residence of arch-competitor Radio Humberside, (which moved to 95.9 FM). In the Summer of 1986, the station hit the showbiz big time by signing up the pop music connoisseur Paul Gambaccini.

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