About

Welcome to your new look Compass FM web page for North Canterbury’s Community Radio Station.

Compass FM has been in someone’s thoughts since 2006-7 when cantabrian Owen Patterson was the one who asked ‘why’ North Canterbury had no local radio station. He gathered around a team of experts and on Queens Birthday weekend, 2011, Compass FM began full time, full power transmission from the purpose built studios in the old Manchester Unity rooms in High Street Rangiora. The transmitter was put onto Mt Grey and installed in the secure lockup courtesy of the generous sponsorship from Mainpower. This relationship remains strong between Mainpower and the North Canterbury Radio Trust (Compass FM).

Compass FM is a unique radio station in New Zealand; being the only one on full power transmission.

But, what is a community radio station?

Compass FM, is a non-profit registered charity that presents a mix of features informing, entertaining and connecting all of the various towns and communities in North Canterbury together. We are like the collective Towns Cryer but come out of speakers and into many thousands of north cantabrian ears every minute. Our mix of music through your workday, weekend and evenings has something for everyone, and if, just occasionally, we play a less than favourite track of yours, there’s always an absolute radio banger coming right up!

We strive to have as many voices of North Canterbury onto our frequencies as much as we can to give locals an opportunity to come onto compass FM and share their particular message, this could be from a representative from the white ribbon trust to an 8year old girl who had a song to sing.

Our primary transmitter is on Mt Grey with two repeaters, one on Wallace Peak, to cover the Amuri and Hanmer basins and also on Beltana, which allows us to broadcast into Kaikoura and further north. Mt Grey transmitters cover Amberley to Akaroa (true, pick us up on the beach) and as far south as Ashburton, also, on the internet. Click the link above.

A big thanks to Rodin Cars based in Mt Lyford for their generous support in making our new web page a reality. Your support is totally appreciated.

Compass FM is a registered charity and is a non profit organisation.

Compass FM - The Voices of North Canterbury.