High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! NE1fm is an FM community radio station based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. Having launched in 2007, the station broadcasts 24 hours a day on 102.5 FM. The station is owned by CBIT (Community Broadcast Initiative Tyneside), whom had previously ran a number of RSL broadcasts in the area, and is operated entirely by volunteers. NE1fm was awarded a five-year community broadcast licence by Ofcom in 2006. NE1fm carries a wide variety of content, catering for both mainstream and niche musical genres, and also broadcasts interviews, hourly news updates, and sports, talk and comedy-based shows. As of 2009 NE1fm has enabled more than 100 different shows to broadcast on-air. NE1fm's name is a play on the postcode district NE1, which covers Newcastle upon Tyne, in addition to the station's community radio status where "anyone" can broadcast and/or help out with the station's operation.