- Station name Station name
- Nation Radio South Coast Dorset
- Description Description
- The station is owned and operated by Nation Broadcasting, and was previously run under a brand licence agreement with rival operator Bauer Radio, where the frequencies were used to broadcast Bauer's Greatest Hits Radio.
- Launch date Launch date
- 1 October 2006
- Owner Owner
- Nation Broadcasting
- Contact Contact
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Nation Radio South Coast Dorset
United Kingdom
Format
320kbps • MP3
Nation Radio South is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting on 106 MHz & 106.6 MHz FM across the South Coast of England, and on DAB on the South Hampshire, Bournemouth, Sussex and Salisbury multiplexes.
At a glance
Station overview Station overview
| Country Country |
United Kingdom
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|---|---|
| Language Language | Unknown |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | jackradio.com |
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Broadcast profile
Broadcast profile Broadcast profile
Coverage area
Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Sussex
Owner / network
Nation Broadcasting
First air date
1 October 2006
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Station details
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Location, identifiers, and useful links for this station.
| Station ID | 6358 |
|---|---|
| Region | United Kingdom, England |
| Branding | “The South's Best Variety of Hits” |
| Owner | Nation Broadcasting |
| Broadcast area | Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Sussex |
| Launched | 1 October 2006 |
| Website | jackradio.com |
| Listen | nationplayer.com |
| Contact | nationplayer.com |
| Schedule | nationplayer.com |
Stream health
Stream health
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Recent playback checks and any current warnings for this stream.
| Last check | 11 hours ago |
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| Stream host | listen-nation.sharp-stream.com |
| Final host | listen-nation.sharp-stream.com |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | audio/mpeg |
| Server software | edge-ads-w2-03.sharp-stream.com 9.1.1 |
| Latency | 564 ms |
Source information
Source information
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| Current stream format | MP3 |
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Metadata source
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Stream checked
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Last successful stream
11 hours ago
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Station profile
About station About Nation Radio South Coast Dorset
Nation Radio South is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting on 106 MHz & 106.6 MHz FM across the South Coast of England, and on DAB on the South Hampshire, Bournemouth, Sussex and Salisbury multiplexes. The station operates as three separate sub-stations (Nation Radio Hampshire, Nation Radio Sussex and Nation Radio Dorset) for news and advertising purposes but all three share common programming.
The station is owned and operated by Nation Broadcasting, and was previously run under a brand licence agreement with rival operator Bauer Radio, where the frequencies were used to broadcast Bauer's Greatest Hits Radio. In September 2022, the agreement ended and the station was rebranded to its current name. As of December 2025, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 160,000 (119,000 in Hampshire, 21,000 in Sussex, 17,000 in Dorset and 3,000 in Somerset), according to RAJAR.
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