Which independent local radio station serves the county of Kent?
Ashford, Kent county wide stations BBC Radio Kent, Heart Kent and Gold. Ashford also has its own community radio station – 107.1 FM AHBS Community Radio. This started broadcasting in May 2011 and includes programmes from the Ashford Hospital Broadcasting Service, Ashford's hospital radio station, which has been operating in Ashford since 1971. Ashford has had several newspapers, some of which are still in production. The "Kent Messenger" in Ashford was established in the 19th century, with main offices on the High Street. It remained in operation until the 1970s. There are currently three local newspapers being produced – the "Kentish Express",
BBC Radio Kent BBC Radio Kent BBC Radio Kent is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Kent and parts of southeast London. It broadcasts on FM on 96.7 (West Kent, Wrotham transmitter), 97.6 (Folkestone area) and 104.2 (East Kent, Swingate transmitter) also 774 (Littlebourne) and 1602 (Rusthall) MW and DAB. In August 2017 it was announced that the station, along with several other BBC services, will cease transmissions on medium wave in January 2018. Broadcasts on FM, DAB, Freeview and online will continue. The radio station was launched in 1970 under the name of BBC Radio Medway, originally only