Coast FM is a locally owned and independent radio station, based in Westport, New Zealand, broadcasting to most of the West Coast Region. The station was born in 1995 as Fifeshire FM Westport, in a partnership between Fifeshire FM in Nelson and the Westport News, and progressively expanded its broadcast reach to Reefton, Greymouth and Hokitika from 1997. The station was rebranded as "Coast FM" in 1999, but is not related to NZME's Coast network that broadcasts in other parts of the country. The stations studios and offices were based in the Westport News offices in the former BNZ building on Palmerston Street. Today, Coast FM broadcasts from 52 Palmerston Street.