 Before this, Radio Forth was broadcast as a single station on both FM and AM frequencies although in 1984 Radio Forth had been the first Independent Local Radio station in the UK to operate a split service when it created Festival City Radio to provide coverage of that year's Edinburgh Festival.The FM station was renamed "Radio Forth RFM" and aimed at a younger age group, while "Max AM" was designed for over 35s.The FM station was later renamed "Forth FM" and then in the mid-late 90s, "Max AM" was later renamed "Forth AM" to match its sister station.