Northsound 2

Northsound 2

City of license	Aberdeen
Broadcast area	North East Scotland
Slogan	One great song after another
Frequency	1035 kHz
First air date	July 27, 1981
Format	Oldies
Audience share	5.1% (March 2011, [1])
Owner	Bauer Radio
Website	www.northsound2.com

Northsound 2 is a commercial local radio station serving Aberdeen and surrounding area on 1035 kHz on the medium wave band. Owned and operated by Bauer Radio, Northsound 2 plays music mainly from the 1960s and 1970s, alongside talk, news and sports coverage. The station also broadcasts weekly programmes of traditional Scottish music and soul on Sunday evenings, as well as a weekly religious show, also on Sunday evenings.

A new programming schedule was introduced on Monday 15 June 2009, consisting of programming originating from Bauer's central-belt AM stations in Scotland - Clyde 2 in Glasgow, Tay AM in Dundee and Forth 2 in Edinburgh.^[1] Northsound 2 local programming is now restricted to the breakfast show, news bulletins, live commentaries on Aberdeen FC's league games and some specialist programming.

History

Northsound Radio commenced broadcasting at 6am on the 27th of July 1981 from converted studios in an old schoolhouse on Kings Gate, near Anderson Drive in Aberdeen. The station first broadcast from 6am-8pm each day. In 1995, the station split its services to become Northsound 1 and Northsound 2. Both stations now also broadcast on DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting – i.e. Digital Radio). Northsound 2 is broadcast on 1035MW.

Programming

Weekdays Time Main presenter(s)/programme Location 0100 – 0600 Northsound 2 Through the Night (automated) Aberdeen 0600 – 1000 John McRuvie 1000 – 1400 Ally Ballingall Dundee 1400 – 1800 Gary Marshall Glasgow 1800 - 2200 Darren Adam Edinburgh 2200 – 0100 Jim Symon Glasgow Friday variations Time Main presenter/programme Location 1800 - 1900 Friday Sport Aberdeen 1900 - 2000 Darren Adam Edinburgh 2200 - 0200 Jim Symon Glasgow Saturday Time Main presenter(s)/programme Location 0200 – 0700 Northsound 2 Through the Night (automated) Aberdeen 0700 - 1000 Gary Marshall Glasgow 1000 – 1400 John McRuvie Aberdeen 1400 - 1800 Saturday Sports Live 1800 - 2000 Jack Sinclair 2000 - 2200 Helen Macpherson 2200 - 0100 Richard Allan Glasgow Sunday Time Main presenter(s)/programme Location 0100 – 0800 Northsound 2 Through the Night (automated) Aberdeen 0800 - 1100 Mike Riddoch Glasgow 1100 - 1200 Northsound 2 Phone In: Frank Gilfeather Aberdeen 1200 - 1400 Bill Torrance Dundee 1400 - 1800 Tom Ferrie Glasgow 1800 - 2100 Steve Agassild Aberdeen 2100 - 2200 Ken Hancock 2200 - 0100 Jim Symon Glasgow Past presenters Damien McLeod Martin Ingram Cammy Campbell Martyn Landles Rick Cowie Paul Martin Davis Yvonne Silver Bruce Kennedy Ritchie Grant Andy Bouglas Evelyn Brown John Mair News A team of four broadcast journalists produce news bulletins every hour, on the hour between 6am and 7pm weekdays, and between 7am and 2pm at weekends. At peak times (breakfast and drive) on weekdays, supplementary news headlines are broadcast on the half hour. A five-minute bulletin entitled Live at Five is broadcast at 5pm each weekday. Sport Dedicated sports bulletins are broadcast at 8am, 1pm and 5:30pm, alongside reports within the hourly news bulletins. A weekend preview programme entitled Friday Sport is broadcast on Friday at 6pm, and a scores and results service is provided during Saturday afternoons. Traffic and Travel Traffic and Travel bulletins are broadcast during peak travel times (breakfast and drivetime). News staff Editor Joe Odber Broadcast Journalists Rebecca Curran Alison McDonald Fiona Winchester Sports Editor Steven McMenemy Management Managing Director Cathy Kirk Programmes Director Gary Muircroft Head of News Joe Odber Sports Editor Steven McMenemy Advertising Sales Director Susan Morrice References ^ DJs lose slots in Northsound 2 revamp, Aberdeen Evening Express, 10 June 2009 External links Official website See also Northsound Radio Northsound 1