BBC Radio Orkney

BBC Radio Orkney

Infobox Radio Station
name = BBC Radio Orkney


city = Kirkwall
area = Orkney
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frequency = 93.7 MHz
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format = News, Music, Sport, Talk
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BBC Radio Orkney is a local opt-out of BBC Radio Scotland for the Orkney Islands, which is based in Kirkwall, Orkney, in Scotland.

Depending on the time of year, there are either two or three broadcasts per day on weekdays on the BBC Radio Scotland frequency: the morning programme - "Around Orkney", a short lunchtime broadcast at 6 minutes to 1 giving local news & weather for Orkney & Shetland, and the evening programme.

Around Orkney

"Around Orkney" is a news programme broadcast weekday mornings from 7:30am to 8:00am GMT. The program featues local news, weather, travel, sport, daily diary, job opportunities and mart reports, and every Wednesday there is a 'Postbag' section featuring letters sent in by listeners. Radio Orkney did their first ever outside broadcasts in the summer of 2007, from the County Show and the Parish Cup Final.

Radio Orkney

"Radio Orkney" (also called "the evening programme") is a programme broadcast from 6.05 to 7.00pm from Monday-Thursday between the months of October and May. There are various programmes on the evening schedule - including the regular Monday night Bruck programme (swaps and appeals), a folk music programme (Tuesday Folk), a country music programme (On The Border), Whassigo (an Orcadian Call My Bluff), Classic Concert (Archive local recordings), The Blues Surgery and the annual Ba Quiz.

Friday Requests

"Friday Requests" is broadcast on a Friday evening throughout the year. The programme is identical in structure to the above mentioned "Radio Orkney" programme except that it plays music which residents of Orkney have requested through the week via phoning a request line, which is usually dedicated to somebody.


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