97.3 Forth One

Infobox Radio Station
name = 97.3 Forth One


location = Edinburgh
area = Mainly Edinburgh, The Lothians and Fife
branding =
slogan = More Of The Songs You Love
airdate = 22 January 1975
frequency = FM: 97.3 MHz, 97.6 MHz (West Lothian), 102.2 MHz (Penicuik) (UK)
DAB Locally
[http://domain567655.sites.fasthosts.com/dynamicstreams/mediaplayer.asp?station=forthone&playertype=wm Live Stream] WM
share = 14.4%
share as of = June 2008
share source = [http://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly_listening.php]
format = Contemporary
power =
erp =
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owner = Bauer Radio
sister_stations = 1548 Forth 2
website = [http://www.forthone.com www.forthone.com]

97.3 Forth One is a Scottish radio station owned by Bauer Radio. Currently, the station is part of the Big City Network.

Forth One broadcasts to Edinburgh, The Lothians and Fife including other areas of East Central Scotland and is based in Forth Street in Edinburgh’s city centre.

Forth One plays a variety of music, mainly Top 40, but older tunes are also inserted into the playlist. Sam Jackson is currently head of music at Radio Forth.

History

Radio Forth was launched on 22 January 1975 by current chairman Richard Findlay. His opening speech included "This, for the very first time is Radio Forth". Steve Hamilton was the first on-air presenter who hosted the breakfast show.

In 1990, Forth was forced to create a new station on its AM frequency. Before this, Radio Forth was broadcast as a single station on both FM and AM frequencies. The FM station was renamed Forth FM with Donny Hughes broadcasting the first Breakfast Show from the newly revamped Studio F in Forth House. The new AM station became "Max AM" which was later renamed "Forth AM" to match its sister station.

In 2000, both stations were relaunched as "97.3 Forth One" and "1548 FORTH2". Many changes occurred at this time including new presenters and a new jingles package. Forth 2 was redesigned as an adult contemporary music station while Forth One continued to play Top 40 songs for the 35s and under.

Radio Forth was owned by Scottish Radio Holdings until 3 June, 2005 when British media group EMAP took over. In January 2008, EMAP Radio was sold to Bauer. The radio division was renamed Bauer Radio.

News, Sport and Travel

Forth News and Sport broadcasts bulletins regularly throughout the day (simulcast on sister station Forth 2). Paul Robertson is currently the Head of News and Sport at Radio Forth as well as being a regular newsreader. Max Steele is Deputy Editor with Ryan Gilbert and Clare Reilly completing the line-up.

Political Editor Colin Mackay was recently awarded ‘News Reporter of the Year’ at the prestigious Independent Radio News Awards in London hosted by ITN reporter Alistair Stewart.

Forth also takes pride in delivering travel news to its listeners during Breakfast and Drivetime shows.

Management

*Station Director - Cathy Kirk
*Programme Director - Duncan Campbell
*Head of Music - Sam Jackson
*Head of News & Sport - Paul Robertson
*Sales Director - Craig Lumsdaine
*Sponsorship & Promotions Manager - Mike Scott
*Chief Engineer - Douglas Paterson
*Business Analyst Director - Derek Mckinley
*Programmes Producer - Moira Miller
*Head of Marketing - Richard Muir
*Event Manager - Ritchie Jeffrey
*Web & Interactive Editor - Richard Pacey

External links

* [http://www.forthone.com forthone.com]
* [http://www.forthone.com/article.asp?id=15344 Live feed]
* [http://www.forthone.com/Article.asp?id=232990 Public file]

See also

*Radio Forth
*1548 Forth 2