Northsound 1

Northsound 1

City of license	Aberdeen
Broadcast area	Aberdeenshire
Slogan	More Hit Music
Frequency	96.9 MHz, 97.6 MHz, 103.0 MHz, Online
First air date	July 27, 1981
Format	Variety Hit Radio
Audience share	20% (March 2011, [1])
Owner	Bauer Radio
Website	www.northsound1.com

Northsound 1 is a radio station serving Aberdeen and the north east of Scotland. The station is owned & operated by Bauer Radio and forms part of Bauer's Place Network of stations and plays contemporary music from the 1980s to today, alongside news, sport and travel bulletins. Daytime and weekend evening programming is produced and presented from studios in Tullos, Aberdeen. Northsound 1's main 96.9 FM transmitter is located at Durris, near Stonehaven. It also broadcasts on 97.6 FM from the Balgownie transmitter covering north Aberdeen, and on 103.0 FM from Stirling Hill covering the Peterhead area.

Since 15 September 2008, Northsound 1 and all other Bauer-owned FM stations in Scotland air networked programmes on weekday evenings, weekend late nights and overnight from Clyde 1 in Glasgow.

History

Northsound Radio commenced broadcasting at 6 am on 27 July 1981 from converted studios in an old schoolhouse on Kings Gate, near Anderson Drive in Aberdeen. Originally, the station broadcast from 6 am to 8 pm 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).

Programming

Weekdays Time Main presenter(s)/programme Location 0100 – 0600 Adrian Coll Glasgow 0600 – 1000 Greigsy at Breakfast: Greig Easton/ Yasmin Zemmoura Aberdeen 1000 – 1400 John Mellis 1400 – 1500 U Choose': John Slater 1500 – 1900 'Andy & Craig's Big Drive Home: Andy James/ Craig McDonald 1900 – 2200 In:Demand with Romeo Glasgow 2200 – 0100 Late Night Gina McKie Friday variations Time Main presenter/programme Location 0100 - 0600 Kevin Cameron Glasgow 2200 - 0100 Friday Night Floorfillers with Krystle Edinburgh Saturday Time Main presenter(s)/programme Location 0100 – 0600 Kevin Cameron Glasgow 0600 – 0900 Martin Morrison Aberdeen 0900 – 1200 Boogie & Dingo Edinburgh 1200 - 1500 Andy James Aberdeen 1500 - 1900 John Slater 1900 - 2200 Craig Milne 2200 – 0100 Saturday Night with Krystle Edinburgh Sunday Time Main presenter(s)/programme Location 0100 – 0600 Kevin Cameron Glasgow 0600 - 0900 John Milne Aberdeen 0900 - 1200 Robin Galloway Glasgow 1200 – 1600 Grant Thomson Aberdeen 1600 – 1900 The Vodafone Freebees Big Top 40: Rich Clarke & Kat Shoob Leicester Square, London 1900 – 2200 The Sunday Session: Michael Gordon Aberdeen 2200 - 0100 Late Night Gina McKie Glasgow News and Sport A team of four broadcast journalists produce news bulletins every hour, on the hour, between 6 am and 7 pm weekdays, and between 7 am and 2 pm at weekends. A late night bulletin is broadcast at 10pm every night. 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. Dedicated sports bulletins are broadcast at 8am, 1pm and 5:30pm, alongside reports within the hourly news bulletins and a scores & results service during Saturday afternoons. Traffic and travel bulletins are broadcast during peak travel times (breakfast and drivetime), accompanied by 'Jambuster' reports when there is major congestion at any time. News staff Editor Joe Odber Deputy Editor Fiona Winchetser Broadcast Journalists Rebecca Curran Emma Glacken 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 External links Official web site - Northsound 1 myspace page for Northsound 1's Sunday Session See also Northsound 2 Northsound Radio