BBC Radio Scotland

Infobox Radio Station
name = BBC Radio Scotland


city = Glasgow
area = Scotland
branding =
slogan =
airdate = 23 November 1978
frequency = FM: 92.4-94.7 MHz
MW: 810 kHz
DAB
Freeview: 719 (Scotland Only)
Freesat: 712
Sky: 0116
Virgin Media: 930
Online: [http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlive/bbc_radio_scotland]
share = 7.5%
share as of = June 2008
share source = [http://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly_listening.php]
format = News, Music, Sport, Talk
power =
erp =
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callsign_meaning =
owner = BBC,
BBC Scotland
website = [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland/ BBC Radio Scotland]

BBC Radio Scotland is BBC Scotland's national English language radio network. It broadcasts a wide variety of programming including news, sport, light entertainment, music, the arts, comedy, drama, history and lifestyle. It replaced the Scottish BBC Radio 4 opt-out service of the same name from 1978.

History

:"See the main article BBC Home Service"BBC Radio Scotland was founded as a full-time radio network in 1978, although the name had been used since 1974 for the Scottish opt-out version of BBC Radio 4 (previously the "Scottish Home Service"). The establishment of a separate network was only made possible when Radio 4 became a fully national network and moved from medium wave to long wave.

Opt-out stations were established in Inverness and Aberdeen in 1976, followed by Orkney and Shetland in 1977, and Selkirk and Dumfries in 1983. Previously planned opt-outs in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee were never realised.

The most famous — and controversial — head of Radio Scotland in recent years was James Boyle.

Programmes

The station broadcasts a wide range of programming including news, debate, music and sport commentaries.

News and Current Affairs

News and current affairs programming has always constituted the dominant part of BBC Radio Scotland's schedules, especially on weekdays. In addition to regular, mostly hourly, news bulletins, the station broadcasts a wide range of longer, more in-depth news and current affairs strands.

Good Morning Scotland (weekdays, 0600-0900) is Scotland's longest-running radio programme and one of the most popular in the country. It provides regular news, sport, business, travel and weather bulletins along with interviews and in-depth reports in a manner similar to BBC Radio 4's "Today" programme, but from a Scottish perspective. It also includes the daily religious slot "Thought for the Day", again similar to that broadcast on Radio 4's "Today" programme.

The other daily news and current affairs strands are the "Morning Extra" phone-in (0905-1000), "Scotland Live" (1200-1245), "Newsdrive" (1600-1800) and the political news programme "Scotland At Ten" (2205-2230).

Weekend programmes include "Newsweek Scotland" (Sat, 0800-0900), "Shereen" (Sun, 0900-1000) and "The Business" (Sun, 1000-1030).

Sport

As with Radio 5 Live nationally, BBC Radio Scotland carries most, if not all, of the major sporting events linked to its coverage area. It holds exclusive rights to the Scottish Premier League and operates its Sportsound programme on a multitude of frequencies on Saturdays when games are being played. Other sporting events that can be heard on Radio Scotland include both of Scotland's domestic football cup competitions, Scotland football internationals and European games affecting Scottish teams and the rugby union Six Nations championships. Alongside the live action sports programmes, Radio Scotland also produces popular sporting shows such as football fanzine Off the Ball, phone-in forum "Your Call with Jim Traynor" and the multi-sports programme "Sports Weekly", presented by former Scotland rugby player, John Beattie.

Local opt-outs

Orkney and Shetland each have a half hour daily news programme — "Around Orkney" (0730-0800) and "Good Evening Shetland" (1730-1800). During the winter months, this is supplemented for both areas by an hour long programme, broadcast Monday-Friday, between 1805-1900. Local bulletins are broadcast from Selkirk, Dumfries, Aberdeen and Inverness throughout the day.

Presenters

Radio Scotland presenters include:
*Iain Anderson
*Derek Bateman
*John Beattie
*Bryan Burnett
*Stuart Cosgrove
*Tam Cowan
*Ruth Davidson
*Stephen Duffy
*Clare English
*Archie Fisher
*Janice Forsyth
*Isabel Fraser
*Vic Galloway
*Jim Gellatly
*Richard Gordon
*Mary Ann Kennedy
*Fred MacAulay
*Cathy MacDonald
*Abeer MacIntyre
*Colin Mackay
*Sally Magnusson
*Gillian Marles
*Annie McGuire
*Euan McIlwraith
*Freida Morrison
*Tom Morton
*Shereen Nanjiani
*Lesley Riddoch
*Gary Robertson
*Robbie Shepherd
*Jim Spence
*Edi Stark
*Mark Stephen
*Graham Stewart
*Mhairi Stuart
*Jim Traynor
*Gary West
*Bill WhitefordNotable former presenters have included:
*Dougie Anderson
*Alex Bell
*Colin Bell
*Ken Bruce
*Andy Cameron
*Tom Ferrie
*Neville Garden
*Armando Iannucci
*Jimmie MacGregor
*Jimmy Mack
*Eddie Mair
*Gerry McKenzie
*John Milne
*Kenneth Roy
*Art Sutter
*Ken Sykora
*Kirsty Young

Heads of Radio, Scotland

Controllers of BBC Radio Scotland hold the title "Head of Radio, BBC Scotland" on account of BBC Scotland's radio productions for other BBC networks.

External links

*bbc.co.uk|id=radioscotland/|title=BBC Radio Scotland
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland/programmes/schedules/ BBC Radio Scotland programme schedules]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/bbc_radio_scotland BBC iPlayer home page for BBC Radio Scotland programmes]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/jeffzycinski/ BBC Radio Scotland controller's blog]
* [http://www.clickandvideo.com/en_youtube_video.php?Id=VGG8JdFG9LU A behind the scenes glimpse of BBC Radio Scotland]