- Original 106 (Aberdeen)
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Original 106FM (Aberdeen) 
Broadcast area Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire Frequency 106.8 MHz, 106.3 MHz Online First air date 28 October 2007 Format Adult Oriented Audience share 4.6% (May 2011, [1]) Owner Original 106 Aberdeen Ltd Website www.originalfm.com Original 106fm is an independent radio station broadcasting to Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. It was awarded its broadcast licence (the last new FM licence to be issued by Ofcom) in January 2007 and the station launched on October 28, 2007 at 1:06 pm. The first record played was "Revolution" by The Beatles. On September 12th 2009 the station was sold to a consortium led by Adam Findlay which included John Quinn and Murray Strachan. Adam Findlay's New Wave Media wholly owns Dundee radio station Wave 102, John Quinn is the majority shareholder and chairman of Central FM, a station which covers the Forth Valley in central Scotland.
Original 106 broadcasts mainly to an adult ABC1 bias audience broadcasting from studios at Craigshaw Business Park in West Tullos, Aberdeen. Two FM transmitters are presently in operation, one main transmitter situated at Durris near Stonehaven, and a relay covering north Aberdeen. A third transmitter, a relay for Peterhead and Buchan may also be added to the network at a later date. A high quality UK-wide internet audio stream is available from the station website.
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Music
Original 106 plays a mix of hit singles and album tracks from a full range of adult orientated genres including rock, pop, soul from the 60s to today.
News, sport and traffic
Original 106 is the only radio station in north east Scotland broadcasting hourly round-the-clock news bulletins from Aberdeen, covering local, national and international news. Although some bulletins are pre-recorded, bulletins are three minutes in duration between 7am & 6pm and hourly bulletins of 2 minutes duration air between 7pm and 5am.
During breakfast and drivetime, there are news headlines at twenty past and twenty to the hour. Sports news is covered in each hourly bulletin and there are comprehensive sports round-ups at 9am, 1pm and 5pm, while a business round up can be heard every week day at 6pm. Traffic and Travel bulletins are broadcast every twenty minutes during peak travel periods.
The newsroom operation is run by head of news Dave Galloway with journalists Kyle Sinclair and Jennifer Green.
Other output
Regular what's on and entertainment guides are broadcast daily, complete with information features focused in and around Aberdeen and North East Scotland. Interviews with local people, personalities from news and entertainment backgrounds, and film/theatre reviewers form a significant part of speech output.
Original 106 associates itself with local charities with the aim of publicising their work and assisting in fundraising efforts. Original's adopted charity in 2008 was Friends Of Anchor, for the year 2009 it is Children 1st.
Presenters
- Brian Anderson (Original 106 Decades)
- Rick Cowie (Saturday Nights)
- Dave Galloway (Original Upfront Sport)
- Ritchie Grant (Sunday Roast)
- Martin Ingram (Weekday morning/lunchtime)
- Dave Connor (The Full Scottish Breakfast and Saturday afternoons)
- Paul Martin Davis (Saturday morning/lunchtime)
- Damien McLeod (Sunday Breakfast)
- Claire Stevenson (Weekday Evenings and Saturday Breakfast)
- Neil Weightman (The Home Run)
Management
Original 106's managing director is Adam Findlay; the station's programme controller/senior presenter is Neil Weightman; and head of news is Dave Galloway.
Online
The Original 106 website features local news and weather updates, as well as an audio stream, an indicator of the current song playing and the last ten songs played. Audio and podcasts also feature.
External links
- Official web site for Original 106 (Aberdeen)
- Official Myspace page for the Original 106 Sunday Showcase (Aberdeen)
FM Stations 88.7 / 89.4 (BBC Radio 2) • 90.9 / 91.6 (BBC Radio 3) • 93.1 / 93.8 (BBC Radio Scotland) • 95.3 / 95.9 (BBC Radio 4) • 96.9 / 97.6 (Northsound 1) • 98.3 / 99.0 (BBC Radio 1) • 99.8 (SHMU FM) • 100.5 (Classic FM) • 102.1 (NECR) • 104.2 (BBC Radio nan Gàidheal) • 106.3 / 106.8 (Original 106)AM Stations United Kingdom Radio Markets: Aberdeen • Glasgow • London • Liverpool • Manchester • West Midlands • West Yorkshire • Worcester
See also: List of radio stations in the United Kingdom Coordinates: 57°07′35″N 2°05′36″E / 57.126388°N 2.093370°E
Categories:- Radio stations in Aberdeen
- Radio stations in Scotland
- Radio stations established in 2007
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