Greatest Hits Radio North East Scotland
Greatest Hits Radio North East Scotland is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire on DAB digital radio and online. Owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Greatest Hits Radio network of classic hit music stations in England, Scotland and Wales, carrying networked programmes originating mainly from Glasgow and Manchester 24 hours a day, featuring local news and traffic bulletins.
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| Broadcast area | North East Scotland |
| Frequency | DAB: 11C |
| Branding | The Good Times Sound Like This |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic Hits |
| Network | Greatest Hits Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bauer Media Audio UK |
| Northsound 1 | |
| History | |
First air date | July 27, 1981 |
Former names | Northsound 2 |
Former frequencies | 1035 KHz |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | Ofcom |
| Links | |
| Website | GHR North East Scotland |
The station relaunched as Greatest Hits Radio North East Scotland on 3 April 2023. [1][2]
As of September 2023, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 19,000, according to RAJAR.[3]
History
Northsound Radio commenced broadcasting at 6am on 27 July 1981 from converted studios in an old schoolhouse on Kings Gate, near Anderson Drive in Aberdeen. Originally, the station was broadcast from 6 am to 8 pm each day on 1035 kHz (290 metres) and 96.9 FM (VHF). In 1995, the station split its services to become Northsound 1 and Northsound 2. Both stations now also broadcast online, on smartphone applications and DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting – i.e. Digital Radio).
On 3 June 2013, station owners Bauer Radio announced that Northsound 2 would axe its one remaining local programme, the weekday breakfast show which was presented by John McRuvie, and replace it with a networked show hosted by Robin Galloway from Monday 1 July 2013 across all of Bauer's network of AM stations in Scotland.[4] The station became part of the Bauer City 2 network (since rebranded as Greatest Hits Radio) upon its launch on Monday 5 January 2015.
On Tuesday 3 April 2018, Northsound 2 ceased broadcasting on 1035 AM and became a digital-only station on DAB and online.[5][6] It is the first commercial radio station in Scotland - and the first of Bauer's local stations - to cease analogue broadcasting in favour of a digital switchover.[7]
Programming
Much of the station's programming is produced in Greatest Hits Radio's studios in Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Some output is produced from GHR's Birmingham, London and Manchester studios and broadcast on both networks in Scotland and England.[8]
News
Greatest Hits Radio North East Scotland broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays and from 7am to 1pm at weekends. Headlines are broadcast on the half hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside sport and traffic bulletins.
National bulletins from Sky News Radio are carried overnight with bespoke networked Scottish bulletins at weekends, produced from Radio Clyde's newsroom in Clydebank.
See also
References
- Naylor, Laura (12 January 2023). "Northsound 2 is changing to Greatest Hits Radio North East Scotland from April 2023". Northsound 2. Bauer Media Audio UK. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- Martin, Roy (12 January 2023). "Bauer to rebrand seven heritage Scottish stations to Greatest Hits Radio". RadioToday. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- "RAJAR". www.rajar.co.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- Galloway goes national at Bauer Scotland, Radio Today, 3 June 2013
- Northsound 2 to make the switch to digital this week, Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce, 3 April 2018
- Radio station Northsound to switch off analogue service, BBC News, 9 March 2018
- Northsound 2 to switch off AM radio service, Radio Today, 8 March 2018
- "Public File (North East Scotland)". Planetradio.co.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2023.