Northsound 1

Northsound 1 is an independent local radio station serving Aberdeen and the north east of Scotland. The station is owned and operated by Bauer Radio and forms part of Bauer's Hits Radio network.

Northsound 1
CityAberdeen
Broadcast areaAberdeenshire
FrequencyFM: 96.9, 97.6, 103.0 MHz
DAB: 11C
RDS: NORTHSOUND1
BrandingYOUR Northsound 1
SloganThe Biggest Hits, The Biggest Throwbacks
Programming
FormatCHR/Pop
Ownership
OwnerBauer Radio
Northsound 2
History
First air date
27 July 1981
Links
WebcastNorthsound 1
WebsiteNorthsound 1

Local 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.

History

Northsound 1 logo used from 2003 to 2015.

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 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).

Programming

Local programming is produced and broadcast from Northsound's Aberdeen studios from 6am-10am weekdays, 2-6pm on Saturdays and 12-4pm on Sundays.

Northsound 1 also airs networked programming from Clyde 1 in Clydebank, Forth 1 in Edinburgh, Tay FM in Dundee and Hits Radio in Manchester.

The station's local presenters are Jeff Diack and Lauren Mitchell (Northsound 1 Breakfast), Chris Thomson (Saturday afternoons) and Stephen Jackson (Sunday afternoons).[1]

News and sport

Northsound 1 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, traffic and business bulletins.

National bulletins from Sky News Radio are carried overnight with networked Scottish bulletins at weekends, produced from Radio Clyde's newsroom in Clydebank.

Extended sports coverage airs under the Superscoreboard banner on Saturday afternoons and on a magazine programme each Friday evening.

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