West Sound (Dumfries and Galloway)

West Sound is an independent local radio station serving Dumfries and Galloway, owned & operated by Bauer Radio as part of the Greatest Hits Radio network of stations. The station broadcasts from studios in Glasgow on 97FM in Dumfries, 103FM in Kirkcudbright and the Machars and 96.5FM in Stranraer and online.

West Sound
CityGlasgow
Broadcast areaDumfries and Galloway
FrequencyFM: 96.5, 97.0, 103.0 MHz
DAB:
RDS: WESTSOUND
BrandingYOUR WESTSOUND
SloganThe Good Times Sound Like This
Programming
FormatOldies
Ownership
OwnerBauer Radio
West FM
West Sound (Ayrshire)
History
First air date
21 May 1990
Links
Websiteplanetradio.co.uk/westsound-fm/


Overview

West Sound in Dumfries and Galloway is one of three FM stations forming part of the Greatest Hits Radio network and carries networked programming, with local news and travel.

In September 2019, all local programming from Dumfries ended and local breakfast and drive is coming from Glasgow.[1]

Programming and presenters

All of West Sound's programming is carried from Greatest Hits Radio's network of locally branded Scottish stations with some off-peak output also carried from GHR's sister network in England.

Networked programming originates from the studios of Clyde 2 in Clydebank, Forth 2 in Edinburgh, Tay 2 in Dundee and from Greatest Hits Radio's Birmingham, Nottingham, London and Manchester studios. Occasional programming is produced and broadcast from MFR 2 in Inverness, Northsound 2 in Aberdeen and West Sound in Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway

News

West Sound 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 on weekend afternoons, produced from Radio Clyde's newsroom in Clydebank.

References
  1. West Sound to end local radio shows in Dumfries & Galloway Jo James, Radio Today, 12 August 2019


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