West Sound (Ayrshire)

West Sound (Ayrshire) was an Independent Local Radio station based in Glasgow, Scotland, owned and operated by Bauer and was part of the Scottish Greatest Hits brand of stations. It broadcast to Ayrshire.

West Sound (Ayrshire)
  • Glasgow
Broadcast areaAyrshire
FrequencyMW: 1035 kHz
DAB: 11B
Programming
FormatClassic Hits
NetworkGreatest Hits Radio
Ownership
OwnerBauer Media Audio UK
West FM
Westsound (Dumfries & Galloway)
History
First air date
16 October 1981
Links
WebsiteWestsound Ayrshire

As of December 2022, the station has a weekly audience of 69,000 listeners according to RAJAR. [1]

The station rebranded from West Sound to Greatest Hits Radio Ayrshire on 3 April 2023. [2][3]

Programming

Much of the station's programming was produced from the studios of Clyde 2 in Clydebank, Forth 2 in Edinburgh and Tay 2 in Dundee.

Some output is produced from GHR's Birmingham, London and Manchester studios and broadcast on both networks in Scotland and England.[4]

News

Westsound Ayrshire 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.

Presenters

References
  1. "RAJAR". www.rajar.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  2. Scott, Hazel (12 January 2023). "West Sound is changing to Greatest Hits Radio Ayrshire from April 2023". West Sound. Bauer Media Audio UK. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  3. 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.
  4. "Public File (Ayrshire)". Planetradio.co.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2023.


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