Greatest Hits Radio Scottish Borders and North Northumberland

Greatest Hits Radio Scottish Borders and North Northumberland is an Independent Local Radio station based in Edinburgh, Scotland, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Greatest Hits Radio Network. It broadcasts to the Scottish Borders and north Northumberland.

Greatest Hits Radio Scottish Borders and North Northumberland
Broadcast areaBorder region and north Northumberland
Frequency
RDSGRT_HITS
Programming
FormatClassic Hits
NetworkGreatest Hits Radio
Ownership
OwnerBauer Media Audio UK
History
First air date
22 January 1990 (1990-01-22)
Former names
Radio Borders
Links
Websiteplanetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/borders/
Former Radio Borders logo from 2015-2023

As of December 2022, the station has a weekly audience of 45,000 listeners according to RAJAR.

As of 3 April 2023, Radio Borders has been rebranded to Greatest Hits Radio Scottish Borders and North Northumberland.[1]

Radio Borders logo used from 1998 to 2015.

Programming

Networked programming originates from London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Glasgow and Manchester.

Regional programming from Dundee, Glasgow & Edinburgh weekdays 6am-10am & 1-4pm, and Sundays 10am-1pm.

News and sport

Greatest Hits Radio Scottish Borders and North Northumberland broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays and from 7am to 1pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Headlines are broadcast on the half-hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, including sports reports. Traffic bulletins are presenter led and broadcast at 20 and 40 minutes past the hour between 6am and 9am as well as between 4pm and 7pm.

Local news bulletins are produced in conjunction with Radio Forth's newsroom in Edinburgh and Metro Radio's newsroom in Newcastle.

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

References
  1. "Radio Borders to rebrand as Greatest Hits Radio from April". 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.


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