West Sound (Ayrshire)
Greatest Hits Radio Ayrshire is an Independent Local Radio station based in Glasgow, Scotland, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Greatest Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Ayrshire.
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| Broadcast area | Ayrshire |
| Frequency | MW: 1035 kHz DAB: 11B |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic Hits |
| Network | Greatest Hits Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bauer Media Audio UK |
| West FM Greatest Hits Radio Dumfries & Galloway | |
| History | |
First air date | 16 October 1981 |
Former names | West Sound |
| Links | |
| Website | GHR 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 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.[4]
News
Greatest Hits Radio 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
Ewen Cameron (Ewen & Cat At Breakfast)
Cat Harvey (Ewen & Cat At Breakfast)
Stuart Webster (Weekday Afternoons)
Andy Crane (Late Night)
Alex Lester (Weekday Overnights)
Mark Goodier (Saturday Mid-Mornings)
Des Paul (Rhythm Of The Night)
Tony Dibbin (Weekend Overnight)
Paul Gambaccini (America's Greatest Hits)
Kate Thornton (Saturday Nights)
Fred MacAulay (Sunday Morning)
Simon Mayo (The Album Show & Weekday Drivetime)
Arlene Stuart (Sunday Evening)
Ken Bruce (Weekday Mid-Mornings)
References
- "RAJAR". www.rajar.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
- 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.
- 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.
- "Public File (Ayrshire)". Planetradio.co.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2023.