West Sound (Dumfries and Galloway)

West Sound
Broadcast area Dumfries and Galloway
Slogan The Greatest Hits for Dumfries and Galloway
Frequency FM: 96.5, 97.0, 103.0 MHz
First air date 21 May 1990
Format Easy Listening
Power 0.12 kW, 1 kW, 0.67 kW
Owner Bauer Radio
Sister stations West FM
West Sound (Ayrshire)
Website planetradio.co.uk/westsound-fm/

West Sound is a local radio station serving Dumfries and Galloway, owned & operated by Bauer Radio as part of the Bauer City 2 network of stations. The station broadcasts from studios in Dumfries and Ayr on 97FM in Dumfries, 103FM in Kirkcudbright and the Machars and 96.5FM in Stranraer and online.

West Sound in Dumfries and Galloway is one of two FM stations forming part of the Greatest Hits Network and carries a mix of local and networked programming, including local news and travel, live sports coverage and specialist shows.

West Sound logo used between 2008 and 2015.

Programming and presenters

West Sound's local breakfast, drivetime and weekend afternoon shows are produced and presented from the station's Loreburne Centre studio in Dumfries. The station's local presenters are Tommy Jardine (weekday breakfast - Currently Off air), Kenny Campbell (Home Run Drivetime)[1] , Billy Reid ( Sunday's 80's Show) and Lee Medd (Saturday Afternoon's Gossip and Greatest Hits and Breakfast cover).

The remainder of West Sound's output consists of programming from Bauer City 2 network, originating from such stations as Key 2 in Manchester, Clyde 2 in Glasgow, Forth 2 in Edinburgh, Tay 2 in Dundee and Metro Radio in Newcastle.

News

West Sound broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays, from 9am to 1pm on Saturdays and from 9am to 12pm on Sundays. 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.

References

  1. ↑ West Sound - DJs

Coordinates: 55°04′02″N 3°36′37″W / 55.0672°N 3.6102°W / 55.0672; -3.6102


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