Clyde 2
Clyde 2 is a local radio station serving Glasgow and West Central Scotland. The station broadcasts classic hits music output, alongside sport and specialist programming – it is part of Bauer's Greatest Hits Radio network of AM stations in Scotland and northern England, carrying networked programming 24 hours a day alongside local news and information. Clyde 2 broadcasts on the medium wave on a frequency of 1152 kHz (equivalent wavelength: 261m), and on DAB in stereo. In the Oban area, Clyde 2 is also carried on the 103.3 FM frequency as Oban FM's sustaining service during non-broadcasting hours.[1][2]
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| City | Glasgow |
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| Broadcast area | Glasgow and West Central Scotland |
| Slogan | The Good Times Sound Like This |
| Frequency | MW: 1152 kHz DAB: 11C FM: 103.3 (Oban) |
| First air date | 31 December 1973 |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Transmitter coordinates | 55.7943°N 4.1595°W |
| Owner | Bauer Radio |
| Sister stations | Clyde 1 |
| Website | planetradio |
Programming
Most of Clyde 2's programming is produced and broadcast from the station's Clydebank studios and carried on Greatest Hits Radio's network of locally branded Scottish stations. Some weekend output is produced by Tay 2 in Dundee and Forth 2 in Edinburgh.
Some off-peak output is produced from GHR's Birmingham, London and Manchester studios and broadcast on both networks in Scotland and England.
News
Clyde 2 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.
The Clydebank newsroom also produces bespoke national Scottish bulletins at weekends with Sky News Radio bulletins carried overnight.