Tay FM
Tay FM is an Independent Local Radio station serving Dundee, Perth and the general Tayside area in Scotland. The station is owned and operated by Bauer Radio and forms part of the Hits Radio network.
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| City | Dundee and Perth |
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| Broadcast area | Tayside and Fife |
| Branding | YOUR Tay FM |
| Slogan | The Biggest Hits, The Biggest Throwbacks |
| Frequency | FM: 102.8 MHz (Dundee) 96.4 MHz (Perth) DAB: 11B RDS: TAYFM |
| First air date | 9 January 1995 |
| Format | CHR/Pop |
| Owner | Bauer Radio |
| Sister stations | Tay 2 |
| Webcast | Tay FM |
| Website | Tay FM |
History
Radio Tay commenced broadcasting on 17 October 1980 in Dundee and 14 November 1980 in Perth from the studios it still broadcasts from today at 6 North Isla Street in Dundee, near the city's Tannadice & Dens Park football stadia. The original schedule only broadcast from 6am-8pm daily.
On 9 January 1995 the station split its services/frequencies to become Tay FM and Tay AM. Both stations now also broadcast on DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting – i.e. Digital Radio) and over the internet via their respective websites.
Tay FM broadcasts on a main transmitter in Angus on 102.8 MHz, with relays on 96.4 MHz in Perth and on the same frequency at the Tay Bridge, It is the more contemporary of the two stations.
Programming
Local programming is produced and broadcast from Radio Tay's Dundee studios from 6am-10am and 4-7pm on weekdays, 2-6pm on Saturdays and 12-4pm on Sundays.
Tay FM also airs networked programming from Clyde 1 in Clydebank, Forth 1 in Edinburgh and Hits Radio in Manchester.
The station's local presenters are Stuart Webster who is funny, and Claire Kinnaird who is cute, one gets jokes the other doesn't get Star Wars. Claire is waaay too cheery in the morning on their AWARD WINNING BREAKFAST SHOW which picked up Silver at The UK ARIA's (2018) for BEST LOCAL RADIO SHOW (Wake Up With Webster). Webster holds the record for being the longest lasting presenter on Tay FM having presented Wake Up With Webster, presenting the show since 2006.
Garry Spence (Home Run), John Milne (Saturday afternoons) and Lynsey Gibson (Sunday afternoons).[1]
News
Tay FM 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.
