BBC Radio Scotland

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BBC Radio Scotland is the BBC's national radio network for Scotland, broadcasting since 1976 on 92-95 FM and 810 medium wave. It now also broadcasts on DAB Digital Radio, digital television and the internet, through RealNetworks' RealPlayer. In common with many other BBC radio stations, the overwhelming majority of programmes are now available on demand through the listen again feature [link].

Contents

1 History
2 Programmes
3 Presenters
4 External links

History

See the main article BBC Home Service

Radio Scotland was founded in 1978. It replaced the old "Radio 4 Scotland" (previously the Scottish Home Service) when Radio 4 became a fully national network and moved from medium wave to long wave. Opt-out stations had previously been established in 1975 in Inverness and Aberdeen, and these continued while others were developed in Dumfries, Selkirk, Inverness, Orkney and Shetland. Today, news bulletin opt-outs continue from the first four, while Orkney and Shetland provide more extensive programming as community opt-outs from Radio Scotland.

Programmes

The station broadcasts a wide range of shows including news, debate, music and sport commentaries.

The one constant in the schedule is that weekdays begin with Good Morning Scotland from 0600 to 0850, providing regular news bulletins, serious political interviews and in-depth reports in a manner similar to Radio 4's Today programme, but from a Scottish perspective, and including travel news every 15 minutes.

Around Orkney is broadcast weekday mornings from 0730 to 0800 and features news of the Orkney Islands

Presenters

Radio Scotland presenters include:

Fred MacAulay
Iain Anderson
Tom Morton
Gary Robertson
Richard Gordon
Juliet Lawrence-Wilson
John Beattie - Sports Weekly on Saturdays
Jim Traynor
Vic Galloway
Archie Fisher
Stuart Cosgrove
Bryan Burnett
Mary-Ann Kennedy
Janice Forsyth
Jamie McDougall

External links

BBC National Regional radio stations
	BBC Wales: BBC Radio Wales • BBC Radio Cymru

	BBC Scotland: BBC Radio Scotland • BBC Radio nan Gàidheal
	Opt-outs: BBC Radio Shetland • BBC Radio Orkney • Highlands and Islands • North East • South West • Borders

	BBC Northern Ireland: BBC Radio Ulster • BBC Radio Foyle

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