Talk 107

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Talk 107 is a radio station based in Edinburgh, Scotland, broadcasting a phone-in based talk format. It was the UK's first local commercial talk licence to be awarded outside London and is the only station of its kind in Scotland. It is owned by UTV Radio and trades as a wholly-owned division of talkSPORT - the national sports talk station.

Station history

The FM local commercial radio licence for the city of Edinburgh and the area surrounding the Firth of Forth was awarded to Dunedin FM on 16 December 2004 (Dunedin is an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic name Dùn Éideann for Edinburgh, Scotland). Originally due to be launched as allTALK FM, Talk 107 was launched on 14 February 2006 at 6am. The first programme was The Morning Show with Alex Bell & Susan Morrison.

Station presenters

The original Talk 107 presenter line-up consisted of Alex Bell, Susan Morrison, Mike Graham, Graham Stewart, Simon Pia, Heather Dee, Gordon Dallas, Micky Gavin, Ramsay Jones, Mark McKenzie, Colin Paterson, Stephen Jardine, Alex Hastie.

Adrian Allen and Mark Judge were added to the on-air line-up shortly after launch in March 2006. Respect MP George Galloway's weekend shows for sister station talkSPORT were syndicated on Talk 107 from 3 June 2006.

External links

	UTV Radio

UK National - talkSPORT
Northern Ireland Commercial FM - U105
Great Britain Commercial local FM Imagine FM, Peak FM, The Pulse of West Yorkshire, Q96, Signal 1, 107.4 Tower FM, Radio Wave 96.5, 96.4 FM The Wave, Wave 102, 107.2 Wire FM, Wish FM, 107.7 The Wolf, Juice FM, Talk 107
Great Britain Commercial local AM Pulse Classic Gold, Signal 2, Swansea Sound, Valleys Radio
Republic of Ireland Commercial local FM Q102, Cork's 96FM, 103FM County Sound, Live 95FM, LMFM

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