West Sound (Ayrshire)
Westsound is an independent local radio station in Ayrshire. Based in Clyde 1's studios in Clydebank. with its AM transmitter in Symington, South Ayrshire and its DAB transmitter in Darvel, East Ayrshire, the station forms part of the Greatest Hits Radio network in Scotland and northern England.
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| City | Glasgow |
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| Broadcast area | Ayrshire |
| Frequency | MW: 1035 kHz DAB: 11B |
| Branding | YOUR WESTSOUND |
| Programming | |
| Format | Oldies |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bauer Radio |
| West FM West Sound (Dumfries and Galloway) | |
| History | |
First air date | 16 October 1981 |
| Links | |
| Webcast | West Sound |
| Website | planetradio.co.uk/westsound/ |
Programming
All of Westsound's programming is carried from Greatest Hits Radio's network of locally branded Scottish stations with some off-peak output also carried from GHR's sister network in England.
Networked programming originates from the studios of Clyde 2 in Clydebank, Forth 2 in Edinburgh, Tay 2 in Dundee and from Greatest Hits Radio's Birmingham, Nottingham, London and Manchester studios. Occasional programming is produced and broadcast from MFR 2 in Inverness, Northsound 2 in Aberdeen and West Sound in Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway
News
Westsound 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.
Presenters
Ewen Cameron (Ewen & Cat At Breakfast)
Cat Harvey (Ewen & Cat At Breakfast)
Paul Carlin (Ewen & Cat At Breakfast, Saturday Afternoon)
Fraser Thomson (Weekday Daytime)
Micky Gavin (Music Mix, Homerun)
Alan Edwards (Weekday Evenings: Weekend Breakfast)
Andy Crane (Late Night)
Alex Lester (Weekday Overnights)
Mark Goodier (Greatest Hits Superstars, Now That's What I Call A Chart Show)
Des Paul (Rhythm Of The Night)
Tony Dibbin (Weekend Overnight)
Gavin Pearson (Saturday Morning)
Paul Gammobachini (America's Greatest Hits)
Darren Proctor (Proctor's House Party)
Boogie (Boogie Nights)
Fred MacAulay (Sunday Morning)
Simon Mayo (The Album Show)
Arlene Stuart (Sunday Evening)
References
history west sound first broadcast location radio house holmston Road ayr .
Original Hq Ayr.until bought over by present ownership .and now brodcssts from clydebank not so local radio