97.3 Forth One

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97.3 Forth One

Broadcast area	Mainly Edinburgh, The Lothians and Fife
Slogan	More Hit Music
First air date	22 January 1975
Frequency	97.3 MHz, 97.6 MHz (West Lothian), 102.2 MHz (Penicuik), DAB, Online
Format	Contemporary
Owner	EMAP
Webcast	Online
Website	www.forthone.com

97.3 Forth One is a United Kingdom radio station owned by Emap Radio. Currently, the station is part of the Big City Network.

Forth One broadcasts to Edinburgh, The Lothians and Fife (also other East Central Scotland areas but not intended to), and is based in Forth Street in Edinburgh’s city centre. The station is called '97.3 Forth One' on air, but 'Forth One' is also used.

Forth One plays a variety of music, mainly Top 40, but a few older tunes are also inserted into the playlist. Sam Jackson, who is also a presenter, is the head of music at Radio Forth. Their main jingles are voiced by Dave Kelly who also voices Heart 106.2.

Contents 1 History/Info 2 News, Sport and Travel 2.1 News 2.2 Sport 2.3 Travel 3 Presenters 4 Management 5 External link 5.1 See also

[edit] History/Info

On 22 January 1975, Richard Findlay (the Radio Forth chairman) woke up the listeners of Edinburgh, The Lothians and Fife to the words: "This, for the very first time is Radio Forth". The first DJ on air was a man named Steve Hamilton who hosted the breakfast show.

In 1990, Forth was forced to use its AM service (as Radio Forth was being broadcast on both their FM and AM frequencies) so Max AM was launched. Radio Forth was renamed Forth FM which was mainly for the younger age group, while Max AM was for the 35+. Soon after this, Max AM was renamed to Forth AM to match its sister station.

In 2000, the two stations were both relaunched as 97.3 Forth One and 1548 FORTH2. Many changes occurred at this time, from new jingles to brand new DJs at the stations. Forth 2 was redesigned as an adult contemporary music station while Forth One continued to play Top 40 songs for the 35s and under.

Although Radio Forth is now owned by a British media group (EMAP), it was originally owned by Scottish Radio Holdings (or SRH) but that was taken over by EMAP on 3 June 2005. Forth continues to be local and mostly managed from Forth House in Edinburgh.

[edit] News, Sport and Travel

[edit] News

Forth News broadcasts bulletins every hour during peak times as well as summaries on the half hour during the breakfast and drivetime shows. Weather is also broadcast at the end of the news as well as being read out on the half hour. Paul Robertson is currently the head of news at Radio Forth as well as reading some bulletins. There 8 broadcasting journalists at present.

[edit] Sport

Sports bulletins are broadcast on Forth One numerous times throughout the day. Mark Donaldson is a regular presenter of the sport as well as being the main editor.

[edit] Travel

Travel news is also an integral part of Forth One's output. Updates are read out regularly throughout the day and 15 minute updates occur during peak times

[edit] Presenters

Current presenters at Forth One include Boogie and Grant Stott.

An alphabetical list of present presenters is below

• Darren Adam
• Andy Bouglas ('Boogie')
• Paul Brownlee
• Dave Connor
• Jeff Diack
• Jo Good
• Donny Hughes
• Sam Jackson
• David Konov ('Dingo Dave')
• Mark Martin
• Oona McGinnis
• Jill McLaren
• Andy Monaghan
• Grant Stott
• Iain Waugh
• Krystle Weaver
• Yasmin Zemmoura ('Yazz')

[edit] Management

A list of Radio Forth's management is below

• Managing Director - Adam Findlay
• Programme Director - Luke McCullough
• Head of Music - Sam Jackson
• Head of News - Paul Robertson
• Head of Sport - Mark Donaldson
• Sales Director - Craig Lumsdaine
• Sponsorship & Promotions Manager - Mike Scott
• Chief Engineer - Douglas Paterson
• Senior Marketing Executive -Ross Wilson
• Business Analyst Director - Derek Mckinley

[edit] External link

• forthone.com

[edit] See also

• Radio Forth
• 1548 Forth 2