Moray Firth Radio

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MFR / Moray Firth Radio

City of license	Inverness
Broadcast area	Highland, Orkney, Moray, and parts of Aberdeenshire
Slogan	The North's Number 1 / News you need, music you love
First air date	February 23, 1982
Frequency	97.4, 96.6, 96.7, 102.5, 102.8 MHz, 1107 kHz, Online
Format	Contemporary
Owner	EMAP
Website	www.mfr.co.uk

Contents 1 Station Info 2 News, Sport and Traffic & Travel 3 Presenters 3.1 MFR 97.4 Presenters 3.2 Moray Firth Radio 1107 AM Presenters 4 Management 5 External links

[edit] Station Info

Moray Firth Radio or MFR is 'an Independent Local Radio station that is based in the Scorguie area of Inverness in Scotland and broadcasting to the communities in the surrounding region North to Orkney and beyond and East to Fraserburgh, The Highlands, Moray Coast and some parts of Aberdeenshire. It is part of the Big City Network.

The station broadcasts on 97.4 MHz FM, and is one of the few remaining UK local FM stations that also broadcasts on AM (on 1107 kHz).

In addition there are several local relay stations, that broadcast local programmes during the evening. They are:

• Speysound (96.6 MHz, Strathspey)
• Keith Community Radio (102.8 MHz, Keith)
• Kinnaird Radio (96.7 MHz, Fraserburgh)
• Caithness FM (102.5 MHz, Caithness).

[edit] News, Sport and Traffic & Travel

Moray Firth Radio has 4 broadcasting journalists and 3 sport journalists. The Head of News is Susan Rose.

[edit] Presenters

[edit] MFR 97.4 Presenters

• Gary Muircroft
• Nicky Marr
• Tich McCooey
• Diane Knox (Knoxy)
• Ken Kelman
• John Slater
• David Strachan
• Davey D
• Heather Paterson
• Grant Hodgson
• Jason Shand
• Danny Gallagher
• Ray Atkinson
• Nikki Edwards
• Jason Rose
• Marion Scott
• Don Chisholm

[edit] Moray Firth Radio 1107 AM Presenters

• Gary Muircroft
• Nicky Marr
• Tich McCooey
• Diane Knox (Knoxy)
• Ken Kelman
• Davey D
• Danny Gallagher
• Ray Atkinson
• Nikki Edwards
• Helen McPherson
• Richard Jones (Farmer Jonesy)
• Paul Stephenson
• James Murno
• Frank Adam
• Ben McDonald
• John Mathieson
• Malcolm Strachan
• Colin Miller
• Jeff Jones
• Ian Simpson
• Marina McDonald
• Syd Atkinson
• Len Black

[edit] Management

• Danny Gallagher: Managing Director
• Tich McCooey: Head of Music
• Susan Rose: Head of News
• John Rose: Head of Sport
• Paul Stephenson: Head of Production
• Malcolm Lee: Chief Engineer
• Hilary Cartwright: Sales/Commercial Director
• Heather Paterson: Sponsorship and Promotions Executive
• Liz McIntyre: Moray Firth Media Trust

[edit] External links

• Official web site
• Collection of early MFR photos