| Broadcast area | Orkney, Caithness |
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| Slogan | "More Music More Variety" |
| Frequency | 105.4 MHz, Online |
| First air date | 4 September 2004 |
| Format | Commercial |
| Owner | Independent |
| Website | The Superstation Orkney |
The Superstation Orkney, also known as just The Superstation, is a local commercial radio station which broadcasts to some parts of mainland Orkney and Caithness. The station is Orkney's only commercial radio station, and broadcasts 'a broad range of popular and contemporary music'[1]. The station also broadcasts a two-minute news bulletin on the hour provided by Independent Radio News (whose services are, in turn, provided by Sky News Radio).
The station broadcasts in FM from the Wideford Hill transmitter[2] near Kirkwall, as well as providing an internet radio stream.
The station previously offered courses in radio production and presentation free of charge[3] - however, these courses have now finished[4].
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The Superstation started broadcasting under a 3 month trial Restricted Service Licence awarded by Ofcom on Saturday September 4, 2004, from the MV Communicator, berthed at St Margaret's Hope. The station was expected to launch earlier in the week, but could not due to not being linked to the Wideford Hill radio transmitter which serves Orkney [5]. The licence expired and the station stopped broadcasting at around 7pm on Tuesday 23 November 2004.
After The Superstation's Restricted Service Licence expired, the station applied to Ofcom for a community radio licence. Ofcom's Radio Licensing Committee granted Superstation Orkney the licence on 5 September 2005[6]. The station began broadcasting under its community radio license on Monday January 14, 2008 at 12:00 GMT[7] with a show co-presented by Dave Miller & Ryan Woodman.
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