Wave 102
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| Broadcast area | Dundee |
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| Slogan | All About Dundee |
| Frequency | 102.0 MHz,Online |
| First air date | 30 August 1999 |
| Format | Adult Contemporary |
| Audience share | 8.5% (June 2011, ) |
| Owner | New Wave Media |
| Website | www.wave102.co.uk |
Wave 102 is a radio station broadcasting to the city of Dundee in Scotland.
The station broadcasts a mixed music format and broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
When the station first launched it was called Discovery 102, since Dundee is known as the City of Discovery after the RRS Discovery, which is docked there. The Wave 102 brand was born when The Discovery Channel forced it to change the name, claiming that people would mistakenly associate it with the network.
Dundee is also the city where game developers Rockstar North was founded. The developers' Scottish (and Dundonian) roots are shown in various in-jokes/tributes in the game Grand Theft Auto series. One such Dundee specific tribute is where one of the in-game radio stations in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City was named Wave 103.
On 15 May 2008 Adam Findlay and his company New Wave Media became the new owners of Wave 102.
Music
Wave 102 plays a wide range of adult orientated music, this is reflected in its playlist. As well as playing chart hits appealing to a 35+ age range, Wave 102 also plays various classic hits. Programming is locally focused and includes party music on Saturday evenings, and love songs in the late evening. All programming is produced locally with no national input.
News & Sport
News & Sport also play a large part in Wave 102's output, it produces bulletins on the hour and half hour during breakfast and Drivetime, as well as a comprehensive Sports round up daily at 1pm. The News Editor position is currently held by David Proctor
Presenters
Wave 102's current presenters include
- Gary Robinson
- Dave Price
- Alistair Smith
- Paul Garty
- Stevie Kyle
- Keith Thompson
- Neil Bell
- Craig Donoghue
- Stuart Watt
Former Presenters Include:
- Neil McLeod aka Dusty Rhodes (Former Programme Controller)..First Programme Manager when it was launched as Discovery 102
- Brian Paige (Former Programme Controller) Now Radio Forth Programme Director
- Michael Roncone
- Micky Gavin
- Daimen Richards
- Andy Morgan
- Stuart McCafferty
- Chris Stuart
- George Duffus
- Tom Wilson (Late Programme Controller)
- Colin Paterson (Former Programme Controller)
- Grant Reid
- Jason McCagh
- Pete Smith
- Yasmin Zemmoura
- Rod Johnston
- Mike Richardson (Former Programme Controller)
- Dave McIntosh
- Pat Kelly
- Dave Connor
- Gwen Lawrie
- David Moran (Former Programme Controller)
- Gordon Drummond
- Rebecca Banner
- Shirley Rennie
- Peter Mac (Former Programme Controller)
- Adam Stebbing
- Vanessa Motion
- Ray Dallas
- Ryan Morrison
- Ronny Costello
- Gary Muircroft (Former Programme Controller)
- Richard Thorburn
- Stuart Smith
- Charlie Duthie
- Gary Elwin
George Duffus and Tom Wilson died. George was the chairman of the station at Launch and Tom Wilson was a programme director who died in 2004 who had a career with various radio stations across Scotland most notably Radio Forth in Edinburgh.
The station was founded by Douglas and June Anderson as part of The Petros Radio Group who launched Discovery AM in 1994 and Radio Waves in 1995, then decided to go for the full scale local licence with the help of their neighbour George Mackintosh (who started Radio Tay in 1980) along with a consortium who also founded Kingdom FM in Fife with the assistance of IRG (The Independent Radio Group)
Management
- Managing Director - Adam Findlay
- Programme Controller - Alistair Smith
- Head Of Music - Dave Price
- Sales Manager - Andrew McMurray
- Head of News - David Proctor
- Advertising Traffic Manager - Heather Anderson