West Sound (Dumfries and Galloway)

West Sound

Broadcast area	Dumfries and Galloway
Slogan	The Greatest Hits for Dumfries and Galloway
Frequency	FM: 96.5, 97.0, 103.0 MHz
First air date	21 May 1990
Format	Easy Listening
Audience share	26% (September 2013, )
Power	0.12 kW, 1 kW, 0.67 kW
Owner	Bauer Radio
Sister stations	West FM West Sound (Ayrshire)
Website	www.westsoundradio.com

West Sound is a local radio station serving Dumfries and Galloway, owned & operated by Bauer Radio as part of the Bauer City 2 network of stations. The station broadcasts from studios in Dumfries and Ayr on 97FM in Dumfries, 103FM in Kirkcudbright and the Machars and 96.5FM in Stranraer and online.

West Sound in Dumfries and Galloway is the only FM station forming part of the City 2 network and carries a mix of local and networked programming, including local news and travel, live sports coverage and specialist shows.

West Sound logo used between 2008 and 2015.

Programming and presenters

West Sound's local breakfast, drivetime and Sunday afternoon shows are produced and presented from the station's Loreburne Centre studio in Dumfries. The weekday daytime show is produced and presented from West Sound's Ayr studios. During the football season, live match commentaries air on Saturday afternoons as an opt-out from the networked sports programme Game On!.

The station's local presenters are Tommy Jardine (weekday breakfast), Billy Reid, Alan Shaw and Stuart McCafferty (Home Run)^[1]

The remainder of West Sound's output consists of programming from Bauer City 2 network, originating from such stations as Key 2 in Manchester, Clyde 2 in Glasgow, Forth 2 in Edinburgh, Tay 2 in Dundee and Metro Radio in Newcastle.

News

West Sound broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays, from 9am to 1pm on Saturdays and from 9am to 12pm on Sundays. 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.

References

↑ West Sound - DJs

External links

Official website

Bauer Media Group

Publishing

Consumer titles (Australia)	APC Australian Geographic The Australian Women's Weekly Cleo Cosmopolitan Dolly Empire FHM Grazia Harper's Bazaar Motor NW OK! People The Picture Qantas The Australian Way Rolling Stone Rugby League Week Street Machine Take 5 TechLife Top Gear TV Week Wheels Woman's Day Zoo Weekly

Consumer titles (Germany)	Auf einen Blick Autozeitung Bravo Joy Das Neue Blatt Neue Post Volksstimme

Consumer titles (New Zealand)	Metro North & South

Consumer titles (United Kingdom)	Angling Times Bella Bike Bird Watching Car Classic Bike Closer Empire FHM First Golf World Grazia Heat Kerrang! Match Model Rail Mojo More! Motor Cycle News (MCN) Parker's Performance Bikes Pop Practical Classics Practical Fishkeeping Practical Photography Pregnancy & Birth Q RAIL Take a Break That's Life! Today's Golfer TV Choice TV Quick Zoo

Consumer titles (United States)	ASTROgirl First for Women In Touch Weekly Ideas and Discoveries J-14 Life & Style Weekly M QuizFest Soap Opera Update (defunct) Soaps In Depth Twist Woman's World

Clyde 3
Forth 3
Hallam 3
Key 3
Metro 3 Radio
MFR 3
Radio Aire 3
Radio City 3
Rock FM 3
Tay 3
TFM 3
Viking 3

Bauer National

Absolute Radio	Absolute Classic Rock Absolute Radio Extra Absolute Radio 60s Absolute Radio 70s Absolute Radio 80s Absolute Radio 90s Absolute Radio 00s

Kiss Network	Kiss 100 Kiss 101 Kiss 105-108 KissFresh Kisstory

Digital radio	Heat The Hits Kerrang Radio

Other	Magic (Regional FM in London & National DAB) Planet Rock (National DAB) Cool FM Downtown Radio Radio City Talk Wave 105

The Box Plus Network
(50%)

Category

Radio in Scotland

BBC regional/local stations	BBC Radio Scotland BBC Radio nan Gàidheal BBC Radio Shetland BBC Radio Orkney

Regional commercial stations	Capital Eklipse Sports Radio Heart Scotland

Local commercial stations	Radio Borders Central 103.1 FM Clyde 1 Clyde 2 Cuillin FM Forth 1 Forth 2 Isles FM Kingdom FM MFR NECR Nevis Radio Northsound 1 Northsound 2 Original 106 96.3 Rock Radio SIBC Smooth Radio Tay FM Tay AM Two Lochs Radio Wave 102 Waves Radio West FM West Sound AM West Sound FM Your Radio

Community, charity & non-profit stations	Alive Bute FM Celtic Music Radio Insight Radio Isles FM Mearns FM Revival FM The Superstation

Student stations	Air3 Radio Caley Fresh Air Subcity Radio UWS Radio

Defunct stations	L107 Peninsula FM Q96 Real Radio River FM Scot FM Talk 107

Scottish DAB multiplexes	Central Scotland (regional) Aberdeen Ayr Dundee Edinburgh Glasgow Inverness

UK national BBC services	BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 5 Live

UK national commercial services	Absolute Radio Classic FM Talksport

UK national DAB multiplexes	BBC National DAB Digital One

Coordinates: 55°04′02″N 3°36′37″W / 55.0672°N 3.6102°W / 55.0672; -3.6102

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