Clyde 1 (Ayrshire)

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Clyde 1 Ayrshire
  • Clydebank
  • United Kingdom
Broadcast area Ayrshire and South West Scotland
Frequency FM: 96.7 MHz
97.5 MHz
106.7 MHz
DAB: 11B
RDS ClydeAyr
BrandingAcross Ayrshire
Ayrshire's Clyde 1
Programming
Format CHR/Pop
Network Hits Radio
Ownership
Owner Bauer Media Audio UK
Clyde 1
Greatest Hits Radio Ayrshire
Greatest Hits Radio Dumfries & Galloway
History
First air date
6 January 1997 (as West FM)
Former names
West FM
Links
Website West FM

Clyde 1 Ayrshire, formerly West FM, is an Independent Local Radio station based in Glasgow, Scotland, owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Ayrshire and South West Scotland.

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As of June 2024, the station has a weekly audience of 105,000 listeners according to RAJAR. [1]

West FM logo used from 2000 to 2015. West FM Logo 2013.png
West FM logo used from 2000 to 2015.

Programming

Regional programming is produced and broadcast from Clyde 1 at its studios in Clydebank, weekdays 6-10am for Bowie At Breakfast. [2] At all other times, the station airs networked programming from Forth 1 in Edinburgh, Tay FM in Dundee as well as Hits Radio in London and Manchester.

On Monday 10 July 2017, West FM ceased broadcasting from Ayr and moved its studio output to Clyde 1's Clydebank studios. The station retained its local breakfast, albeit presented from Clydebank, with news, sales and charity staff based in Prestwick. [3]

In August 2024, it was announced that after 27 years of the West FM name, the station would be rebranded to 'Clyde 1 Ayrshire' from 16 September 2024 and share all output with Clyde 1 whilst retaining local news, weather and travel bulletins. [4]

News and Sport

Clyde 1 Ayrshire broadcasts local news bulletins hourly. 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.

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References

  1. "RAJAR". www.rajar.co.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  2. West FM – Presenters
  3. West FM to move output from Ayr to Glasgow, RadioToday, 12 June 2017
  4. "End of West FM brand coming as Clyde 1 expands to Ayrshire". RadioToday. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.

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