Tay FM

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Tay FM
Broadcast area Tayside and Fife
Frequency FM:
102.8 MHz (Dundee)
96.4 MHz (Perth)
DAB: 11B
RDS TAYFM
BrandingAcross Tayside and Fife
Programming
Format CHR/Pop
Network Hits Radio
Ownership
Owner Bauer Media Audio UK
Greatest Hits Radio Tayside & Fife
History
First air date
9 January 1995 (29 years ago)
Links
Webcast Tay FM Player
Website Tay FM

Tay FM is an Independent Local Radio station based in Edinburgh serving Dundee, Perth and Tayside in Scotland. The station is owned by and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK and forms part of the Hits Radio network.

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As of September 2024, the station has a weekly audience of 116,000 listeners according to RAJAR. [1]

History

Tay FM logo used from 2010 to 2015. Tay FM 2013 Logo.png
Tay FM logo used from 2010 to 2015.

Radio Tay commenced broadcasting on 17 October 1980 in Dundee and 14 November 1980 in Perth from studios at 6 North Isla Street in Dundee, near the city's Tannadice & Dens Park football stadia. The station originally broadcast each day from 6am to 8pm.

On 9 January 1995, the station split its frequencies into two to become Tay FM and Tay AM.

Both stations now also broadcast on DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting – i.e. Digital Radio) and via their respective websites.

Tay FM broadcasts on a main transmitter in Angus on 102.8 MHz, with relays on 96.4 MHz in Perth and on the same frequency at the Tay Bridge. It is the more contemporary of the two stations.

Programming

Networked programming is produced and broadcast from Clyde 1 in Clydebank, Forth 1 in Edinburgh and Hits Radio in London & Manchester.

The remaining local programming which consisted of just weekday breakfast was axed in December 2024. [2] [3]

News

Tay FM broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays and from 7am to 1pm at weekends. 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.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "RAJAR".
  2. ↑ "MFR, Tay FM and Northsound 1 breakfast shows to end". BBC News. 13 November 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  3. ↑ Forth 1, Northsound 1, MFR and Tay FM to share breakfast as Boogie in the Morning expands, Roy Martin, Radio Today, 13 November 2024

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