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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| Broadcast area | Ayrshire and South West Scotland |
| Frequency | FM: 96.7 MHz 97.5 MHz 106.7 MHz DAB: 11B |
| RDS | ClydeAyr |
| Branding | Across 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 |
As of September 2024, the station has a weekly audience of 105,000 listeners according to RAJAR.[1]
Programming
editRegional 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
editClyde 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.
References
edit- ^ "RAJAR". www.rajar.co.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ West FM – Presenters
- ^ West FM to move output from Ayr to Glasgow, RadioToday, 12 June 2017
- ^ "End of West FM brand coming as Clyde 1 expands to Ayrshire". RadioToday. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
External links
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