Clyde 2

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Clyde 2
Clyde 2 logo 2015.png
CityGlasgow
Broadcast areaGlasgow and West Central Scotland
FrequencyMW: 1152 kHz
DAB: 11C
FM: 103.3 (Oban)
Programming
FormatClassic hits
Ownership
OwnerBauer Radio
Clyde 1
History
First air date
31 December 1973
Technical information
Transmitter coordinates
55°47′39″N 4°09′34″W / 55.7943°N 4.1595°W / 55.7943; -4.1595Coordinates: 55°47′39″N 4°09′34″W / 55.7943°N 4.1595°W / 55.7943; -4.1595
Links
Websiteplanetradio.co.uk/clyde-2/

Clyde 2 is an Independent Local Radio station serving Glasgow and West Central Scotland. The station broadcasts classic hits music output, alongside sport and specialist programming – it is part of Bauer's Greatest Hits Radio network of AM stations in Scotland and northern England, carrying networked programming 24 hours a day alongside local news and information. Clyde 2 broadcasts on the medium wave on a frequency of 1152 kHz (equivalent wavelength: 261m), and on DAB in stereo. In the Oban area, Clyde 2 is carried on the 103.3 FM frequency as Oban FM's sustaining service during non-broadcasting hours.[1][2][3]

Programming[]

Most of Clyde 2's programming is produced and broadcast from the station's Clydebank studios and carried on Greatest Hits Radio's network of locally branded Scottish stations. Some weekend output is produced by Tay 2 in Dundee and Forth 2 in Edinburgh. Occasional programming is produced and broadcast from MFR 2 in Inverness, Northsound 2 in Aberdeen and West Sound in Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway

Some off-peak output is produced from GHR's Birmingham, Nottingham, London and Manchester studios and broadcast on both networks in Scotland and England.

News[]

Clyde 2 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.

The Clydebank newsroom also produces bespoke national Scottish bulletins at weekends with Sky News Radio bulletins carried overnight.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Oban FM - Oban's community radio station".
  2. ^ "Oban FM - community Radio". Archived from the original on 8 May 1999.
  3. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19980411/01056/0064 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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