Eklipse Sports Radio was a Scottish-owned

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station. It was based in

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on the Southside of

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and broadcast to

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, and Central Scotland. All programming was produced in Glasgow. The station ceased broadcasting on 29 February 2016 after the owners withdrew their financial support.

History

The station was mooted in the Summer of 2013 when capacity became available on the Central Scotland multiplex and a five-year transmission contract was signed with

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. The station's

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broadcast licence was granted in July 2013 with a licensed format of sports news, talk and

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music to a potential 2.7 million adults in the station's TSA. The company raised £40,000 in capital under the UK government's Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme, although launch was delayed by the sudden death of a major investor in November 2013. In February 2014 the station moved into new studio premises in Admiral St in the Kinning Park area of Glasgow. The founding Station Director was Spencer Pryor. He sold his entire shareholding to a consortium of local businessmen and left the station in January 2015. At the time of its closure, presenters included George Aitchison, a former Qfm and

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presenter on Breakfast.

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the former Programme Controller at

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's CityBeat hosted the station's flagship phone-in programme along with co-hosts ex Rangers, Heart of Midlothian and

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defender Hugh Burns on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. The other regular co-hosts were Ally Graham former Falkirk and Raith Rovers striker was also a regular pundit. The station negotiated the rights to cover Scottish Junior Football for the 2014/15 season including commentaries and match reports. The station subscribed to

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from Q3 2014 and was a member of RadioCentre. The station's national advertising sales were handled by First Radio Sales in

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Presenters

*George Aitchison (Weekday breakfast) (BEST) *Ian Martin (Weekday mid-mornings) *Alex Horsburgh (Weekday afternoons) *Bill Young (Weekday football phone-in) *Stephen Quinn (Weekday Evenings) *Dave Mac (Weekend Breakfast) *Ian Oliphant (Weekend mornings) *Andy Alston (F1 Review Show) *Andy Coyle (Sunday afternoon)

Former Presenters

*Nick Mills *Peter Greenwood *Catt Weir *Steve Delahaye *Chris Kane *Rod Johnston *Chris Duke *Scott Summers *Dave Knight

References

External links

* Radio stations in Glasgow Modern rock radio stations Digital-only radio stations Radio stations established in 2013 Radio stations disestablished in 2016 2013 establishments in Scotland 2016 disestablishments in Scotland {{Scotland-company-stub