Northsound 1 is an
Independent Local Radio
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station based in
Aberdeen
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, Scotland, owned and operated by
Bauer as part of the
Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to
Glasgow
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and
North Scotland
As of September 2022, the station has a weekly audience of 95,000 listeners according to
RAJAR
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.
History
Northsound Radio commenced broadcasting at 6 am on 27 July 1981 from converted studios in an old schoolhouse on Kings Gate, near Anderson Drive in Aberdeen. Originally, the station was broadcast from 6am to 8pm each day on 1035 kHz (290 metres) and 96.9 FM (VHF).
In 1995, the station split its services to become Northsound 1 and
Northsound 2
Northsound 2 is an Independent Local radio station based in Aberdeen, Scotland, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Greatest Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Aberdeenshire.
As of September 2022, the station has a weekly audience ...
. Both stations now also broadcast online, on smartphone applications and DAB (
Digital Audio Broadcasting
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Types
In digital broadcasting sy ...
– i.e. Digital Radio).
Programming
Local programming is produced and broadcast from Northsound's Aberdeen studios from 6am-10am weekdays.
Northsound 1 also airs networked programming from
Clyde 1
Clyde 1 is an Independent Local Radio station based in Glasgow, Scotland, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Glasgow and West Central Scotland.
As of September 2022, the station has a weekly audi ...
in
Clydebank,
Forth 1
Forth 1 is an Independent Local Radio station based in Edinburgh, Scotland, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Edinburgh, Lothian and Fife.
As of September 2022, the station has a weekly audience o ...
in
Edinburgh
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,
Tay FM
Tay FM is an Independent Local Radio station serving Dundee, Perth and Tayside in Scotland. The station is owned by and operated by Bauer and forms part of the Hits Radio network.
As of September 2022, the station has a weekly audience of 129, ...
in
Dundee and
Hits Radio in Manchester.
The station's local presenters are Jeff Diack and Lauren Mitchell (''Northsound 1 Breakfast'').
Northsound 1 - DJs
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News and sport
Northsound 1 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, traffic and business bulletins.
National bulletins from Sky News Radio
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are carried overnight with networked Scottish bulletins at weekends, produced from Radio Clyde's newsroom in Clydebank.
Extended sports coverage airs under the ''Superscoreboard'' banner on Saturday afternoons.
See also
* Northsound 2
Northsound 2 is an Independent Local radio station based in Aberdeen, Scotland, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Greatest Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Aberdeenshire.
As of September 2022, the station has a weekly audience ...
* Northsound Radio
Northsound Radio was the name for the original Independent Local Radio station broadcast from Aberdeen and serving the North East of Scotland. In 1995, the station split to become two separate stations.
History
Until summer 1981, the only loc ...
References
External links
Northsound 1
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Bauer Radio
Hits Radio
Radio stations in Aberdeen
Radio stations established in 1981