Northsound 2 is an
Independent Local radio station
Independent Local Radio is the collective name given to Commercial broadcasting, commercial radio stations in the United Kingdom. As a result of the buyouts and mergers permitted by the Broadcasting Act 1990, and deregulation resulting from the ...
based in
Aberdeen
Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...
, Scotland, owned and operated by
Bauer as part of the
Greatest Hits Radio
Greatest Hits Radio is a classic hits radio network in the United Kingdom, owned and operated by Bauer.
Overview
The network launched on 5 January 2015 as the "Bauer City 2 Network", and rebranded on 7 January 2019 due to the success of Rad ...
network. It broadcasts to
Aberdeenshire.
As of September 2022, the station has a weekly audience of 24,000 weekly listeners according to
RAJAR
Radio Joint Audience Research Limited (RAJAR) was established in 1992 to operate a single audience measurement system for the radio industry in the United Kingdom. RAJAR is jointly owned by the BBC and RadioCentre. RAJAR's predecessor was call ...
.
History
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 ...
commenced broadcasting at 6am 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
Northsound 1 is an Independent Local Radio station based in Aberdeen, Scotland, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Glasgow and North Scotland
As of September 2022, the station has a weekly audienc ...
'' and ''Northsound 2''. 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).
On 3 June 2013, station owners Bauer Radio announced that Northsound 2 would axe its one remaining local programme, the weekday breakfast show which was presented by John McRuvie, and replace it with a networked show hosted by
Robin Galloway
Robin Galloway (born 18 December 1961) is a Scottish radio and TV broadcaster currently on air at Pure Radio Scotland as breakfast host. Robin hosts the Robin Galloway Breakfast Show on Pure Radio weekday mornings from 06:00 and is also Group ...
from Monday 1 July 2013 across all of Bauer's network of AM stations in Scotland. The station became part of the
Bauer City 2 network (since rebranded as Greatest Hits Radio) upon its launch on Monday 5 January 2015.
On Tuesday 3 April 2018, Northsound 2 ceased broadcasting on 1035 AM and became a digital-only station on DAB and online. It is the first commercial radio station in Scotland - and the first of Bauer's local stations - to cease analogue broadcasting in favour of a digital switchover.
Northsound 2 to switch off AM radio service
Radio Today, 8 March 2018
Programming
Most of Northsound 2's programming is carried from Greatest Hits Radio's network of locally-branded Scottish stations with some off-peak output also carried from GHR's sister network in England.
Networked programming originates from the studios of Clyde 2
Clyde 2 is an Independent Local Radio station based in Glasgow, Scotland, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Greatest Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Glasgow and West Central Scotland.
As of September 2022, the station has a wee ...
in Clydebank, Forth 2
Forth 2 is an Independent Local Radio station based in Edinburgh, Scotland, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Greatest Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Edinburgh, Lothian, Fife and West Central Scotland.
As of September 2022, the ...
in Edinburgh, Tay 2
Tay 2 is an Independent Local Radio station based in Dundee, Scotland, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Greatest Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Dundee, Perth and Tayside.
As of September 2022, the station has a weekly audience ...
in Dundee and from Greatest Hits Radio's Birmingham
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, Nottingham
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, London
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and Manchester studios. Occasional programming is produced and broadcast from MFR 2
Bauer Media Audio UK is a UK-based radio division of the Bauer Media Group.
History
In early 2008, German magazine publisher Bauer bought the radio division of British company Emap, which had been established as East Midland Allied Press in ...
in Inverness, Northsound 2 in Aberdeen and West Sound in Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway
News
Northsound 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.
National bulletins from Sky News Radio
Sky News Radio is the radio arm of Sky News, owned by Sky UK. It has been operating since June 1999, providing a news bulletin service for UK commercial radio stations operators across the UK and for a number of English-speaking radio stations aro ...
are carried overnight with bespoke networked Scottish bulletins at weekends, produced from Radio Clyde's newsroom in Clydebank.
See also
*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 ...
*Northsound 1
Northsound 1 is an Independent Local Radio station based in Aberdeen, Scotland, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Glasgow and North Scotland
As of September 2022, the station has a weekly audienc ...
References
External links
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Bauer Radio
Greatest Hits Radio
Radio stations in Aberdeen
Radio stations established in 1981