Westsound is an

Independent Local Radio Independent Local Radio is the collective name given to 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 Communications Act 2003, ...

station based in

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

, 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 Ra ...

Network. It broadcasts to

Ayrshire Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, ) is a historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Re ...

and

South West Scotland South West Scotland is an ambiguous term that can include Ayrshire, Galloway, Dumfriesshire, the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, as well as Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire. However the inclusion or exclusion of these areas is to an extent arbitrary: the only ...

. As of September 2022, the station has a weekly audience of 64,000 listeners according to RAJAR.

Programming

All of Westsound's programming is carried from

'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 week ...

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 Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...

Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

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 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 of ...

in Aberdeen and West Sound in Ayrshire and

Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...

News

Westsound 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 ar ...

are carried overnight with bespoke networked Scottish bulletins at weekends, produced from

Radio Clyde Radio Clyde is a group of two Independent Local Radio stations serving Glasgow and West Central Scotland. Radio Clyde is owned and operated by Bauer, based at studios in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire and forms part of Bauer's Hits Radio and Gr ...

's newsroom in Clydebank. Presenters Ewen Cameron (Ewen & Cat At Breakfast) Cat Harvey (Ewen & Cat At Breakfast) Paul Carlin (Ewen & Cat At Breakfast, Saturday Afternoon) Stuart Webster (Weekday Daytime) Keith Clarkson (Sunday Breakfast) Alan Edwards (Afternoon Anthems, Home Run and Saturday Breakfast) Andy Crane (Late Night) Alex Lester (Weekday Overnights) Mark Goodier (Greatest Hits Superstars, Smash Hits Chart Show) Des Paul (Rhythm Of The Night) Tony Dibbin (Weekend Overnight) Gavin Pearson (Saturday Morning) Paul Gammobachini (America's Greatest Hits) Kate Thornton (House Party) Boogie (Boogie Nights) Fred MacAulay (Sunday Morning) Simon Mayo (The Album Show) Arlene Stuart (Sunday Evening)

External links

* Bauer Radio Greatest Hits Radio Radio stations in Scotland Radio stations established in 1981 {{Scotland-radio-station-stub