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Clyde 2

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City
  
Glasgow

First air date
  
31 December 1973

Frequency
  
MW: 1152 kHz DAB: 11C

Format
  
Easy listening

Broadcast area
  
Glasgow and West Central Scotland

Slogan
  
The Greatest Hits for Glasgow

Clyde 2 is a 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 City 2 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.

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Programming

The majority of Clyde 2's programming is broadcast among all Bauer City 2 stations, although there are separate Scottish shows at peak times, including weekday breakfast and drive time.

Clyde 2 produces much of the network's output, while other programming originates from Key 2 in Manchester, Metro Radio 2 in Newcastle, Forth 2 in Edinburgh, Tay 2 in Dundee and Bauer's headquarters at Golden Square, Soho.

News

Clyde 2 broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays, from 9am to 1pm on Saturdays and from 9am to 12pm on Sundays. 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.

References

Clyde 2 Wikipedia