Slogan Clyde 1: Your Music, Your LifeClyde 2: The Greatest HitsClyde 3: The HitsClyderocks: Best Rock and Sport for Glasgow and the West Frequency Clyde 1: 97.0/102.3/102.5/103.3 MHzClyde 2: 1152 kHzAll services on DAB: 11C Format Clyde 1: Hot ACClyde 2: Adult contemporary and classicsClyde 3: Contemporary hit radioClyde Rocks: Sport and Rock | ||
Radio Clyde is a group of four Independent Local Radio stations serving Glasgow and West Central Scotland. Radio Clyde is owned and operated by Bauer Radio, based at studios in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire and forms part of Bauer's City network of local stations.
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History
Radio Clyde began broadcasting as the commercial radio station in Scotland at 10.30pm on Monday 31 December 1973. first ILR station outside London on 261 metres medium wave and 95.1 FM (later moving to 102.5 FM). The station's studios were originally located at the Anderston Centre complex within Glasgow city centre, but moved to its current site at Clydebank in 1983. The original slogan was Radio Clyde, 261, all together now.
Radio Clyde's output was split into two distinct services on Friday 12 August 1988 with the launch of a separate Clyde FM service carrying chart music at weekends. The split became permanent on Wednesday 3 January 1990 with the AM service carrying a classic hits format.
Radio Clyde was controlled by Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) until 2005, when the company was acquired by Emap. It changed hands again in 2008 when Emap sold their consumer magazines and radio business units to current owner Bauer Media.
A third service was launched on Monday 19 January 2015 as Clyde 3, carrying a locally branded version of The Hits on DAB with opt-outs for local news, traffic and advertising.
A fourth station Clyde Rocks was launched as a 30-day trial on Wednesday 20th April 2016, with the intention of the outcome of the trial being used to form a bid for a the 96.3 FM radio license which had recently been vacated by its former operator, XFM Scotland. Ultimately, however, Bauer Radio were unsuccessful in their bid, and, the license was awarded by Ofcom to another bidder, Rock Radio.
Notable past presenters include Paul Coia, Ken Sykora, Richard Park, Tiger Tim Stevens, Mark Goodier, Tom Russell who presented the long running Friday Night Rock Show and Dougie Donnelly. BBC Breakfast anchor Bill Turnbull began his career in journalism at the station.
Present
Radio Clyde forms one of Bauer's main radio production centres. As well as local programming for Glasgow and the West of Scotland - predominantly on Clyde 1 - the station also produces networked programming for the three City networks in Scotland and northern England.
The station's newsroom is also one of the largest in commercial radio, producing local and national bulletins as well as extensive sports coverage, including live football commentaries and a nightly phone-in under the Superscoreboard banner.