Radio Scotland
Broadcast area	Scotland
First air date	1976
Frequency	FM: 92-95 MHz MW: 810 kHz DAB Freeview: 719 (Scotland Only) Virgin Media: 930 Sky: 0116 Online:
Format	News, Music, Sport, Talk
Owner	BBC Scotland
Website	www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

BBC Radio Scotland is BBC Scotland's national radio network, broadcasting since 1976 on 92-95 FM and 810 medium wave. It now also broadcasts on DAB Digital Radio, digital television and the internet, through RealNetworks' RealPlayer and Windows Media Player. In common with many other BBC radio stations, the overwhelming majority of programmes are now available on demand through the listen again feature [1]. Image File history File links Radioscotlandlogo. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Scotland. ... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity(English) Wha daur meddle wi me? (Scots)[1] Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots[2] Government  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... FreQuency is a music video game developed by Harmonix and published by SCEI. It was released in November 2001. ... The abbreviations FM, Fm, and fm may refer to: Electrical engineering Frequency modulation (FM) and its most common applications: FM broadcasting, used primarily to broadcast music and speech at VHF frequencies FM synthesis, a sound-generation technique popularized by early digital synthesizers Science Femtometre (fm), an SI measure of length... MegaHertz (MHz) is the name given to one million (106) Hertz, a measure of frequency. ... Mediumwave radio transmissions serves as the most common band for broadcasting. ... Official DAB logo, found on compliant devices Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB), also known as Eureka 147, is a technology for broadcasting of audio using digital radio transmission. ... Freeviews retro logo Freeview is a brand name, owned by DTV Services Ltd. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... Online means being connected to the Internet or another similar electronic network, like a bulletin board system. ... A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. ... For other uses, see News (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... Talk can refer to: Look up talk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... BBC Scotland (BBC Alba in Gaelic) is a constituent part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the publicly-funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... BBC Scotland (BBC Alba in Gaelic) is a constituent part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the publicly-funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... A radio station is an audio (sound) broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Frequency modulation (FM) is a form of modulation which represents information as variations in the instantaneous frequency of a carrier wave. ... Mediumwave radio transmissions serves as the most common band for broadcasting. ... Official DAB logo, found on compliant devices Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB), also known as Eureka 147, is a technology for broadcasting of audio using digital radio transmission. ... Digital television (DTV) is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound by means of digital signals, in contrast to analog signals used by analog (traditional) TV. DTV uses digital modulation data, which is digitally compressed and requires decoding by a specially designed television set, or a... RealNetworks NASDAQ: RNWK is a provider of Internet media delivery software and services based in Seattle, United States. ... RealPlayer is a media player, created by RealNetworks, that plays a number of multimedia formats including MP3, MPEG-4, QuickTime, and Windows Media formats as well as multiple versions of proprietary RealAudio and RealVideo codecs. ... Windows Media Player (WMP) is a digital media player and media library application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing audio, video and images on personal computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system, as well as on Pocket PC and Windows Mobile-based devices. ...

History

See the main article BBC Home Service

Radio Scotland was founded in 1978. It replaced the old "Radio 4 Scotland" (previously the Scottish Home Service) when Radio 4 became a fully national network and moved from medium wave to long wave. Opt-out stations had previously been established in 1975 in Inverness and Aberdeen, and these continued while others were developed in Dumfries, Selkirk, Orkney and Shetland. Today, news bulletin opt-outs continue from the first four, while Orkney and Shetland provide more extensive programming as community opt-outs from Radio Scotland. The most famous — and controversial — head of Radio Scotland in recent years was James Boyle. The BBC Home Service was the original name for Radio 4 and was on the air from 1939 until 30 September 1967. ... Inverness (Inbhir Nis in Scottish Gaelic) is the only city in the Highland council area and the Highlands of Scotland. ... For other uses, see Aberdeen (disambiguation). ... The Buccleuch St Bridge Devorgilla Bridge Overlooking Dumfries The Old Bridge House Dumfries ((IPA: ) pronounced dum-freece, not dum-fries) (Dùn Phris in Scottish Gaelic) is a Royal Burgh and town with a population of around 31,146 (37,846 including the Locharbriggs and Cargenbridge areas). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Orkney (sometimes known as the Orkney Islands) is an archipelago in northern Scotland, situated 10 miles north of the coast of Caithness. ... Shetland (formerly spelled Zetland, from etland, Scottish Gaelic: ) formerly called Hjaltland, is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. ... James Boyle is one of the leading public figures in the British arts world, with a long track record in broadcasting in particular. ...

Programmes

The station broadcasts a wide range of shows including news, debate, music and sport commentaries. For other uses, see News (disambiguation). ... Debate (North American English) or debating (British English) is a formal method of interactive and position representational argument. ... For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ...

News

Along with regular, mostly hourly, bulletins, Radio Scotland broadcasts a wide range of news and current affairs programming. The one constant in the schedule is that weekdays begin with Good Morning Scotland from 0600 to 0850, providing regular news bulletins, serious political interviews and in-depth reports in a manner similar to Radio 4's Today programme, but from a Scottish perspective, and including travel news every 15 minutes. There is also lunchtime news programme Scotland Live between 12 noon and 13.15 every weekday. Today, sometimes referred to as the Today programme to avoid ambiguity, is BBC Radio 4s long-running early morning news and current affairs programme, which is now broadcast from 6am to 9am from Monday to Friday and from 7am to 9am on Saturdays. ...

Sport

As with Radio Five Live nationally, Radio Scotland carries most, if not all, of the major sporting events linked to its coverage area. It holds exclusive rights to the Scottish Premier League and operates its Sportsound programme on a multitude of frequencies on Saturdays when games are being played. Other sporting events that can be heard on Radio Scotland include both of Scotland's domestic football cup competitions, Scotland football internationals and European games affecting Scottish teams and the rugby union Six Nations championships. Alongside the live action sports programmes, Radio Scotland also produces popular sporting shows such as football fanzine Off the Ball, phone-in forum Your Call with Jim Traynor and the multi-sports programme Sports Weekly, presented by former Scotland rugby player, John Beattie. BBC Radio Five Live is the BBCs radio service providing live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries. ... The Scottish Premier League (SPL) is the top division within the current structure of football in Scotland. ... Sportsound is BBC Radio Scotlands main radio sports show. ... The term Six Nations can refer to: The six nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, a union of Native American/First Nations tribes. ... Off the ball is an irreverent football show broadcast twice a week on BBC Radio Scotland. ...

Presenters

Radio Scotland presenters include:

• Iain Anderson
• Derek Bateman
• John Beattie - Sports Weekly on Saturdays & Rugby programming
• Bryan Burnett
• Colin McAllister & Justin Ryan
• Stuart Cosgrove
• Tam Cowan
• Stephen Duffy
• Claire English
• Archie Fisher
• Janice Forsyth
• Isabel Fraser
• Vic Galloway
• Richard Gordon
• Mary-Ann Kennedy
• Juliet Lawrence-Wilson
• Fred MacAulay
• Colin MacKay
• Jamie McDougall
• Freida Morrison
• Tom Morton
• Shereen Nanjiani
• Lesley Riddoch
• Gary Robertson
• Robbie Shepherd
• Edi Stark
• Mark Stephen
• Mhari Stuart
• Jim Traynor - Host of Your Call and regular Sportsound pundit
• Colin West

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• Ken Bruce
• Jimmy Mack
• Kenneth Roy
• Ken Sykora

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Opt-outs

There are also several opt-out services on BBC Radio Scotland. BBC Radio Shetland and BBC Radio Orkney both provide local news as well as music and entertainment for Shetland and Orkney. There are local news updates around 4 or 5 times a day for the Highlands and Islands, the North East, the South West and the Borders of Scotland. BBC Radio Shetland is an opt-out service of BBC Radio Scotland, covering the Shetland Islands, Scotland It has two programs broadcast on BBC Radio Scotlands Shetland frequency (92. ... BBC Radio Orkney is a radio station based in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland. ... The Shetland Islands, also called Shetland (archaically spelled Zetland) formerly called Hjaltland, comprise one of 32 council areas of Scotland. ... The Orkney Islands, usually called simply Orkney, are one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. ...

External links

• BBC Radio Scotland at bbc.co.uk
• Media UK - BBC Radio Scotland