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Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Edinburgh - Scott Wilson axed by Forth bosses (726 words) |
 | The Radio Forth presenter, who had been working as the station's deputy programme controller, has been told by bosses that they are making his post redundant. |
 | Radio Forth was the only station that Emap owned which had a deputy programme controller and I stuck out like a sore thumb. |
 | He famously compered the radio coverage of Hearts' Scottish Cup winners parade earlier this year and, among the countless interviews with celebrities he has performed for the station, he said that he classed an on-air chat with David Bowie as the "definitive highlight" of his career. |
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Radio Forth 194 - Close To You, Edinburgh, Radio History (3446 words) |
 | 'Forth Country' is an expression that rolls freely from the lips of hundreds of thousands of people and is perhaps an indication of the warmth and friendship that has developed between the audience and the station. |
 | But we made it and when Radio Forth was heard for the very first time it was through the ingenuity of our Chief Engineer who, at the last minute, had discovered a cable break and was holding the two parts firmly together in his hands while mouthing a prayer as the clock struck six. |
 | Radio Forth's first five years in programming terms was to establish a rapport with the community Its function over the next five years is to preserve that rapport while achieving an even greater voice for the community. |