West FM
Radio station in Clydebank, United Kingdom
- Clydebank
- United Kingdom
97.5 MHz
106.7 MHz
DAB: 11B
Sister stations
Greatest Hits Radio Dumfries & Galloway
First air date
West FM is an Independent Local Radio station based in Glasgow, Scotland, owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Ayrshire and South West Scotland.
As of December 2023, the station has a weekly audience of 93,000 listeners according to RAJAR.[1]
Programming
Local programming is currently produced and broadcast from West FM's studios in Clydebank from 6am-10am on weekdays and 6-9am on Saturdays. The station's local presenters are Ali Wright and Michael Smith (weekday breakfast) and Amber Zoe (Saturday breakfast).[2]
At all other times, West FM airs networked programming from Clyde 1 in Clydebank, Forth 1 in Edinburgh Tay FM in Dundee and Hits Radio in Manchester.
On Monday 10 July 2017, West FM ceased broadcasting from Ayr and moved its studio output to Clyde 1's Clydebank studios. The station retains its local breakfast, albeit presented from Clydebank, with news, sales and charity staff based in Prestwick.[3]
News and Sport
West FM broadcasts local news bulletins hourly. Headlines are broadcast on the half hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside sport and traffic bulletins.
National bulletins from Sky News Radio are carried overnight with bespoke networked Scottish bulletins at weekends, produced from Radio Clyde's newsroom in Clydebank.
References
External links
- Official website
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- Hits Radio London
- Hits Radio Manchester
- Liverpool
- Lancashire
- Cumbria
- Clyde 1
- Forth 1
- MFR
- Northsound 1
- Tay FM
- West FM
- Hits Radio Bournemouth & Poole
- Hits Radio Bristol & The South West
- Hits Radio Oxfordshire
55°14′37″N 4°51′19″W / 55.243717°N 4.855249°W / 55.243717; -4.855249
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