Tay AM

Tay AM

City of license	Dundee, Perth
Broadcast area	Tayside
Slogan	One great song after another
Frequency	1161 AM (Dundee), 1584 AM (Perth), DAB, Online
First air date	9 January 1995
Format	Adult contemporary and classics
Audience share	12.3% (December 2012, [1])
Owner	Bauer Radio
Website	www.tayam.co.uk

Tay AM is an Independent Local Radio station commercial local radio station serving Dundee, Perth and the general Tayside area in Scotland. The station provides adult contemporary music and classic hits, with chat, competitions, local, national and international news and sport including local weather.

History

Radio Tay commenced broadcasting on 17 October 1980 in Dundee and 14 November 1980 in Perth from the studios it still broadcasts from today at 6 North Isla Street in Dundee, near the city's Tannadice & Dens Park football stadia. The original schedule only broadcast from 6am-8pm daily.

On 9 January 1995 the station split its services/frequencies to become Tay AM and Tay FM. Both stations now also broadcast on DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting – i.e. Digital Radio) and over the internet via their respective websites.

Tay AM broadcasts on 1161 AM in Dundee and 1584 AM in Perth, and is more golden oldie than its sister station Tay FM, playing more classic hits from the past few decades, along with some of the more easy listening of modern day offerings.

Former presenters include Mark Goodier, Graham Stuart, Gerry Quinn, Kenny Page, Sheena Wellington, Ian Duncan, Dave Bussey, Norma Gamble, Pat Kelly, Scott Davie, Pete Maddison, Carl Greenwood, Grant Reid, Dave Price and Alistair Smith. A new programming schedule was launched on 15 June 2009 which introduced some networked programming across Bauer's AM network. Tay AM retains its locally-produced and presented breakfast and evening shows, and Ally Ballingall's weekday mid-morning show is now broadcast across Scotland from Radio Tay's Dundee studios. Outwith these times, programming is simulcast from other stations in the Scottish AM network.

News/Sport

Tay News currently employs four broadcast journalists with Alan Smith as Head of News and Gavin Butler as Sports Editor.

Bulletins are broadcast every hour on weekdays 6am-7pm and 10pm-2am along with news headlines at 7:30, 8:30am, 4:30pm and 5:30pm. Saturday bulletins air on the hour between 6am & 6pm and 10pm & 2am. Sunday bulletins air on the hour between 6am & 2pm and 10pm & 2am with further bulletins at 4pm and 7pm. Sport bulletins are presented daily during breakfast, lunch and drivetime.

Programming

Weekdays

Time	Main presenter(s)/programme	Location
0100 – 0600	Non Stop Tay 2 (automated)	Dundee
0600 – 1000	Wake Up with Waggy
1000 – 1400	Ally Ballingall
1400 – 1800	Gary Marshall	Glasgow
1800 - 1900	Richard Allan	Dundee
1900 - 2000	Non Stop Tay 2 (automated)
2000 - 2200	Various (see below)
2200 – 0100	Jim Symon	Glasgow

Weekday variations

Day	Time	Main presenter/programme	Location
Monday	2000 - 2200	Ian Lees	Dundee
Tuesday		Lorraine Stevenson
Wednesday		Ken Macleod
Thursday		Billy Anderson
Friday	1900 - 1930	Motoring Matters: Ally Ballingall & Lorraine Stevenson
	1930 - 2000	Non Stop Tay AM (automated)
	2000 - 2200	Alan Steadman
	2200 - 0200	Jim Symon	Glasgow

Saturday

Time	Main presenter(s)/programme	Location
0200 – 0700	Non Stop Tay 2 (automated)	Dundee
0700 - 1000	Gary Marshall	Glasgow
1000 – 1400	Waggy & Mo	Dundee
1400 - 1800	Tom Ferrie	Glasgow
1800 - 2000	Ian Lees	Dundee
2000 - 2200	Ken Macleod
2200 - 0100	Richard Allan	Glasgow

Sunday

Time	Main presenter(s)/programme	Location
0100 – 0700	Non Stop Tay 2 (automated)	Dundee
0700 – 0800	View from Here
0800 - 1100	Mike Riddoch	Glasgow
1100 - 1200	Tay Talk In: Ally Ballingall	Dundee
1200 - 1400	Bill Torrance
1400 - 1800	Tom Ferrie	Glasgow
1800 - 2200	Ward McGaughrin	Dundee
2200 - 0100	Jim Symon	Glasgow

See also

• Tay FM
• Radio Tay

References

External links

• Official web site - Tay AM