Tay FM

Tay FM

City of license	Dundee, Perth
Broadcast area	Tayside
Slogan	More Hit Music
Frequency	102.8 MHz (Dundee), 96.4 MHz (Perth), DAB, Online
First air date	9 January 1995
Format	Hot AC
Audience share	17.9% (March 2011, )
Owner	Bauer Radio
Website	www.tayfm.co.uk

Tay FM is an Independent Local Radio station commercial local radio station serving Dundee, Perth and the general Tayside area in Scotland. The station is owned & operated by Bauer Radio and forms part of Bauer's Place Network of stations. Tay FM's playlist consists of current chart music and classic hits from the last 20 years.

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 FM and Tay AM. Both stations now also broadcast on DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting – i.e. Digital Radio) and over the internet via their respective websites.

Tay FM broadcasts on a main transmitter in Angus on 102.8 MHz, with relays on 96.4Mhz in Perth and on the same frequency at the Tay Bridge, It is the more contemporary of the two stations.

Programming

Weekdays

Time	Main presenter(s)/programme	Location
0100 – 0600	Adrian Coll	Glasgow
0600 – 1000	Wake Up with Webster: Stuart Webster	Dundee
1000 – 1400	Mike Richardson
1400 – 1500	Tay FM Takeover (automated)
1500 – 1900	John Milne
1900 – 2200	In:Demand with Romeo	Glasgow
2200 – 0100	Late Night Gina McKie

Friday variations

Time	Main presenter/programme	Location
0100 - 0600	Kevin Cameron	Glasgow
2200 - 0100	Friday Night Floorfillers with Krystle	Edinburgh

Saturday

Time	Main presenter(s)/programme	Location
0100 – 0600	Kevin Cameron	Glasgow
0600 – 0900	Yazz's Saturday Breakfast Show	Dundee
0900 – 1200	Boogie & Dingo	Edinburgh
1200 - 1400	Scotland's Hot 20: Mark Martin
1400 - 1800	Euan Notman	Dundee
1800 - 2200	John Milne
2200 – 0100	Saturday Night with Krystle	Edinburgh

Sunday

Time	Main presenter(s)/programme	Location
0100 – 0600	Kevin Cameron	Glasgow
0600 – 0900	Mark Martin
0900 - 1200	Robin Galloway
1200 – 1600	Mike Richardson	Dundee
1600 – 1900	The Vodafone Freebees Big Top 40: Rich Clarke & Kat Shoob	Leicester Square, London
1900 – 2200	In:Demand Uncut with Jim Gellatly	Glasgow
2200 - 0100	Late Night Gina McKie

From 7pm to 6am on Sunday - Friday nights and from 10pm to 6am on Saturdays, programming is broadcast from the studios of Clyde 1 in Glasgow and simulcast with all other Bauer-owned FM stations in Scotland. A Saturday morning show, Boogie and Dingo, is simulcast on Tay FM, Clyde 1, Radio Borders, West FM, West Sound FM and Forth 1 from Radio Forth's Edinburgh studios.

News and Sport

Tay FM employs a team of four broadcast journalists.

News bulletins are broadcast on the hour every weekday between 6am-7pm and 10pm-2am with supplementary headlines on the half hour during Breakfast and Drivetime shows. On Saturdays, bulletins are broadcast every hour between 6am-6pm and 10pm-2am. On Sundays, bulletins are broadcast every hour between 6am-2pm and 10pm-2am with further bulletins at 4pm and 7pm.

Sports bulletins are aired during breakfast, lunchtime and drivetime shows.

News staff

Head of News
Alan Smith

Sports Editor
Gavin Butler

Broadcast Journalists
Craig Hamilton

AJ Jenkins

Management

Station Director
Gary Robinson

Head of News
Alan Smith

Head of Sport
Gavin Butler

Head of Music
Dave Connor

Advertising Sales Director
Ian Reilly

Sponsorship and Promotions Manager
Michael Coughlin

See also

• Tay AM
• Radio Tay

References

External links

• Official web site - Tay FM