BBC Radio Scotland
Scottish national radio station / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the BBC radio station. For the earlier offshore radio station, see Radio Scotland.
BBC Radio Scotland is a Scottish national radio network owned and operated by BBC Scotland, a division of the BBC. It broadcasts a wide variety of programmes. It replaced the Scottish BBC Radio 4 opt-out service of the same name from 23 November 1978.[1]
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Quick Facts Broadcast area, Frequency ...
Broadcast area | Scotland[lower-alpha 1] |
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Frequency | FM: 92.5–94.7 MHz AM: 810 kHz DAB: 11B, 11C and 12D Freeview: 711 (Scotland only) Freesat: 712 Sky: 0116 (UK only) Virgin Media: 930 |
RDS | BBC Scot |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Format | News, music, sport, talk |
Ownership | |
Owner | BBC |
Operator | BBC Scotland |
History | |
First air date | 23 November 1978; 45 years ago (1978-11-23) |
Former frequencies | 585 MW |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | Ofcom |
Links | |
Webcast | BBC Sounds |
Website | bbc |
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Radio Scotland is broadcast in English, whilst sister station Radio nan Gàidheal broadcasts in Scottish Gaelic.
According to RAJAR, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 801,000 and has a listening share of 5.8% as of March 2024.[2]