Radio Forth was launched on 22 January 1975 by current chairman Richard Findlay. His opening speech included "This, for the very first time is Radio Forth". Steve Hamilton was the first on-air presenter, hosting the breakfast show.[2]
In 1990, Forth was forced to create a new station on its AM frequency. Before this, Radio Forth was broadcast as a single station on both FM and AM frequencies. The FM station was renamed Radio Forth RFM (later simplified to Forth FM) with Donny Hughes broadcasting the first Breakfast Show from the newly revamped Studio F in Forth House. The new AM station became "Max AM" which was later renamed Forth AM to match its sister station.
In 2000, both stations were relaunched as 97.3 Forth One and 1548 Forth 2. Forth 2 was redesigned as an adult contemporary music station while Forth One continued to play Top 40 songs for the 35s and under.
Radio Forth was owned by Scottish Radio Holdings until 3 June 2005 when British media group EMAP took over. In January 2008, EMAP Radio was sold to Bauer and the radio division was renamed Bauer Radio. Ownership changes have led to more networked programming on the station.
On Friday 17 June 2022, Forth 1 broadcast from their studios at Forth House for the final time. During the breakfast show at 7.45 the station played a farewell montage before walking to their new studios at St James Quarter where the first link was broadcast just after 8am.[3] The first song played from the new studios was 'New Emotion' by The Time Frequency.
ProgrammingEdit
Local programming 'Boogie in the Morning' is produced and broadcast from Radio Forth's Edinburgh studios based within St James Quarter shopping centre from 6am-10am Monday-Friday. The station also produces networked programming on Saturday mornings - Boogie and Arlene, also The Big Saturday Football Show with Steven Mill & Ewen Cameron and Sunday Evenings with Micky Gavin.
Forth 1 and sister station Greatest Hits Radio Edinburgh, Lothians and Fife, broadcast from studios in St James Quarter in Edinburgh city centre, since 2022
NewsEdit
Forth 1 broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays and from 7am to 1pm at weekends. 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.
forth, independent, local, radio, station, based, edinburgh, scotland, owned, operated, bauer, part, hits, radio, network, broadcasts, edinburgh, lothian, fife, logo, used, since, 2015, edinburghunited, kingdombroadcast, areaedinburgh, lothian, fifefrequencyfm. Forth 1 is an Independent Local Radio station based in Edinburgh Scotland owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network It broadcasts to Edinburgh Lothian and Fife Forth 1Logo used since 2015 EdinburghUnited KingdomBroadcast areaEdinburgh Lothian and FifeFrequencyFM 102 2 MHzFM 97 3 MHzFM 97 6 MHzDAB 12DRDSFORTH1BrandingAcross Edinburgh The Lothians and FifeProgrammingFormatCHR PopNetworkHits RadioOwnershipOwnerBauer Media Audio UKOperatorRadio ForthSister stationsGreatest Hits Radio Edinburgh Lothians and FifeHistoryFirst air date22 January 1975 1975 01 22 48 years ago LinksWebcastRadioplayerWebsiteForth 1As of June 2023 the station has a weekly audience of 361 000 listeners according to RAJAR 1 Contents 1 History 2 Programming 2 1 News 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory Edit nbsp Forth 1 logo used from 2013 to 2015 Radio Forth was launched on 22 January 1975 by current chairman Richard Findlay His opening speech included This for the very first time is Radio Forth Steve Hamilton was the first on air presenter hosting the breakfast show 2 In 1990 Forth was forced to create a new station on its AM frequency Before this Radio Forth was broadcast as a single station on both FM and AM frequencies The FM station was renamed Radio Forth RFM later simplified to Forth FM with Donny Hughes broadcasting the first Breakfast Show from the newly revamped Studio F in Forth House The new AM station became Max AM which was later renamed Forth AM to match its sister station In 2000 both stations were relaunched as 97 3 Forth One and 1548 Forth 2 Forth 2 was redesigned as an adult contemporary music station while Forth One continued to play Top 40 songs for the 35s and under Radio Forth was owned by Scottish Radio Holdings until 3 June 2005 when British media group EMAP took over In January 2008 EMAP Radio was sold to Bauer and the radio division was renamed Bauer Radio Ownership changes have led to more networked programming on the station On Friday 17 June 2022 Forth 1 broadcast from their studios at Forth House for the final time During the breakfast show at 7 45 the station played a farewell montage before walking to their new studios at St James Quarter where the first link was broadcast just after 8am 3 The first song played from the new studios was New Emotion by The Time Frequency Programming EditLocal programming Boogie in the Morning is produced and broadcast from Radio Forth s Edinburgh studios based within St James Quarter shopping centre from 6am 10am Monday Friday The station also produces networked programming on Saturday mornings Boogie and Arlene also The Big Saturday Football Show with Steven Mill amp Ewen Cameron and Sunday Evenings with Micky Gavin Forth 1 also airs networked programming from Clyde 1 in Glasgow Tay FM in Dundee and Hits Radio in Manchester nbsp Forth 1 and sister station Greatest Hits Radio Edinburgh Lothians and Fife broadcast from studios in St James Quarter in Edinburgh city centre since 2022News Edit Forth 1 broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays and from 7am to 1pm at weekends 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 See also EditRadio Forth Greatest Hits Radio Edinburgh Lothians amp FifeReferences Edit RAJAR www rajar co uk Retrieved 30 June 2022 Radio mogul Findlay adds loss making Original 106 to his stable scotsman com Retrieved 21 July 2015 Forth 1 breakfast show team walk to their new Edinburgh radio home RadioToday 18 June 2022 Retrieved 19 June 2022 External links EditForth 1 Live feed Public file55 57 28 N 3 11 12 W 55 95778 N 3 18667 W 55 95778 3 18667 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Forth 1 amp oldid 1168514363, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
