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97.3 Forth One
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| 97.3 Forth One | |
| Broadcast area | Mainly Edinburgh, The Lothians and Fife |
|---|---|
| Slogan | More Hit Music |
| Frequency | 97.3 MHz, 97.6 MHz (West Lothian), 102.2 MHz (Penicuik), DAB, Online |
| First air date | 22 January 1975 |
| Format | Contemporary |
| Audience share | 13.0% (September 2007, [1]) |
| Owner | EMAP |
| Webcast | Online |
| Website | www.forthone.com |
97.3 Forth One is a United Kingdom radio station owned by Emap Radio. Currently, the station is part of the Big City Network.
Forth One broadcasts to Edinburgh, The Lothians and Fife including other areas of East Central Scotland but not intended to, and is based in Forth Street in Edinburgh’s city centre.
Forth One plays a variety of music, mainly Top 40, but older tunes are also inserted into the playlist. Weekday presenter Sam Jackson is currently head of music at Radio Forth. Station idents are voiced by Dave Kelly.
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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 who hosted the breakfast show.
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. So to overcome this, Max AM launched. The FM station was renamed Forth FM and changed to aim for the younger age group, while Max AM was designed for the 35+ range. Max AM was later renamed Forth AM to match its sister station.
In 2000, both stations were relaunched as 97.3 Forth One and 1548 FORTH2. Many changes occurred at this time including new presenters and a new jingles package. 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. Forth, however, continues to be local and mostly managed from Forth House in Edinburgh.
Forth News broadcasts bulletins regularly throughout the day (simulcast on sister station Forth 2). Paul Robertson is currently the head of news and sport at Radio Forth as well as being a regular newsreader. Max Steele as Deputy Editor, Alison Norrie, Ryan Gilbert and Claire Rielly complete the line-up.
Colin McKay, Political Editor Colin Mackay was recently awarded ‘News Reporter of the Year’ at the prestigious Independent Radio News Awards in London hosted by ITN reporter Alistair Stewart.
Forth also delivers travel and sports news to its listeners over the course of the day. With bulletins every half hour on breakfast and drive.
Current presenters at Forth One include Boogie and Grant Stott.
An alphabetical list of present presenters is below:
- Darren Adam
- Andy Bouglas ('Boogie') - Breakfast show
- Dave Connor
- Sam Jackson
- David Konov ('Dingo Dave')
- Mark Martin
- Oona McGinnis
- Jill McLaren
- Grant Stott
- Iain Waugh
- Krystle Weaver
- Yasmin Zemmoura ('Yazz')
- Station Director - Cathy Kirk
- Programme Director - Luke McCullough
- Head of Music - Sam Jackson
- Head of News & Sport - Paul Robertson
- Sales Director - Craig Lumsdaine
- Sponsorship & Promotions Manager - Mike Scott
- Chief Engineer - Douglas Paterson
- Business Analyst Director - Derek Mckinley
- Programmes Producer - Moira Miller
- Head of Marketing - Richard Muir
- Event Manager - Ritchie Jeffrey
- Website Editor - Richard Pacey