Radio Borders
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| Broadcast area | Scottish Borders and North Northumberland |
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| Slogan | The Best Music |
| Frequency | 102.3 MHz, 103.4 MHz, 103.1 MHz, 96.8 MHz, Online |
| First air date | January 22, 1990 |
| Format | Contemporary |
| Audience share | 31.5% (September 2007, [1]) |
| Owner | Bauer Radio |
| Website | www.radioborders.com |
Radio Borders is a radio station broadcasting to the Scottish Borders and North Northumberland.
The station has one of the highest listening rates (linked to the population) amongst all UK local radio stations. Radio Borders regularly broadcast news, weather and traffic information. Its music format consists of classic hits and music from the '60s right through to today's music. It is part of the Big City Network.
Stuart McCulloch is the Managing Director of Radio Borders. The station broadcasts a simulcast of 1548 Forth 2 at 10pm from Sunday to Thursday, from 1am on Saturday mornings, and from midnight on Saturday evenings.
On January 22, 2008, the station celebrated its 18th birthday on air by playing retro jingles, and bringing back rested features such as the Teuchter Tune, the Name Game, and Beat the Beat, for one day only. The celebrations were kicked off at 6 a.m. with "Wired for Sound" by Cliff Richard, which was the very first song to be played on Radio Borders when it opened on January 22, 1990.
[edit] Popular time slots
[edit] Breakfast (Mon - Fri 6am - 9am)
Presented by Keith Clarkson it has travel updates, news every half hour and sport at 8,30am. Also, a competition called Cashphrase is played where listeners hear a celebrity soundbite and have to guess the word which has been bleeped out. The prize fund starts at £20 and rises by £10 for each day that it is not guessed correctly. The lines open at 7.45 each morning for 15 minutes, with the game played at 8.10.
[edit] Drivetime (Mon - Thu 4pm - 7pm, Fri 4pm - 6pm)
Drivetime is presented by Paul Brownlee and has travel, news and sport updates as well as great music to drive home with. A new feature has been introduced called 'The Teatime Tease' whereby a question, usually trivia or percentage based, is asked with listeners invited to call, text or e-mail with an answer. There's also the 'Stairway to Seven' from 6.30pm (not Friday) which is similar to an earler feature called 'The Music Ladder', This was moved/renamed when Drivetime reverted back to its original 4pm - 7pm timeslot.
From 5pm on a Friday the show is dual branded as 'Part of The Radio Borders Weekend'
[edit] The 18th Floor (Sat 9am - 12 noon)
Presented by Stuart McCulloch from the fictional '18th Floor' of Radio Borders studio complex, the show features the very popular 'Wedding Spot' where cards are read out for weddings taking place on that day. One bride is usually selected to join Stuart for a chat (the bride and groom winning a hotel stay as a prize for being featured on the show). The other features of the show include competitions with some 'interesting' prizes and music and chat unique to Stuart's style of presenting and personality.
[edit] Saturday Sports Live (Sat 2pm - 6pm)
Saturday Sports Live is on Saturdays between 2 - 6pm. It has had various presenters over the years, including Rod Webster, Peter Martin (now with Radio Clyde), Hugh Brown, David Forbes and Stuart McCafferty. Its current presenter is weekday breakfast show host, Keith Clarkson.
Managing director and presenter Stuart McCulloch is the main commentator for Saturday Sports Live through the Scottish Premier rugby season. The programme features games involving Borders teams in Premiers 1, 2 and 3, with commentators at the top two or three games - usually home games, or border derbies. Commentators at other games have included former Gala RFC player Mark Moncreff, and resident stats man, Stuart McFarlane. Reporters also provide cover from away games and from matches involving Berwick Rangers. A comprehensive local and national results service is also provided.
[edit] Paul Brownlee's Floorfillers (Sat 6pm - 9pm)
Although technically one show, Paul Brownlee's floorfillers was essentially two shows joined together. From 6pm until 7.30pm there were big songs from the charts of today - mostly dance tracks but also including dance mixes of other non-dance songs and occasional mash-ups. From 7.30pm until 9pm the show concentrated on classic dance (Old Skool) usually playing popular dance songs from 1988 to around 1994 but occasionally a year or two either side. Such artists in this section of the show included Hawick band QFX and Scots dance act The Time Frequency to international acts including Moby, Black Box and Technotronic. The 'Old Skool' part of the show was said to have been inspired by Paul's experiences as a mobile disco/club DJ and also the Radio Forth shows of the late Tom Wilson.
[edit] The Radio Borders Rock Show (Sat 9pm - 12 midnight)
Presented by Richard Thorburn. The show is a mix of all time rock anthems and songs from modern day rock acts covering everything from radio rock & pop punk to hardcore & metal and everything in between. Show playlists can be found on www.myspace.com/rockshowrich.
There are occasional artist interviews and music from local rock bands as well as news on local and national gigs and tours. Richard is also involved in a local rock music night under the banner of "The Red Room" in which local bands are promoted and put on with the best in new rock bands. Artists who've played at the Red Room include Beyond All Reason, Glamour Of The Kill, Serpico, I-Def-I, Anata, Immanis & Exit Ten. The show is used as a way to promote these gigs and to promote the bands who play at them too.
[edit] Golden Brown (Sun 10am - 1pm)
Presented by Hugh Brown. The show plays 'golden oldies' from the 60's to the mid 90's and features two classic top tens and other music-related features as well as occasional interviews and competitions.
[edit] Current Presenters and timeslots
Keith Clarkson (Breakfast & Saturday afternoon)
Stuart McCulloch (Mid-Morning and The 18th Floor)
Richard Thorburn (Afternoons and The Rock Show)
Paul Brownlee (Drivetime and Floorfillers)
Vanessa Motion (Evenings and Sunday afternoon)
Alex Boyd (Weeknights*)
Rory Macleod (Friday night)
Bobby Taylor (Saturday breakfast)
Paul Richardson (The Saturday Jukebox)
Richard Pacey (Sunday breakfast)
Hugh "Golden" Brown (Sunday mid-morning)
Lynsey Paterson and the Wired team (Sunday early-evening)
Karin Ingram (Sunday evening)
- simulcast from Forth 2
[edit] News
Comprehensive news bulletins are broadcast hourly throughout the day with additional local reports at 7.30am, 8.30am, 4.30pm and 5.30pm.
The news team consists of:
Mark Wilson
Paul Robertson
Max Steele
Ryan Gilbert
Clare Reilly
Richard Lumgair
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