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Croozer · 14th Feb 2020, 10:24 pm

I know its maybe not fashionable to say in a world when teenagers traditonally enjoy wall to wall music but the BBC's Radio Scotland has been the cornerstone of my listening throughout my life. I can only just remeber it getting its own identity and separating from R4 in 1977 (i was 5) but it has been there, rock solid and dependable in the middle of the dial at 370m MW (retune to VHF to avoid sport!). Every day started -and still does -with Good Morning Scotland (which predates R4's 'Today' programme).

I did listen to night time Luxy (Great on 208!) and the fading crackles of Radio Forth (194 stays close to you all day) but its somehow reassuring to know that even at the extremes of the country, if you wait until dark, you can usually hear the 10pm news, however faint, just as its been since the Westerglen TX was built 1932; its even been on the same place on the dial (allowing a minor 20m creep in 1948).

Living heritage. Long may it continue!

14th Feb 2020, 10:24 pm	#108
Croozer Pentode Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Posts: 110	Re: Favourite Radio Stations past and present. I know its maybe not fashionable to say in a world when teenagers traditonally enjoy wall to wall music but the BBC's Radio Scotland has been the cornerstone of my listening throughout my life. I can only just remeber it getting its own identity and separating from R4 in 1977 (i was 5) but it has been there, rock solid and dependable in the middle of the dial at 370m MW (retune to VHF to avoid sport!). Every day started -and still does -with Good Morning Scotland (which predates R4's 'Today' programme). I did listen to night time Luxy (Great on 208!) and the fading crackles of Radio Forth (194 stays close to you all day) but its somehow reassuring to know that even at the extremes of the country, if you wait until dark, you can usually hear the 10pm news, however faint, just as its been since the Westerglen TX was built 1932; its even been on the same place on the dial (allowing a minor 20m creep in 1948). Living heritage. Long may it continue!