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Radio station in North-West Scotland

RWR - Radio Wester Ross
North-West Scotland

Broadcast area	Wester Ross
Frequency	106.0 MHz, 106.6 MHz, 96.8 MHz & 102.2 MHz
Branding	The Music Of Your Life
Programming
Format	Local news, information, music & programmes that reflet our communities
Ownership
Owner	Community owned through Wester Ross Radio Ltd
History
First air date	22 November 2003
Technical information
ERP	0.6 kW & 2 kW (0.7 kW & 0.5 kW in the Lochbroom area)
Links
Website	radiowesterross.scot

Radio Wester Ross is the community broadcaster for the Gairloch, Loch Ewe and Lochbroom areas of Wester Ross. It broadcasts a music-led service to the communities in Wester Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland and it is the only commercial FM radio station in its area.

The station broadcasts in stereo on 106.0, 106.6 FM in the Gairloch area and on 96.8 and 102.2 FM in the Ullapool and Coigach areas.

The station is staffed by volunteers from across the area, from Gairloch to Ullapool and beyond, as well as from other areas of the Highlands and Islands, broadcasting locally-originated and syndicated shows from its own presenters and partner stations throughout the week. It offers a mix of local news and information as well as music varying widely from the 60s onwards.

The station is owned by the community and is a registered charity operating on a not-for-profit basis.

History

The station began as Two Lochs Radio which was at one time Britain's smallest commercial radio station.

In April 2008, Two Lochs Radio launched an online "Listen live" streaming service, accessible from a button on its homepage, and also in the Reciva database for Internet radios. In January 2012, Two Lochs Radio joined the large number of UK commercial and BBC stations also available via Radioplayer. It is also available via TuneIn.

In 2012, Ullapool community station Lochbroom FM started to use Two Lochs Radio as its sustaining service. In 2020, broadcasting regulator Ofcom formally transferred the Lochbroom FM licence to Wester Ross Radio Ltd, the company that also holds the Two Lochs Radio licence.

In April 2024, a rebranding took place with RWR - Radio Wester Ross (or RWR) being used instead of the Two Lochs Radio & Lochbroom FM names.

Programming

Radio Wester Ross's programme schedule includes daily breakfast and afternoon shows, plus a range of individual music and local interest programmes, including Gaelic broadcasts and recordings from local events, and shows from several other independent radio presenters. Following its rebranding, the station no longer broadcasts Gaelic programmes produced by CKJM-FM in Cape Breton. The station produces its own local news bulletins, and broadcasts UK national news provided by Radio News Hub.

Awards

Two Lochs Radio was given the "Calor Scottish Business in the Community Business" award in 2004 and is a three-times winner of the Wallace Sword award for the best Gaelic magazine programme produced by a Highland community radio station. It was also nominated for the Scottish Countryside Alliance rural enterprise award in 2009.

References

Russell, Greg (13 December 2020). "Queue forms to become boss of United Kingdom's smallest radio station". The National. Scotland. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
"Radio hook-up takes to the Wester Ross airwaves". Ross-shire Journal. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
"Programme schedule". Two Lochs Radio. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
"Aiseirigh Nan Gaidheal". Coopérative Radio Chéticamp. Archived from the original on 15 November 2008.
"Two Lochs Radio receives Scottish Business in the Community Award at Calor Scottish Community of the Year Awards". Calor. Archived from the original on 26 July 2007.
"Gaelic Community Radio Award". Highland Council. 16 January 2006. Archived from the original on 11 April 2008.
http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=2513

External links

Official website

v t e Radio in Scotland
BBC regional/local stations	BBC Radio Scotland BBC Radio nan Gàidheal BBC Radio Shetland BBC Radio Orkney
Regional commercial stations	Capital Scotland Heart Scotland Smooth Scotland Nation Radio Scotland GO Radio (Glasgow)
Local commercial stations	Central 103.1 FM Clyde 1 (Glasgow - Ayrshire) Forth 1 GHR Ayrshire GHR Dumfries & Galloway GHR Edinburgh, Lothians & Fife GHR Glasgow & The West GHR North East Scotland GHR Scottish Borders and North Northumberland GHR Tayside & Fife Isles FM Kingdom FM MFR Northsound 1 Original 106 Pure Radio Scotland Radio Skye Radio Wester Ross SIBC Smooth Scotland Tay FM
Community, charity & non-profit stations	Bridge FM Bute FM Celtic Music Radio Heartland FM RNIB Connect Radio Isles FM Mearns FM Nevis Radio
Student stations	Air3 Fresh Air Subcity Radio
Defunct stations	2BD Eklipse Sports Radio L107 NECR Peninsula FM Q96 Real Radio Revival FM River FM 96.3 Rock Radio Scot FM The Superstation Talk 107 XFM Scotland Waves Radio Your Radio
Scottish DAB multiplexes	Central Scotland (regional) Aberdeen Ayr Dundee Edinburgh Glasgow Inverness Glasgow small-scale DAB trial
UK national BBC services	BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 5 Live
UK national commercial services	Absolute Radio Classic FM Talksport
UK national DAB multiplexes	BBC National DAB Digital One Sound Digital
See also List of radio stations in the United Kingdom

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