Tay 2
Tay 2 was an Independent Local Radio station based in Dundee, Scotland, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Greatest Hits Radio network. It was broadcast in Dundee, Perth and Tayside.
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| Broadcast area | Tayside |
|---|---|
| Frequency | MW: 1161 kHz (Dundee) 1584 kHz (Perth) DAB: 11B |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic Hits |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bauer Media Audio UK |
| Tay FM | |
| History | |
First air date | 9 January 1995 |
Last air date | 3 April 2023 |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | Ofcom |
As of September 2022, the station had a weekly audience of 17,000 listeners, according to RAJAR.[1]
The station was relaunched as part of the Greatest Hits Radio network on 3 April 2023.[2][3]
History
Radio Tay commenced broadcasting on 17 October 1980, in Dundee and 14 November 1980 in Perth with Gerry Quinn presenting the first show from the studios. In early years, the station used to broadcast only from 6am-8pm daily.
On 9 January 1995 the station split its services/frequencies to become Tay AM and Tay FM. Both stations are now also broadcast on DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting – i.e. Digital Radio) and over the internet via their respective websites.
Tay 2 broadcast on 1161 AM in Dundee and 1584 AM in Perth, and was more oriented around older music than its sister station Tay FM, playing more classic hits from the past few decades, along with some of the more easy listening of modern-day offerings.
A new programming schedule was launched on 15 June 2009 which introduced some networked programming across Bauer's AM network. Tay AM retained its locally produced and presented breakfast and specialist evening shows (Tay AM was the only station to opt out of the network in the evenings, so they could continue to broadcast their heritage specialist shows), some weekend output, and Ally Ballingall's weekday mid-morning show, which was broadcast across Scotland from Radio Tay's Dundee studios. Outwith these times, programming was simulcast from other stations in the Scottish AM network.
On 3 June 2013, station owners Bauer Radio announced Tay AM would axe its remaining local programming with the weekday breakfast show, replaced with a networked show hosted by Robin Galloway from Monday 1 July 2013 across Bauer's network of AM stations in Scotland.[4] Local news & traffic bulletins were retained with some networked programming broadcast from Tay AM's Dundee studios.
On 5 January 2015, Tay AM was renamed Tay 2 and became part of the Greatest Hits Radio network in Scotland and Northern England.
Programming
Most of Tay 2's programming was carried from Greatest Hits Radio's network of locally branded Scottish stations with some off-peak output also carried from GHR's sister network in England. Most of the output originates from the studios of Clyde 2 in Clydebank, Forth 2 in Edinburgh and from Greatest Hits Radio's Birmingham, Nottingham, London and Manchester studios. Occasional programming was produced and broadcast from MFR 2 in Inverness, Northsound 2 in Aberdeen and West Sound in Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway.
News
Tay 2 broadcast local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays and from 7am to 1pm at weekends. Headlines were broadcast on the half-hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside sport and traffic bulletins.
National bulletins from Sky News Radio were carried overnight with bespoke networked Scottish bulletins at weekends, produced from Radio Clyde's newsroom in Clydebank.
References
- "RAJAR". www.rajar.co.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- Naylor, Laura (12 January 2023). "Tay 2 is changing to Greatest Hits Radio Tayside and Fife from April 2023". Tay 2. Bauer Media Audio UK. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- Martin, Roy (12 January 2023). "Bauer to rebrand seven heritage Scottish stations to Greatest Hits Radio". RadioToday. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- Galloway goes national at Bauer Scotland, Radio Today, 3 June 2013
