West FM

For the Australian radio station of the same name, see West FM (Queensland).

Radio station in Clydebank, United Kingdom

West FM

* Clydebank
* United Kingdom

Broadcast area| Ayrshire and South West Scotland
Frequency| FM: 96.7 MHz
97.5 MHz
106.7 MHz
DAB: 11B
RDS| West FM
Branding| Across Ayrshire
Programming
Format| CHR/Pop
Network| Hits Radio
Ownership
Owner| Bauer Media Audio UK

Sister stations

| Greatest Hits Radio Ayrshire
Greatest Hits Radio Dumfries & Galloway
History

First air date

| 6 January 1997 (27 years old)

Last air date

| 16 September 2024; 12 days' time (2024-09-16)
Links
Website| West FM

West FM is an Independent Local Radio station based in Glasgow, Scotland, owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Ayrshire and South West Scotland.

As of March 2024, the station has a weekly audience of 106,000 listeners according to RAJAR.[1]

West FM logo used from 2000 to 2015.

## Programming

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Local programming is currently produced and broadcast from West FM's studios in Clydebank from 6am-10am on weekdays and 6-9am on Saturdays. The station's local presenters are Ali Wright and Michael Smith (weekday breakfast) and Amber Zoe (Saturday breakfast).[2]

At all other times, West FM airs networked programming from Clyde 1 in Clydebank, Forth 1 in Edinburgh Tay FM in Dundee and Hits Radio in Manchester.

On Monday 10 July 2017, West FM ceased broadcasting from Ayr and moved its studio output to Clyde 1's Clydebank studios. The station retains its local breakfast, albeit presented from Clydebank, with news, sales and charity staff based in Prestwick.[3]

In August 2024, it was announced that after 27 years of the West FM name, the station would be rebranded to 'Clyde 1 Ayrshire' from 16 September 2024 and share all output with Clyde 1 whilst retaining local news, weather and travel bulletins.[4]

### News and Sport

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West FM broadcasts local news bulletins hourly. Headlines are broadcast on the half hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside sport and traffic bulletins.

National bulletins from Sky News Radio are carried overnight with bespoke networked Scottish bulletins at weekends, produced from Radio Clyde's newsroom in Clydebank.

## References

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1. ^ "RAJAR". www.rajar.co.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
2. ^ West FM – Presenters
3. ^ West FM to move output from Ayr to Glasgow, RadioToday, 12 June 2017
4. ^ "End of West FM brand coming as Clyde 1 expands to Ayrshire". RadioToday. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.

## External links

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* Official website

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Regional commercial stations|

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Local commercial stations|

* Central 103.1 FM
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* Tay FM
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See also
List of radio stations in the United Kingdom

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