Forth 1
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| Broadcast area | Mainly Edinburgh, The Lothians and Fife |
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| Frequency | 97.3 MHz, 97.6 MHz (West Lothian), 102.2 MHz (Penicuik), DAB, Online |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | EMAP |
| History | |
First air date | 22 January 1975 |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Online |
| Website | www.forthone.com |
97.3 Forth One is a United Kingdom radio station owned by Emap Radio. Currently, the station is part of the Big City Network.
Forth One broadcasts to Edinburgh, The Lothians and Fife (also other East Central Scotland areas but not intended to), and is based in Forth Street in Edinburgh’s city centre. The station is called '97.3 Forth One' on air, but 'Forth One' is also used.
Forth One plays a variety of music, mainly Top 40, but a few older tunes are also inserted into the playlist. Sam Jackson, who presents the weekday 12.00-14.00 slot, is the head of music at Radio Forth. Their main jingles are voiced by Dave Kelly who also voices Heart 106.2.
History
On 22 January 1975, Richard Findlay (the Radio Forth chairman) woke up the listeners of Edinburgh, The Lothians and Fife to the words: "This, for the very first time is Radio Forth". The first DJ on air was a man named Steve Hamilton who hosted the breakfast show.
In 1990, Forth was forced to use it's AM service (as Radio Forth was being broadcast on both their FM and AM frequencies) so Max AM was launched. Radio Forth was renamed Forth FM which was mainly for the younger age group, while Max AM was for the 35+. Soon after this, Max AM was renamed to Forth AM to match it's sister station.
In 2000, the two stations were both relaunched as 97.3 Forth One and 1548 FORTH2. Many changes occurred at this time, from new jingles to brand new DJs at the stations. Forth 2 was redesigned as an adult contemporary music station while Forth One continued to play Top 40 songs for the 35s and under.
Although Radio Forth is now owned by a British media group (EMAP), it was originally owned by Scottish Radio Holdings (or SRH) but that was taken over by EMAP on 3 June 2005. Forth continues to be local and mostly managed from Forth House in Edinburgh.
News, Sport and Travel
Forth News broadcasts bulletins every hour during peak times as well as summaries on the half hour during the breakfast and drivetime shows. Weather is also broadcast at the end of the news as well as being read out on the half hour. Paul Robertson is currently the head of news at Radio Forth as well as reading some bulletins.
Sports bulletins are broadcast on Forth One at 8am, 1pm and 5.30pm on weekdays and 10.30am on Saturday mornings. Mark Donaldson is a regular presenter of the sport as well as being the editor.
Travel news is also an integral part of Forth One's output. Updates are read out during the breakfast show and at Drivetime with weekday DJ Iain Waugh. Listeners can also report travel problems 24 hours a day by phoning Forth One Jambusters.
Schedule
Monday
06.00-09.30 Andy Bouglas (Boogie) and Jill McLaren Boogie in the Morning
09.30-12.00 Grant Stott including The Top 10 at 10 from 1000
12.00-14.00 Sam Jackson
14.00-16.00 Iain Waugh
16.00-19.00 Yasmin Zemmoura Forth One Drivetime
19.00-21.00 Mark Martin The Forth One Hitlist
21.00-22.00 Jo Good and Dave Berry The Vodafone Live Hour
22.00-01.00 Jeff Diack
01.00-06.00 Richard Pacey Through the Night
Tuesday and Wednesday
06.00-19.00 As Monday
19.00-22.00 Mark Martin The Forth One Hitlist
22.00-06.00 As Monday
Thursday
01.00-06.00 Ginno Conti Through the Night
Friday
06.00-19.00 As Monday-Thursday
19.00-22.00 Oona McGinnis The Official Start to the Forth One Weekend
22.00-01.00 Krystle Friday Night Floorfillers
01.00-06.00 Ginno Conti Through the Night
Saturday
06.00-10.00 Sam Jackson Weekend Breakfast
10.00-13.00 Andy Bouglas (Boogie) and David Konov (Dingo) The Big Saturday Show
13.00-16.00 Dave Connor The Scottish Chart from 13.00 and On Demand from 15.00
16.00-19.00 Jill McLaren
19.00-22.00 Krystle
22.00-01.00 Mark Martin
01.00-02.00 Andy Monaghan The Open Line
02.00-06.00 Ginno Conti Through the Night
Sunday
06.00-10.00 Paul Brownlee Weekend Breakfast
10.00-13.00 Grant Stott The Forth One Rewind
13.00-16.00 Darren Adam
16.00-19.00 Simon Hirst hit40uk
19.00-22.00 Mark Martin The Forth One Hitlist
22.00-01.00 Krystle Slow Jams
01.00-06.00 Richard Pacey Through the Night
Specialist programmes
Boogie and Jill present Boogie in the Morning at 6am (Monday-Friday). The team airs new and slightly older music to wake up East Central Scotland
Yasmin Zemmoura presents Forth One Drivetime at 4pm (Monday-Friday). She plays new and slightly older music, along with competitions and other features including The Word is Out which has a quote of a famous celebrity with one word covered and callers phone in to guess the missing word. The cash prize goes up £50 every day.
Mark Martin presents The Forth One Hit List at 7pm (Sunday-Thursday). He plays Top 40 music for the younger listeners across Edinburgh, The Lothians and Fife. Listeners can choose their favourite songs at 7.15pm, 8.15pm and 9.15pm by phoning, texting or by e-mailing. The Hit List also has competitions and regular famous guests to be interviewed and to answer questions from listeners.
Krystle presents Friday Night Floorfillers at 10pm (Friday) with current dance tracks remixed for the weekend.
Andy Bouglas (Boogie) and David Konov (Dingo) do The Big Saturday Show every Saturday from 10am. This show has new and slightly older music played between features such as Call America, Wrong to be Right (where a child has to answer all the questions wrong to win) and 12 O'Clock Rock. Dave is also the station "imager"; this means he is responsible for the on-air "sound" of 97.3 Forth One (and sister station 1548 FORTH2)
Andy Monaghan presents The Open Line every Saturday night (or Sunday morning) from 1am. Broadcast also on 1548 Forth 2, this show is a phone-in, with people discussing problems in their lives with Andy giving advice on how to solve it.
Grant Stott presents The Forth One Rewind every Sunday from 10am. It plays older tracks from the 70s, 80s and 90s.
Forth One joins with hundreds of commercial radio stations across the UK for hit40uk live from London at 4pm on Sundays. It has the UK's Top 40 based on downloads, radio air play and sales. Simon Hirst airs competitions and celebrity guests (a Somethin' Else production).
Krystle presents Slow Jams every Sunday from 10pm with slow songs to end the weekend.