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Radio station in Clydebank, United Kingdom
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
.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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