Leith FM is community radio

Community radio

Community radio is a type of radio service, that offers a third model of radio broadcasting beyond commercial broadcasting and public broadcasting. Community stations can serve geographic communities and communities of interest...

 station, covering the area of Leith

Leith

-South Leith v. North Leith:Up until the late 16th century Leith , comprised two separate towns on either side of the river....

 in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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, Scotland

Scotland

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. The station was first set up in 2007 and is available on 98.8FM throughout Edinburgh and its surrounds as well as online. Leith FM 'Aiming to strengthen the community spirit and the identity of Leith'.

Daytime programmes

• Breakfast - With Gemma (Mon - Wed) and Ryan&Tony (Thurs & Friday). Give your day a bright and breezy start!
• Brunch - (10 - 12noon) with presenters such as Graeme Logan, Colin Barr and Ricky Callan. A great mix of tunes and featured Albums.
• Leith Talk - A mix of community issues, Music and Chat with various presenters
• Drive Time - (Mon-Fri) Plays the tunes to get you home, with regular traffic reports and your Weather.

Saturdays

• Other Breakfast Show Jimmy Rainbow Popular,Easy Listening Music,Sports Desk (Gordon Macneil) and Fascinating Facts.
• Karoake Kid,Martin Whitecross. Great mixture of Music for all ages.
• Jukebox Musicals with Tony Delicata bringing you some of the best music to every grace the stage.
• Studio Sport David Mackay. A round up of most Saturday Sporting Events with A little music.(NEW)
• David Ryan's Music Cafe. Good wee Program with plenty of showbiz Gossip and "What's on in Edinburgh Tonight" and What's happening on the 'LGBT' calander.
• Soul Stream presenter Clayton P.Classic Soul,Jazz Funk,Reggae,and R+B from 70's to the present.

Sundays

• Music Routes. Jim Welsh and Ralph MacGillivray present an eclectic selection of music and provide a guide to local live music events.Live guests are a regular feature

• Sunday Breakfast Show. Stuart and Claire with a rustic mix of music, chat and nonsense. Home of the Rock n' Rollcall.

Weekday Evening shows

Can be very varied to include a full range of tastes and shows include:

• The Vinyl Club - primary airing electronic music
• Po Polsku - Polish language show
• Imurig - Imurig is the Moroccan and north African show presented by Momo
• Friday Night Football (Phone In) - Every Friday from 7pm till 9pm

Presenters

• Colin Barr
• Ryszard Benrot
• MoMo Bouchkal (+Station Manager)
• Ryan Buchanan
• Paula Cameron
• Paul Clarke
• Alan Dudley
• Craig Gornall
• Laura Kerr
• Jacob King
• Graeme Logan
• Tony Delicata
• Ralph MacGillivray
• Gerry Mawhinney
• David McKay
• John Murray
• Clayton Pratt
• Gary Pycroft
• Jimmy Rainbow
• Freddy Ruddock
• Michael Templeton
• Jim Welsh
• Martin Whitecross
• Stephen Young
• Adriana
• Gaoussou
• Stuart and Claire
• Dave Mackay
• Cameron Hobbs
• Ricky Callan
• Ian Schofield

Former Notable Presenters

Wayne Madden, who writes for US magazine Sick Drummer, also presented a show with Leith FM from June 2008 until November 2009

External links

• Leith FM - Homepage for the Leith FM Community Radio
• Potted History of Leith FM