SIBC
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SIBC is a local independent commercial radio station that broadcasts to Shetland Islands. It is located at Market Street, Lerwick
and broadcasts in FM on 96.2 MHz and 102.2 MHz, additionally in Lerwick. It is owned and operated by husband and wife team, Ian Anderson and Igna Walterson.
licence number AL131-2. It then started broadcasting on November 26, 1987. It is coming to an end of the current 12-year licence with the new 5-year licence to take affect from 19 October. The shorter term licence was issued when there was a belief within the regulator Ofcom that analogue(FM) broadcasting was coming to an end and it did not want to licence current FM stations beyond the changeover date to digital.
Ian Anderson, the station's main owner, was previously a broadcaster for the BBC
and Radio Forth
and pirate radio
stations including Radio Atlantis
, Radio Northsea International, Radio Caroline
..
Lerwick
Lerwick is the capital and main port of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, located more than 100 miles off the north coast of mainland Scotland on the east coast of the Shetland Mainland...
and broadcasts in FM on 96.2 MHz and 102.2 MHz, additionally in Lerwick. It is owned and operated by husband and wife team, Ian Anderson and Igna Walterson.
History
The company, which was registered on 23 September 1985 and has OfcomOfcom
Ofcom is the government-approved regulatory authority for the broadcasting and telecommunications industries in the United Kingdom. Ofcom was initially established by the Office of Communications Act 2002. It received its full authority from the Communications Act 2003...
licence number AL131-2. It then started broadcasting on November 26, 1987. It is coming to an end of the current 12-year licence with the new 5-year licence to take affect from 19 October. The shorter term licence was issued when there was a belief within the regulator Ofcom that analogue(FM) broadcasting was coming to an end and it did not want to licence current FM stations beyond the changeover date to digital.
Ian Anderson, the station's main owner, was previously a broadcaster for the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and Radio Forth
Radio Forth
Radio Forth is a group owning two radio stations based in Edinburgh. The stations broadcast to Edinburgh, The Lothians and Fife.-History:Radio Forth was launched on 22 January 1975 by current chairman Richard Findlay. His opening speech included "This, for the very first time is Radio Forth"...
and pirate radio
Pirate radio
Pirate radio is illegal or unregulated radio transmission. The term is most commonly used to describe illegal broadcasting for entertainment or political purposes, but is also sometimes used for illegal two-way radio operation...
stations including Radio Atlantis
Radio Atlantis
Radio Atlantis was a Belgian-owned offshore pirate radio station which operated between 1973 and 1974 from the coast of The Netherlands. Belgium had passed a law outlawing offshore broadcasting in 1962, but because its neighbour The Netherlands had not yet passed a similar law, there was nothing...
, Radio Northsea International, Radio Caroline
Radio Caroline
Radio Caroline is an English radio station founded in 1964 by Ronan O'Rahilly to circumvent the record companies' control of popular music broadcasting in the United Kingdom and the BBC's radio broadcasting monopoly...
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Programming
SIBC broadcasts a variety of Music and News, 24 hours a day. It has latest local news and weather for Shetland on the hour and sometimes national/international news. It plays mostly 20s music and its coverage area is Shetland, parts of Orkney and 75000 square miles (194,249.1 km²) of sea-lanes, fishing grounds and offshore oil fields. It also has essential information for lost cats/dogs, school closures (also for Shetland Training) and emergencies.SIBC Schedule
- 0000 - 0600: Overnight
- 0600 - 0800: Breakfast
- 0900 - 1300: Morning
- 1300 - 1800: Afternoon
- 1800 - 0000: Evening