Two Lochs Radio
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Two Lochs Radio is Britain's smallest commercial radio station, and community broadcaster for the Gairloch
, Loch Ewe
and Loch Maree
areas of Wester Ross
, in the Highlands
of Scotland
. The station broadcasts in stereo on 106 and 106.6 FM.
For about 40 hours per week the station broadcasts programmes produced by volunteer presenters, with the remaining airtime occupied by digital services Smooth Radio Glasgow during the day and Magic 105.4 or Smooth Radio Glasgow overnight.
In April 2008, Two Lochs Radio also launched an online "Listen live" streaming service, accessible from a button on its homepage, and also in the Reciva database for Internet radios.
Two Lochs Radio's programme schedule includes daily breakfast and afternoon shows, plus a range of individual music and local interest programmes, including Gaelic broadcasts and recordings from local events. The station takes part in regular live link-ups with neighbouring station Cuillin FM
on Skye, and also broadcasts Gaelic programmes produced by Barra & Vatersay Community Radio and by CKJM-FM
in Cape Breton
.
Two Lochs Radio was named "Calor Scottish Business in the Community Business" award in 2004, and is a three-times winner of the Wallace Sword award for the best Gaelic magazine programme produced by a Highland community radio station. It was also nominated for the Scottish Countryside Alliance rural enterprise award in 2009.
The station operates on a not-for-profit basis for the benefit of the community, and is dependent on advertising, local fundraising and donations for its continuing existence. Membership of the station is open to all who support its aims.
Gairloch
Gairloch is a village, civil parish and community on the shores of Loch Gairloch on the northwest coast of Scotland. A popular tourist destination in the summer months, Gairloch has a golf course, a small museum, several hotels, a community centre, a leisure centre with sports facilities, a local...
, Loch Ewe
Loch Ewe
Loch Ewe is a sea loch in the region of in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The shores are inhabited by a traditionally Gàidhlig speaking people living in or sustained by crofting villages, the most notable of which, situated on the north-eastern shore, is the Aultbea settlement...
and Loch Maree
Loch Maree
Loch Maree is a loch in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. At long and with a maximum width of , it is the fourth largest freshwater loch in Scotland; it is the largest north of Loch Ness. Its surface area is ....
areas of Wester Ross
Wester Ross
is a western area of Ross and Cromarty in Scotland, notably containing the villages on the west coast such as:* Lochcarron* Applecross* Shieldaig* Torridon* Kinlochewe * * * Aultbea* Laide* Ullapool* Achiltibuie...
, in the Highlands
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands is an historic region of Scotland. The area is sometimes referred to as the "Scottish Highlands". It was culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands...
of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. The station broadcasts in stereo on 106 and 106.6 FM.
For about 40 hours per week the station broadcasts programmes produced by volunteer presenters, with the remaining airtime occupied by digital services Smooth Radio Glasgow during the day and Magic 105.4 or Smooth Radio Glasgow overnight.
In April 2008, Two Lochs Radio also launched an online "Listen live" streaming service, accessible from a button on its homepage, and also in the Reciva database for Internet radios.
Two Lochs Radio's programme schedule includes daily breakfast and afternoon shows, plus a range of individual music and local interest programmes, including Gaelic broadcasts and recordings from local events. The station takes part in regular live link-ups with neighbouring station Cuillin FM
Cuillin FM
Cuillin FM is a radio station which broadcasts to the Isle of Skye and Lochalsh on the Scottish mainland. Cuillin FM also link up with Two Lochs Radio in Gairloch for certain broadcasts, such as Balaich Nam Port, a weekly Scottish dance music programme on Saturday evening from 9 pm to 11...
on Skye, and also broadcasts Gaelic programmes produced by Barra & Vatersay Community Radio and by CKJM-FM
CKJM-FM
CKJM-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting from Cheticamp, Nova Scotia on 106.1 FM. It provides a French language community radio service. The station has been on the air since 1995.-External links: * at Canadian Communications Foundation...
in Cape Breton
Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia
Cape Breton Regional Municipality often shortened to simply CBRM, is a regional municipality in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton County.According to the 2006 Census of Canada, the population within the Cape Breton Regional Municipality is 102,250...
.
Two Lochs Radio was named "Calor Scottish Business in the Community Business" award in 2004, and is a three-times winner of the Wallace Sword award for the best Gaelic magazine programme produced by a Highland community radio station. It was also nominated for the Scottish Countryside Alliance rural enterprise award in 2009.
The station operates on a not-for-profit basis for the benefit of the community, and is dependent on advertising, local fundraising and donations for its continuing existence. Membership of the station is open to all who support its aims.