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4 unusual facts about BBC Radio Scotland


Arlene Stuart

She also presented occasional programmes for the Corporation including her own lifestyle show, Feeling Good and was a regular presenter for BBC Radio Scotland.

Metropolitan Community Church of Edinburgh

The Congregation has appeared on BBC Radio Scotland several times over the years — generally on religious or news programmes — and on Scottish Television.

Nyah Fearties

The band did, however, make a live appearance on primetime British television music programme The Tube and hosted a one-off Lugton Loonie Show for BBC Radio Scotland.

Sarah Cruickshank

She is a travel reporter and regularly does the outdoor weather conditions in the evening on BBC Radio Scotland and weather presenter on BBC Alba Gaelic news programme An Là.


2013 in Scottish television

Those restored are BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4 Extra, BBC Radio 5 Live Extra and BBC Asian Network, while BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio nan Gàidheal and BBC World Service remain unavailable while BBC Alba is broadcasting.

Audience Council Scotland

The Council played a distinctive role in the debate which led to the launch of a national radio service - BBC Radio Scotland - in 1978, under National Governor Professor Alan Thompson.

Chasing Owls

'We Began' enjoyed extensive press coverage at both a regional and national level with repeated airplay across BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music complemented by the support of media heavyweights such as The Scotsman, BBC Radio Scotland, Central FM and Absolute Radio.

Fred MacAulay

He has presented BBC Radio Scotland's morning show since 1997, and for BBC TV he hosted one series of the talk show McCoist and MacAulay (with retired footballer Ally McCoist) and two seasons of Life According to Fred.

Graham Stewart

Graham Stewart (born 1975 in Perth, Scotland) is a Scottish broadcaster who currently presents The Business on BBC Radio Scotland.

Jonathan Watson

Watson has also turned his hand to political satire with his Watson's Wind Up show which was recorded on Fridays at the Glasgow Film Theatre and broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland; the popularity of this led to Watson performing satires of Scottish politicians such as Cathy Jamieson, George Galloway and Charles Kennedy on Offside.

Keser

Airplay for tracks from Esoteric Escape and Robo Ghost also included BBC Radio Scotland, Xfm, Radio K in Minneapolis, United States, Static Airwaves, Canada and Leith FM, Edinburgh.

Kid Canaveral

The band toured the UK extensively and played a number of festivals in support of the album and recorded a live session for BBC Radio Scotland, playing tracks from the album and a cover of the King Creosote song 'Missionary' from Kenny and Beth's Musakal Boat Rides.

Naked Video

Naked Radio was a radio sketch show which broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland and started its ten year run on 22 January 1981.

Newsnight Scotland

Isobel Fraser, Sally Magnusson and Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland co-presenter Gary Robertson also appear on the show as stand-in presenters.

Quentin Cooper

At the BBC, he started as a producer in News and Current Affairs, then moved to produce youth programmes at Radio Scotland (in Glasgow), and Radio 5 in Manchester where he created programmes such as Hit The North which first united Mark and Lard aka Mark Radcliffe and Marc Riley and Bite the Wax presented by the then unknown Armando Iannucci.

Tain Thistle F.C.

The Club chairman was interviewed live on the subject by Peter Allen from BBC Radio 5 Live and also appeared on BBC Radio Scotland's morning news programme, Good Morning Scotland.

The Dixie Bee-Liners

They have appeared live on BBC Radio Scotland, NPR, the Food Network, and have been featured on radio playlists across the country and world-wide, including regular rotation on Sirius and XM satellite radio.

Velvet Soup

It started as a radio series for BBC Radio Scotland called Velvet Cabaret, named after a nightclub in Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street called The Velvet Rooms where the first series was recorded.


see also

Thomas Morton

Tom Morton (born 1955), Scottish journalist, author and BBC Radio Scotland broadcaster