Local Radio
Aberdeen has three local commercial radio stations — Northsound 1 on 96.9, 97.6 & 103 FM, Northsound 2 on 1035 AM, and Original 106 on 106.8 & 106.3 FM. The two Northsound stations operated as a single station, Northsound Radio, until 1995. BBC Radio Scotland broadcasts local news opt-out bulletins for Aberdeen and North East Scotland on weekdays.
Latest audience figures put Northsound 1 as the number 1 radio station in the area, a title it has become accustomed to holding.
There is also a regional radio station called North East Community Radio FM (NECR FM), broadcasting from Kintore, Aberdeenshire.
The Station House Media Unit (based at Station House, a partially National Lottery-funded community project) runs a radio station broadcasting with a five-year community license on 99.8 MHz FM, known as SHMU FM. Prior to obtaining the FM license, the station was available on the internet.
From time to time, the Aberdeen University Students' Association has obtained a Restricted Service License (RSL) for temporary FM radio broadcasts; its station was first known as Slick FM but this is subject to change with each license. In the meantime, a permanent station provides internet broadcasts.
In addition, a multi-ethnic community organisation entitled Multi-ethnic Aberdeen Ltd. runs Multi-ethnic FM (Me FM) on an annual basis using an RSL and has said it hopes to apply for a permanent license. At other times, internet broadcasts are employed.
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