History
Up until summer 1981, the only local radio available to the listeners in the North East of Scotland was from the BBC at Beechgrove, which broadcast specialist music programmes for just a couple of hours a week along with some regional news coverage. Groups of local businessmen applied for a radio franchise to broadcast to Aberdeen, Peterhead and the surrounding areas, that was advertised by the then-regulator, the Independent Broadcasting Authority.
North of Scotland Radio Ltd won the franchise, and after a change of name, Northsound Radio commenced broadcasting at 6am on the 27th of July 1981 from its original studios in an old schoolhouse on Kings Gate, near Anderson Drive in the city. Originally, the station was broadcast from 6am - 8pm each day.
In 1995, the station split its services to become Northsound 1 and Northsound 2. Northsound 1 broadcasts on 96.9FM and plays popular music from the 1980s to today whilst Northsound 2 broadcasts on 1035MW, and follows a 'classic gold' style, with music from the 1950s to today alongside some sports and specialist programming. Both stations now also broadcast on DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting – i.e. Digital Radio).
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