Moray Firth Radio or MFR is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the Scottish Highlands, Moray, the Orkney islands and parts of north west Aberdeenshire. The station, owned and operated by Bauer Radio, broadcasts from studios in the Scorguie area of Inverness and forms part of Bauer's Place Network of stations.
Station information
Moray Firth Radio operates two separate services on 97.4 FM (from the Mounteagle transmitter) and 1107 AM.
MFR on FM largely broadcasts contemporary and chart music-led programming alongside hourly news bulletins and traffic & sports updates. The majority of the station's output is produced and broadcast from the Inverness studios. Networked programming shared with the rest of Bauer's Scottish FM stations, is carried between 10pm & 6am each night and on weekend mornings, and broadcasts from Clyde 1's Glasgow studios and Forth 1's Edinburgh studios. As of Saturday 24 September 2011, the station also airs a weekly bilingual music programme in English and Scots Gaelic,[1] which also airs on Argyll FM, Cuillin FM, Isles FM, Nevis Radio and Two Lochs Radio.
MFR Two on AM airs specialist programming on Sunday - Friday evenings and live sports coverage on Saturday afternoons with automated music broadcast at all other times. The station does not take any output from Bauer's network of AM stations elsewhere in Scotland.
In addition to the main services, there are several local relay stations which opt-out of MFR FM to broadcast local programming during the evening.
Presenters
MFR FM
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Local presenters
- Ginno Conti (Ginno and Nicky at Breakfast, Saturday afternoons)
- Nicola Cope (Sunday Breakfast)
- Ken Kelman (Weekday evenings)
- Nicky Marr (Ginno and Nicky at Breakfast)
- Richard MacDonald (Friday Nights)
- Jodie McCluskey (Weekday drivetime, Sunday afternoons)
- Roya MacLean (The Scottish Chart Show)
- Tich McCooey (Weekday mornings/lunchtime, Saturday lunchtime)
- Martin Morrison (Saturday Breakfast, The Scottish Chart Show)
- Marion Scott (Sunday evenings)
- David Strachan (Saturday evenings)
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Networked presenters
- Andrew 'Boogie' Bouglas (Boogie's Big Saturday)
- Robin Galloway (Galloway Sunday)
- Jim Gellatly (In:Demand Uncut)
- Niall Hunter (Monday - Friday overnights)
- Lynne Hoggan (Saturday/Sunday overnights)
- Gina McKie (Late Night Gina McKie)
- Krystle Weaver (Saturday Night with Krystle)
Syndicated presenters
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MFR Two
- Frank Adam (Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll)
- Len Black (Crossfire)
- Don Chisholm (Monday evenings)
- Ian Hamilton (Crossfire)
- Richard Jones (60s Rewind, 70s Rewind)
- Helen Macpherson (Helen's Kinda Country)
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- James Munro (The Big Picture)
- John Rose (The Friday Sports Show)
- Ian Simpson (Celtic Cafe)
- Paul Stephenson (80s Rewind)
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News, Sport and Traffic & Travel
Moray Firth Radio broadcasts locally driven news bulletins on the hour between 0600 & 1900 on weekdays and 0700 & 1400 at weekends with additional national evening bulletins on Saturday and Sunday evenings. Headlines are broadcast during weekday breakfast and drive time shows along with two 5-minute bulletins at 1pm and 5pm.
Most bulletins are produced by a Highland capital based team of four broadcast journalists and two sport journalists. The Head of News is Gwen Lawrie.
MFR Two airs live match commentaries on Inverness Caledonian Thistle's Saturday afternoon league games during the football season along with updates on Ross County, Elgin City & Highland League matches, a preview show on Friday evenings and a post-match analysis programme, Extra Time, on Saturdays.
Management
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Managing/Programming Director
Danny Gallagher
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Sales & Commercial Director
Dawn Murray
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Programme Co-ordinator
Martin Morrison
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Chief Engineer
Malcolm Lee
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Head of News
Gwen Lawrie
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Sponsorship and Promotions Manager
Duncan Chisholm
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Head of Creative Services
Paul Stephenson
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Head of Commercial Scheduling
Craig Noble
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Chief Copywriter
Ray Atkinson
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Head of Music
Tich McCooey
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References
External links
- Official web site
- MDS975's Moray Firth Radio page
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Coordinates: 57°28′49″N 4°15′18″W / 57.4803°N 4.2550°W / 57.4803; -4.2550
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