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102.5 Clyde 1 - news archive

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New York Wins for Clyde and Forth
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted June 20 2008, 7.36am
Two Scottish radio stations were last night celebrating victory at an awards ceremony held in the USA. Clyde 1 Superscoreboard football show and Forth 2’s Darran Adam each scooped gold at the New York Festivals Radio Broadcasting Awards.  Adam was picking up the award... (more)

Bauer's Scottish heritage suffers
From Radio Today. Posted May 1 2008, 8.56am
Bauer's Big City network added nearly a million listeners in the past quarter, with Hallam FM recording an increase of over half a million listening hours and an increase in market share of over 2 per cent. North of the border however, there were record lows in reach for both Clyde 1 in Glasgow and Forth 1 in Edinburgh. (more)

Clyde and Forth to Launch Cash Promotion
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted April 14 2008, 7.41am
Glasgow and Edinburgh-based radio stations, Clyde 1 and Forth One, have launched a promotion to have listeners stay tuned in for longer: by promising there’s a chance to win a £1000 in a forthcoming programme. Starting next Monday, listeners will be invited to phone in the... (more)

Clyde 1 Scoops Scotland’s First Music Week Award
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted April 7 2008, 7.49am
Radio station, 102.5 Clyde 1, has gone where no Scottish station has gone before and won the Regional Radio Station of the Year title at awards run by influential magazine, Music Week. To win, it had to beat off the challenge of 99.9 Radio Norwich, Heart 106.2, XFM London and XFM Manchester.... (more)

Clyde 1 wins Music Week Award
From Radio Today. Posted April 7 2008, 1.19am
Bauer Radio's 102.5 Clyde 1 has won the best regional radio station of the year of the Music Week Awards. BBC Radio 2 also picked up the national station of the year award. (more)

Cry Me a River
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted March 13 2008, 8.50pm
There were tears on radio station, Clyde 1, the other evening when Scottish entrepreneur, Michelle Mone, spontaneously offered the cash needed to pay for some medical research. On the station’s Late Call programme, hosted by Gina McKie, a lady called Elaine telephoned to explain that... (more)

Clyde and Forth launch TV ads
From Radio Today. Posted September 3 2007, 10.15am
Emap stations Clyde 1 and Forth One have launched a new advertising campaign on STV. The Clyde 1 ads highlight Bowie at Breakfast, Suzie McGuire and Clyde 1’s Superscoreboard team, whilst in Edinburgh Boogie and Jill, Grant Stott, Sam Jackson and Yazz feature. (more)

Clyde 1 DJ Suzie McGuire Driving Ban
From Merry Media. Posted August 26 2007, 3.59pm
Clyde 1 Drivetime presenter Suzie McGuire has been banned from driving after being caught by police driving at 95mph in her Porsche at the Newhouse interchange in Ayrshire in June.. (more)

Miss UK Quits Clyde 1 Breakfast
From Merry Media. Posted August 11 2007, 3.22pm
Nicola McLean has quit as co-host of the Clyde 1 breakfast show on Friday because she is signing up for a reality television show. The 23-year-old Miss UK presented the show with main host George Bowie for a year.. (more)

Colin Kelly Takes Clyde 1 Listener Out for the Day
From Merry Media. Posted June 25 2007, 3.37pm
A Clyde 1 listener turned up out the blue at stations Clydebank HQ last Thursday to see mid-morning host Colin Kelly, and ended up with more than a goody bag and photo of the DJ.. (more)

Clyde 1 presenter sorry for 'racist' pop star remark
From thenoise.co.uk. Posted March 10 2007, 11.30am
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Clyde 1 DJ Argues With Wife On Air
From Merry Media. Posted March 8 2007, 3.00pm
Clyde 1 mid-morning presenter asked listeners to phone in with suggestions for a birthday present for his wife - only to find his wife on the phone, and not a happy lady!. (more)

RAJAR Q4-06 - West of Scotland
From Merry Media. Posted February 2 2007, 2.43am
As Scotland's Real Radio consolidated its position as Scotland’s top commercial radio station, the period from September-December 2006 was a good quarter for Clyde 1 and Clyde 2.. (more)

Clyde 1 Host Aims to Finish 10K Race
From Merry Media. Posted January 23 2007, 1.06pm
Clyde 1 presenter Nicola McLean is hoping for a star finish in the 10k race in Glasgow in May and will raise money for the Radio Clyde Cash for Kids appeal and also Breast Cancer Care.. (more)

Clyde 1 New Schedule for 2007
From Merry Media. Posted January 6 2007, 5.41pm
Glasgow and West Central Scotland radio station Clyde 1 are to launch a new schedule on Monday, with longer airtime for Bowie at Breakfast and a return to weekdays for Suzie McGuire.. (more)

Ultimate radio review of 2006
From Radio Today. Posted January 1 2007, 12.00am
The big 'consolidation' of the radio industry had its pause button pressed after the big mergers of 2005. Emap and SRH stations were coming together, GCap Media sold a couple of stations and lost a few managers, UTV and SMG started talking seriously, and GMG wrote a couple of big cheques for quite a few regional radio stations.It was the year of the podcast. Podcasts were launched by The Radio Academy, Manchester Utd and Big Brother!Sally Oldham said hello and goodbye at TLRC, Michelle McManus said hello and goodbye to Clyde 1, Chris Moyles said "hello Ma'am" to The Queen, Essex FM said goodbye then hello to James Blunt, and UKRD said a final goodbye to Stroud.2006 was also a sad year for radio as we lost a number of great radio people including Alan Freeman, Nick Clarke and Mike Dickin.Join us as we go month by month through the world of UK radio during 2006, and bring you a few interesting and exclusive predictions for 2007. (more)

McManus dropped from Clyde 1
From Radio Today. Posted December 19 2006, 9.22am
Pop Idol winner Michelle McManus has been dropped from her weekly radio show on Emap station Clyde 1. She has been presenting the Saturday Night show in Glasgow for nine months but bosses have told her to take a break. (more)

Tiger Tim Stevens Joins 1152 Clyde 2
From Merry Media. Posted December 3 2006, 3.35pm
Tiger Tim Stevens did his last show on Thursday night on Clyde 1 - and will be taking on a new show on sister station Clyde 2 in the new year.. (more)

Independence Day for Clyde 1
From Radio Today. Posted July 4 2006, 4.45pm
Radio Clyde celebrated Independence Day in style live from the Glasgow ‘Scotland with Style’ Clipper at the New York Yacht Club this week. As one of the sponsors of the Glasgow Clipper, which is taking part in the ‘Clipper Round the World Yacht Race’, 102.5 Clyde 1 broadcast live from one of the world’s most prestigious marinas and brought a taste of the Big Apple to Scotland’s airwaves on the 3rd and 4th July. (more)

Tiger Tim Stevens Made an MBE
From Merry Media. Posted June 17 2006, 12.03pm
Long term Radio Clyde presenter Tiger Tim Stevens has been made an MBE in the Queens Birthday Honours List 2006. The host, who has been with the station since its launch in 1974 was given the award for his services to broadcasting and charity. The Tiger currently presents Mondays to Thursday evenings on Clyde 1 and was diagnosed with having Multiple Sclerosis in the nineties.. (more)

Lord Jimmy Returns to Radio Clyde
From Merry Media. Posted May 18 2006, 2.08pm
Lord Jimmy Gordon of Strathblane is returning to Radio Clyde as Chairman only a year after leaving the post when Emap bought over Scottish Radio Holdings. Lord Jimmy helped set up Radio Clyde in the seventies and is proud and thrilled about returning to the station. Recent RAJAR reports show that Clyde 1 and Clyde 2 are in fierce competition with competitiors like Real Radio, XFM, Saga and Q96. Emap are hoping that Lord Jimmy will get Clyde back on track again.. (more)

RAJAR Q1-06 - Scotland
From Merry Media. Posted May 11 2006, 10.15pm
Good news for Q96 and Clyde 1 while bad news for Kingdom FM and Northsound 1. Q96, the local radio station covering Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire and Glasgow, is officially Scotland's fastest growing radio station - according to the latest RAJAR audience figures released today.. (more)

Michelle McManus joins Clyde 1
From Radio Today. Posted February 22 2006, 4.58pm
Michelle McManus, has joined Clyde 1, her favourite radio station, the station that she grew up listening to and the station that supported her as she went on to win Pop Idol in 2003. Michelle will host her own show on Saturday nights from 6.30 till 9 as part of Clyde 1’s new weekend line-up. She’ll be playing lots of feel good, party songs to get you in the mood for Saturday night and of course having lots of fun with callers and many of her celebrity friends. (more)

Emap stations up for award
From Radio Today. Posted February 16 2006, 8.34am
Three out of the five nominated shortlist for Best Radio Station in the Music Week Awards 2006 - are Emap Stations. Clyde 1, Kerrang! 105.2 and Radio City 96.7 along with The Beach and BBC Radio 2 are in the shortlist. The winner will be announced at the event on March 2nd 2006. The Music Week Awards celebrate the achievements of companies and individuals working in the UK music industry over the past year. From A&R all the way through to retail, the Awards celebrate success and innovation throughout the business - and are also the industry's biggest party of the year. (more)

Radio Clyde adds 25000 listeners
From Radio Today. Posted February 2 2006, 8.53am
The latest quarterly audience figures show that Radio Clyde has added 25,000 new listeners with a total of 721,000 adults now tuning in every week. Clyde 1 is the biggest station in the west reaching an audience of 588,000 each week and that’s 165,000 more than its nearest rival. Clyde 2’s reach has increased from 16% to 17% and its market share is up from 7.7% to 8.3%. The station has added 31,000 new listeners and now has a total audience of 316,000. (more)