MFR Moray Firth Radio
Encyclopedia
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.
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.
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.
N.B. Automated music is broadcast outside programming hours.
Most bulletins are produced by a locally-based team of four broadcast journalists and two sport journalists. The Head of News is Katherine Frette.
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 on Saturdays.
Danny Gallager
Sales & Commercial Director
Hilary Cartwright
Programming Manager
David Walker
Chief Engineer
Malcolm Lee
Head of News
Katherine Frette
Sponsorship and Promotions Manager
Duncan Chisholm
Head of Creative Services
Paul Stephenson
Head of Commercial Scheduling
Craig Noble
Chief Copywriter
Ray Atkinson
Head of Music
Tich McCooey
Independent Local Radio
Independent Local Radio is the collective name given to commercial radio stations in the United Kingdom. The same name is used for Independent Local Radio in Ireland.-Development of ILR:...
station broadcasting to the Scottish Highlands
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands is an historic region of Scotland. The area is sometimes referred to as the "Scottish Highlands". It was culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands...
, Moray
Moray
Moray is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland.- History :...
, 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
Inverness
Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland...
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 MounteagleMounteagle transmitting station
The Mounteagle transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility, situated close to the town of Fortrose, Scotland, in Ross-shire . It includes a 243.8 m high guyed steel lattice mast...
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.
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.
- Speysound (96.6 FM StrathspeyStrathspey, ScotlandStrathspey is the area around the strath of the River Spey, Scotland, in both the Moray council area and the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area of Highland....
) - Keith Community Radio (102.8 FM Keith)
- Kinnaird Radio (96.7 FM FraserburghFraserburghFraserburgh is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland with a population recorded in the 2001 Census at 12,454 and estimated at 12,630 in 2006. It lies at the extreme northeast corner of Aberdeenshire, around north of Aberdeen, and north of Peterhead...
) - Caithness FM (102.5 FM CaithnessCaithnessCaithness is a registration county, lieutenancy area and historic local government area of Scotland. The name was used also for the earldom of Caithness and the Caithness constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . Boundaries are not identical in all contexts, but the Caithness area is...
)
Weekdays
| Time | Main presenter(s)/programme | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 0100 – 0600 | Adrian Coll | Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands... |
| 0600 – 1000 | Ginno & Nicky at Breakfast: Ginno Conti & Nicky Marr | Inverness Inverness Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland... |
| 1000 – 1400 | Tich McCooey | |
| 1400 – 1800 | Jodie McCluskey | |
| 1800 - 2200 | Ken Kelman | |
| 2200 – 0100 | Late Night Gina McKie | Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands... |
Friday variations
| Time | Main presenter/programme | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 0100 - 0600 | Kevin Cameron | Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands... |
| 2200 - 0100 | Friday Night Floorfillers with Krystle | Edinburgh Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area... |
Saturday
| Time | Main presenter(s)/programme | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 0100 – 0600 | Kevin Cameron | Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands... |
| 0600 – 0900 | Davey D | Inverness Inverness Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland... |
| 0900 - 1200 | Boogie and Dingo | Edinburgh Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area... |
| 1200 - 1400 | Tich McCooey | Inverness Inverness Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland... |
| 1400 - 1800 | Ginno Conti | |
| 1800 - 2000 | The Scottish Chart Show: Davey D and Roya McLean (bilingual) | |
| 2000 - 2200 | David Strachan | |
| 2200 – 0100 | Saturday Night with Krystle | Edinburgh Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area... |
Sunday
| Time | Main presenter(s)/programme | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 0100 – 0600 | Kevin Camerfon | Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands... |
| 0600 - 0900 | Davey D | Inverness Inverness Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland... |
| 0900 - 1200 | Robin Galloway Robin Galloway Robin Galloway is a Scottish radio and TV broadcaster, currently working for Clyde 1 and five other Bauer Radio FM stations in Scotland.-Career:... |
Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands... |
| 1200 – 1500 | Jodie McCluskey | Inverness Inverness Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland... |
| 1500 - 1600 | MFR's Best Bits | |
| 1600 – 1900 | The Vodafone Big Top 40: Rich Clarke Richard Clarke (radio personality) Richard "Rich" Clarke is a British radio presenter and DJ from Worcester, England currently employed by Global Radio as a presenter on Capital FM and The Vodafone Big Top 40.-Student radio:... & Kat Shoob Kat Shoob Katherine 'Kat' Shoob is a British radio presenter on The Vodafone Big Top 40.Shoob modelled for Maxim in September 2006.Shoob presented The Mint, a phone-in quiz that was shown on ITV1 and ITV2... |
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| 1900 – 2000 | MFR's Greatest Hits (automated) | Inverness Inverness Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland... |
| 2000 - 2200 | Marion Scott | |
| 2200 - 0100 | Late Night Gina McKie | Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands... |
MFR Two programming schedule
| Day | Time | Programme/Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 1900 | Dan Chisholm |
| 2100 | The Big Picture: James Munro | |
| Tuesday | 1900 | 60s Rewind: Richard Jones |
| 2000 | 80s Rewind: Paul Stephenson | |
| Wednesday | 1900 | Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll: Frank Adam |
| 2000 | Helen's Kinda Country: Helen Macpherson | |
| Thursday | 1900 | All Scottish |
| Friday | 1900 | The Friday Sports Show: John Rose |
| 2000 | 70s Rewind with Jonesy: Richard Jones | |
| 2200 | Colin Miller | |
| Saturday | 1400 | MFR Two Sport |
| 1710 | MFR Two Sport: Extra Time | |
| Sunday | 1900 | Celtic Cafe: Ian Simpson |
| 2100 | Crossfire: Len Black / Ian Hamilton |
N.B. Automated music is broadcast outside programming hours.
News, Sport and Traffic & Travel
Moray Firth Radio broadcasts news bulletins on the hour between 0600 & 2200 on weekdays and 0600 & 1400 at weekends with additional national evening bulletins on Saturday and Sunday evenings. Half-hourly headlines are broadcast during weekday breakfast and drive time shows along with two 15-minute bulletins at 1pm and 5pm.Most bulletins are produced by a locally-based team of four broadcast journalists and two sport journalists. The Head of News is Katherine Frette.
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 on Saturdays.
Management
Managing/Programming DirectorDanny Gallager
Sales & Commercial Director
Hilary Cartwright
Programming Manager
David Walker
Chief Engineer
Malcolm Lee
Head of News
Katherine Frette
Sponsorship and Promotions Manager
Duncan Chisholm
Head of Creative Services
Paul Stephenson
Head of Commercial Scheduling
Craig Noble
Chief Copywriter
Ray Atkinson
Head of Music
Tich McCooey