Greatest Hits Radio Ayrshire
Greatest Hits Radio Ayrshire is an Independent Local Radio station based in Glasgow, Scotland, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Greatest Hits Radio Network. It broadcasts to Ayrshire.
As of December 2022, the station had a weekly audience of 69,000 listeners according to RAJAR.
The station rebranded from West Sound to Greatest Hits Radio Ayrshire on 3 April 2023. On 12 November 2023, it was announced that the station would cease broadcasting on medium wave before the end of the year, but would continue on DAB.
Programming and presenters
Much of the station's programming is produced in Greatest Hits Radio's studios in Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh.Some output is produced from GHR's Birmingham, London and Manchester studios and broadcast on both networks in Scotland and England.
Presenters currently on Greatest Hits Radio Ayrshire are; Ewen Cameron and Cat Harvey, Ken Bruce, Kate Thornton, Simon Mayo, Jackie Brambles, Martin Kemp, Andy Crane, Des Paul.
News
The station broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays and from 7am to 1pm at weekends. Headlines are broadcast on the half-hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside sport and traffic bulletins.National bulletins from Sky News Radio are carried overnight with bespoke networked Scottish bulletins on weekend afternoons, produced from Radio Clyde's newsroom in Clydebank.