area highland lochaber slogan let the music burst out frequency 96.6 97.0 102.3 102.4 mhz online first air date 1992 format contemporary owner self owned website www.nevisradio.co.uk nevis radio is a community radio station broadcasting from fort william in scotland serving the communities of fort william and the surrounding region of lochaber including fort augustus mallaig kinlochleven and parts of the isle of skye . nevis radio broadcasts 24 hours a day from its base in the ben nevis industrial estate fort william with original local programming for part of the day and automated repeats and music service at other times . the station started out in 1992 as ski fm from the nevis range ski resort keeping skiers up to date with conditions on aonach mor . this was then followed by holiday fm during the summer . those behind the station s trial broadcasts soon realized that lochaber needed a permanent voice on the radio and nevis community radio action group formed to raise funds to establish a full time local radio station . nevis radio was awarded a local commercial radio license for fort william and lochaber in 1994 and started full time year round operation . 1 in 2012 the station successfully applied to ofcom for relicensing as a community radio station . 2 the station broadcasts on 96.6 mhz fort william 97.0 mhz glencoe 102.3 mhz skye & mallaig and 102.4 loch leven fm the station also transmits live on the net to uk listeners only . in 2008 it also started to provide a sustaining service for lochbroom fm in the ullapool area outwith that station s locally produced hours but this arrangement was suspended after a few months a replacement service for lochbroom fm has been provided by two lochs radio since 2012 . contents 1 events 2 news sport traffic and travel 3 presenters 3.1 weekday daytime presenters 3.2 evening presenters 3.3 weekend daytime presenters 3.4 saturday 3.5 sunday 3.6 management 4 references 5 external links events edit nevis radio broadcasts from various events in and around its transmission area . annually the station broadcasts from the scottish six days trial during which the breakfast show airs live from the event . nevis radio also broadcasts full weekend coverage of the uci mountain bike world championships . other events include covering various highland games events . news sport traffic and travel edit nevis radio broadcasts a national news service from sky news on the hour plus local news provided during daytime hours by photographer iain ferguson using unattributed news stories taken directly from local paper the lochaber news . traffic and travel updates feature during breakfast and drivetime shows sourced primarily from the internet . presenters edit weekday daytime presenters edit david ogg simon abberley john weller gary mackinnon jean macrae evening presenters edit lachie mor neil macleod jo cowan eileen ross gary manson isobel campbell linda campbell weekend daytime presenters edit saturday edit john weller fiona mccormick mick welch sunday edit carol kelso billy ward robert mcmillan john friel management edit david ogg is the station manager simon abberley is the production manager john weller is the head of music . references edit community radio first for highlands . the herald . 8 february 1994 . retrieved 20 february 2016 . licence joy leaves radio team walking on airwaves . lochaber news . 25 january 2013 . retrieved 20 february 2016 . external links edit official website nevis radio information v t e radio in scotland bbc regional local stations bbc radio scotland bbc radio nan g idheal bbc radio shetland bbc radio orkney regional commercial stations capital eklipse sports radio heart scotland local commercial stations radio borders central 103.1 fm clyde 1 clyde 2 cuillin fm forth 1 forth 2 isles fm kingdom fm mfr necr nevis radio northsound 1 northsound 2 original 106 96.3 rock radio sibc smooth radio tay fm tay am two lochs radio wave 102 waves radio west fm west sound am west 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