verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message northsound 1 city aberdeen broadcast area aberdeenshire slogan your music your life frequency fm 96.9 97.6 103.0 mhz dab 11c first air date 27 july 1981 format hot ac audience share 16.2 % october 2015 rajar owner bauer radio sister stations northsound 2 webcast northsound 1 website www.northsound1.com northsound 1 is a radio station serving aberdeen and the north east of scotland . the station is owned and operated by bauer radio and forms part of bauer s city 1 network of stations and plays contemporary music from the 1980s to today alongside news sport and travel bulletins . local programming is produced and presented from studios in tullos aberdeen . northsound 1 s main 96.9 fm transmitter is located at durris near stonehaven . it also broadcasts on 97.6 fm from the balgownie transmitter covering north aberdeen and on 103.0 fm from stirling hill covering the peterhead area . contents 1 history 2 programming 2.1 news and sport 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit northsound 1 logo used from 2003 to 2015 . northsound radio commenced broadcasting at 6 am on 27 july 1981 from converted studios in an old schoolhouse on kings gate near anderson drive in aberdeen . originally the station broadcast from 6 am to 8 pm each day . in 1995 the station split its services to become northsound 1 and northsound 2 . both stations now also broadcast online on smartphone applications and dab digital audio broadcasting i.e. digital radio . programming edit local programming is produced and broadcast from northsound s aberdeen studios from 6am 2pm and 3 7pm on weekdays 2 6pm on saturdays and 12 4pm on sundays . northsound 1 also airs networked programming from clyde 1 in clydebank forth 1 in edinburgh key 103 in manchester and metro radio in newcastle . the vodafone big top 40 is produced by global radio at its capital studios in london for broadcast on 145 commercial radio stations in the uk . the station s local presenters include micky gavin suzie mac and pete mcintosh northsound 1 breakfast jeff diack and andy james home run . 1 news and sport edit northsound 1 broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays except 2pm from 9am to 1pm on saturdays and from 9am to 12pm on sundays . headlines are broadcast on the half hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows alongside sport traffic and business bulletins . national bulletins from sky news radio are carried overnight with bespoke networked scottish bulletins at weekends produced from radio clyde s newsroom in clydebank . extended sports coverage airs under the superscoreboard banner on saturday afternoons and on a magazine programme each friday evening . see also edit northsound 2 northsound radio references edit northsound 1 djs external links edit official 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