north east scotland slogan the greatest hits frequency mw 1035 khz dab 11c first air date 27 july 1981 format oldies audience share 3.5 % december 2013 rajar owner bauer radio sister stations northsound 1 webcast radioplayer website www.northsound2.com northsound 2 is a commercial radio station broadcasting to aberdeen and aberdeenshire on 1035 khz on the medium wave band online and on digital . owned and operated by bauer radio northsound 2 forms part of bauer s city 2 network of am stations in scotland and northern england carrying networked programming 24 hours a day featuring bulletins of local news . contents 1 history 2 programming 2.1 news 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit northsound 2 logo used from 2003 to 2015 . northsound radio commenced broadcasting at 6am on 27 july 1981 from converted studios in an old schoolhouse on kings gate near anderson drive in aberdeen . the station first broadcast from 6am 8pm 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 . northsound 2 is broadcast on 1035mw . on 3 june 2013 station owners bauer radio announced northsound 2 would axe its remaining local programming with the weekday breakfast show then presented by john mcruvie replaced with a networked show hosted by robin galloway from monday 1 july 2013 across bauer s network of am stations in scotland . 1 the station became part of the bauer city 2 network upon its launch on monday 5 january 2015 . programming edit the majority of northsound 2 s programming is taken from the bauer city 2 network although there are separate scottish shows at peak times including weekday breakfast and drive time . 2 outwith news there is no longer any programming material that originates from aberdeen . networked programming originates from clyde 2 in clydebank key 2 in manchester forth 2 in edinburgh metro radio 2 in newcastle tay 2 in dundee and bauer s headquarters at golden square soho . news edit northsound 2 broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays 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 . see also edit northsound radio northsound 1 references edit galloway goes national at bauer scotland radio today 3 june 2013 schedule released for bauer city 2 stations radiotoday 19 december 2014 external links edit official website v t e bauer media group publishing consumer titles australia apc australian geographic the australian women s weekly cleo cosmopolitan dolly empire fhm grazia harper s bazaar motor nw ok people the picture qantas the 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