A NEW Scottish radio station has been launched to reverse the trend of networked radio shows from England.
Pure Radio, which launched today, will be led by radio heavyweight Robin Galloway, who heads up the breakfast show.
Described as "by Scots, for Scots", the station will not have hourly news bulletins and will feature less adverts. Pure Radio will only talk about news if they know it is of interest to their listeners.
Lynne Hoggan and Paul Harper will join Galloway in presenting on Pure Radio.
The music will focus on Scottish artists from Gerry Cinnamon and Lewis Capaldi to Simple Minds, Eurythmics and Deacon Blue.
As well as presenting the Robin Galloway Breakfast Show every weekday morning from 6am-10am, Galloway is also Pure Radio’s boss.
He said: “DC Thomson Media assured me they wouldn’t interfere with my show. So I said okay – prove it – make me the boss. So they did! The fools. Radio in Scotland needs open heart surgery or in the next few years, it’ll be given its last rights. I’m going to resuscitate it and bring it back to life.
"Remember when radio used to be fun? It was risky, edgy, flew by the seat of its pants and surprised its listeners. It’s been sterilised. When was the last time you heard something that made you utter the phrase ‘Did they actually just say that...?’ You didn’t. Because it didn’t happen. It will on Pure Radio.”
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