City | Glasgow |
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Broadcast area | Glasgow and West Central Scotland |
Slogan | The Greatest Hits for Glasgow |
Frequency |
MW: 1152 kHz DAB: 11C |
First air date | 31 December 1973 |
Format | Easy listening |
Audience share | 2.9% (September 2015, RAJAR) |
Transmitter coordinates | 55°47′39″N 4°09′34″W / 55.7943°N 4.1595°WCoordinates: 55°47′39″N 4°09′34″W / 55.7943°N 4.1595°W |
Owner | Bauer Radio |
Sister stations |
Clyde 1 Clyde 3 |
Website | planetradio |
Clyde 2 is a local radio station serving Glasgow and West Central Scotland. The station broadcasts classic hits music output, alongside sport and specialist programming – it is part of Bauer's City 2 network of AM stations in Scotland and northern England, carrying networked programming 24 hours a day alongside local news and information. Clyde 2 broadcasts on the medium wave on a frequency of 1152 kHz (equivalent wavelength: 261m), and on DAB in stereo.
The majority of Clyde 2's programming is broadcast among all Bauer City 2 stations, although there are separate Scottish shows at peak times, including weekday breakfast and drive time.
Clyde 2 produces much of the network's output, while other programming originates from Key 2 in Manchester, Metro Radio 2 in Newcastle, Forth 2 in Edinburgh, Tay 2 in Dundee and Bauer's headquarters at Golden Square, Soho.
Clyde 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 and traffic bulletins.
The Clydebank newsroom also produces bespoke national Scottish bulletins at weekends with Sky News Radio bulletins carried overnight.