Talk 107
| Broadcast area | Edinburgh, Fife and The Lothians |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 107.0 MHz |
| First air date | 14 February 2006 |
| Last air date | 23 December 2008 |
| Format | Speech |
| Audience share | 0.9% (September 2007, [1]) |
| Owner | UTV Radio |
talk107 was a radio station based in Edinburgh, Scotland, broadcasting a phone-in based talk format. It was the UK's first local commercial talk licence to be awarded outside London and was the only station of its kind in Scotland. It was owned by UTV Radio and traded as a wholly owned division of talkSPORT - the national sports talk station.
The station ceased broadcasting at 10pm on 23 December 2008 - a day earlier than initially announced - with Kickabout being the final programme to be aired. The station's head of news, Gwen Lawrie, was both the first and last voice to be heard on the station.
The FM local commercial radio licence for the city of Edinburgh and the area surrounding the Firth of Forth was awarded to Dunedin FM on 16 December 2004 ( is an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic name Dùn Èideann for Edinburgh, Scotland). Originally due to be launched as Dunedin FM, talk107 was launched on 14 February 2006 at 6am. The first programme was The Morning Show with Alex Bell & Susan Morrison. On 24 August 2007, talk107 became available to central Scotland on DAB digital radio. The station was led by former Emap Programme Director Colin Paterson in charge of news and programme output and former Scot FM Sales Director Peter Gillespie as Managing Director.
The original talk107 presenter line-up consisted of Alex Bell, Susan Morrison, Mike Graham, Graham Stewart, Simon Pia, Heather Dee, Gordon Dallas, Micky Gavin, Barry Snedden, Ramsay Jones, Mark Woods, Colin Paterson (also Programme Director), Stephen Jardine and Alex Hastie.
Shortly after launch, in March 2006, Mark McKenzie, Mark Judge and Adrian Allen were added to the weekend schedule. Respect politician George Galloway's presented a weekend shows for thestation which was later syndicate on sister station talkSPORT from 3 June 2006. Following the release of the station's first set of RAJAR figures, Micky Gavin took over the afternoon show, where he was later joined by ex-Radio Forth presenter Diane Lester as his co-host from October 2006. Scottie McClue was brought in to do the Sunday-Thursday late night show from 20 August 2006.
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