Cuillin FM

Cuillin FM

City	Portree, Isle of Skye
Broadcast area	Isle of Skye and Lochalsh
Branding	Cuillin FM
Slogan	Serving Skye + Lochalsh on 102.7 + 106.2
Frequency	102.7/106.2 FM MHz
Format	Contemporary music & Community based speech
Power	30 watts
Owner	Community owned
Website	http://www.cuillinfm.co.uk/home.htm

Cuillin FM is a radio station which broadcasts to the Isle of Skye and Lochalsh on the Scottish mainland. Cuillin FM also link up with Two Lochs Radio in Gairloch for certain broadcasts, such as Balaich Nam Port, a weekly Scottish dance music programme on Saturday evening from 9 pm to 11 pm.

About

Programming

The station broadcasts live from their studio in Portree from 7.30 to 9 am then 3 pm to midnight Monday to Friday; 10 am to midnight on a Saturday and 9.00 am to 11 pm on Sunday. The rest of the time programmes are run by a sustaining service. The station has a duty to provide at least three hours of Gaelic programming per week.

Cuillin FM also has outside broadcasting facilities for charity, community event coverage such as The Highland Games, Piping Festivals, Battle of the Bands, agricultural shows and Youth Speaks.^[1]

The morning service from PortreeFree Church is aired on Cuillin FM between 2 pm and 3 pm each Sunday.^[2]

Presenters

Alister Ross - Orain agus Ceol, Evergreen
Allan Nelson - Twangfest
Arthur Cormack - Seanachas
Andy Mitchell - Radio Bingo, Strupag
Bill Johnson - Stuff and Nonsense
Carole Horton - The Carole Horton Show
Charlotte Johnson - Stuff and nonsense
Chris Grant - Highland Uproar
David Matheson - Solid Rock, The Sound
Dave Taylor - The Sound
Denis Blackham - Magic Carpet Ride
Donnie Alick MacLeod - Balaich nam Port, Saturday Nightcap
Drew Millar - Radio Bingo, We didn't quite make it, Saturday Sports Show
Duncan Martin - Balaich Nam Port

Gary Wilson - Lifesong, Solid Rock
Graham Ford - 20th Century Vault, Heavy Metal Freight Train
Gordon Ford - 20th Century Vault, Heavy Metal Freight Train
Hector Cormack - The Saturday Sports Show, Sunday Inspirations
Iain Copeland - The Phat Controller
Jamie Galloway - Saturday show
Jim Campbell - Cuillin Country, A taste of Scotch
Jim Lawson - The Ancient One
John "Crofter" Blamire - The Crofter's Corner, Saturday Sportshow
John Grundy - Big Breakfast Show, Balaich nam Port
John Scholes - Celtic Moods
Kenneth Matheson - My mic. your music, The Saturday SoundHouse
Kenny Mackenzie - The Kenny Mackenzie Show
Lorna Masson - The Monday Youth programme

Martin Mackillop - The Great Northern radio show, The Great Northern radio show Friday session, The Great Northern radio show Sunday session
Morag Anna MacLeod - The Cailleachs
Nick Wakeham - Talent o' the tartan, A night at the musicals, Big Breakfast show
Rab Wilson - Rab's Retro
Rebecca Shaw - The Monday Youth programme
Ruairidh Cormack - Oran Mor
Ruth Taylor - Breakfast Show
Shona Campbell - The Big Breakfast Show
Steve Clark - Strange Brew
Stuart Jackson - Cuillin Ceilidh
Stuart Mackinnon - Skye Gospel Hour
Tracy Mackinnon - Scottish Favourites

References

↑ "Cuillin FM's Public File" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
↑ "Details of service broadcast on Cuillin FM". Retrieved 2010-02-28.

External links

Radio in Scotland

BBC regional/local stations	BBC Radio Scotland BBC Radio nan Gàidheal BBC Radio Shetland BBC Radio Orkney

Regional commercial stations	Capital Heart Scotland

Local commercial stations	Radio Borders Central 103.1 FM Clyde 1 Clyde 2 Cuillin FM Forth 1 Forth 2 Isles FM Kingdom FM MFR NECR Nevis Radio Northsound 1 Northsound 2 Original 106 SIBC Smooth Radio Tay FM Tay AM Two Lochs Radio Wave 102 Waves Radio West FM West Sound AM West Sound FM Your Radio

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Student stations	Air3 Radio Caley Fresh Air Subcity Radio UWS Radio

Defunct stations	Eklipse Sports Radio L107 Peninsula FM Q96 Real Radio River FM 96.3 Rock Radio Scot FM Talk 107

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UK national BBC services	BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 5 Live

UK national commercial services	Absolute Radio Classic FM Talksport

UK national DAB multiplexes	BBC National DAB Digital One

Coordinates: 57°25′02″N 6°11′38″W / 57.4171°N 6.1938°W / 57.4171; -6.1938

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