Radio Forth reports an increase in listener numbers

Cash Register has proved to be a real winner at both ends of the M8 with Radio Clyde and Radio Forth reporting an increase in total listener numbers, according to the latest RAJAR results.

The popular competition has helped Radio Clyde and Radio Forth to increase their dominance across the Central Belt with combined listener numbers reaching 1,009,000, keeping it over the magical million number.

This is an increase of 6,000 from the previous quarter and is a result of the combination of engaging competitions, great music, relevant content and popular presenters.

Radio Forth has seen an increase with the combined figures for Forth 1 and Forth 2 reaching 352,000 every week.

Forth 1’s Boogie In The Morning enjoyed a significant increase with 229,000 listeners tuning in every week, up 13,000 from the previous quarter. The popular show achieved its highest audience share in six years and now has a fantastic 22.2% share of all breakfast radio listeners across the East of Scotland.

Radio Clyde has enjoyed continued growth, now reaching a total of 664,000 listeners across Glasgow and the West every week. The hugely successful Bowie At Breakfast now has an incredible 351,000 waking up to it every week. At the other end of the day, Clyde 1’s Superscoreboard weeknight show also scored very strong results with 200,000 listeners every week.

Graham Bryce, Managing Director of Bauer Radio in Scotland, said: “We are very proud to be continuing to grow our share of listeners across Scotland and in the Central Belt in particular.

“This is the result of the hard work of the whole team and their commitment to providing engaging content with a great mix of music, entertainment and local news, travel and sport.

“Our competitions and promotions have been a huge success and this has been led by Cash Register on Clyde 1 and Forth 1 which has seen almost a third of our listeners in Scotland taking part. Cash Register has been one of the most successful radio competitions ever to run in Scotland, with 6.7 million entries and a massive £2.3 million given away in prize money to 75 winners.

“We’ve given away truly life changing sums of money – our most recent winner, Matthew from Gorebridge, who was awarded over £60,000, the biggest prize to date.

“We have exciting plans for the future of Cash Register so listeners can expect an announcement imminently.”

Source: RAJAR / Ipsos – MORI / RSMB, period Q3 2019 (24th June 2019 – 15th September 2019).

Some stations do not cover the whole of the TSA (total survey area).

**RAJAR Q3 2019 FIGURES IN DETAIL:

Total Clyde (1 & 2) listeners: 664,000 listeners

Clyde 1 listeners: 601,000 listeners

Clyde 2 listeners: 154,000 listeners

Total Forth (1 & 2) listeners: 352,000 listeners 

Forth 1 listeners: 327,000

Forth 2 listeners: 52,000

Combined total Clyde & Forth listeners: 1,009,000

Civil Service Strollers looking for players for new team

Civil Service Strollers Community Youth Football Club are looking for boys and girls born in 2014 to start a new football team.

First training session takes place tomorrow evening at Craigroyston Community High School from 6 – 7pm.

For further information call Paul Ramsay on 0795 822 4797.

Art in Granton exhibitors announced

Confirmed exhibitors for Art in Granton (25-27 October) are:

Maia Aitken, Ana Baran, Chris Belous, Amber Brown, Sandra Brown, Megan Chapman, Erin Colquhoun, John Dickson, Gina Fierlafijn Reddie, Cecile Grey, Jenny Haslam, Gareth Hutchison, Colin Lindsay, Harry Mafuji, Inge Mantle, Louise Montgomery, Nick Murray, Victor Nobis, Stuart W Ogilvie, Stephen Paterson, Catriona Patience, Anna V Phillips, Sheena Phillips, Damien Rose, Alexandrina Scarbrough, Paulo Seara, Lesley Skeates, Henri Van der Elst, Paco Vazquez and Rosemary Walker.

In addition, we have contributions from National Galleries of Scotland, Friends of Granton Castle Walled Garden and the Edinburgh Sketcher.

We are delighted we will have on display ‘The Old Castle near Caroline Park, dated July 1850’. This digital print of the original artwork has been kindly donated by National Galleries of Scotland | Learning and Engagement Department.

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Lidl is giving primary school children across Scotland the chance to win £5,000 of vouchers to be spent on providing a better breakfast for their fellow pupils.

The supermarket is running the nationwide competition with its charity partner, the NSPCC, to give a boost to one school’s Breakfast Club. Continue reading Lidl offers children the chance to make breakfast time a better time at school

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement Bill “will now be paused” after MPs voted against the accelerated timetable for the Brexit Bill. The withdrawal is now subject to weeks of scrutiny.

It was the second vote of the night. The first was a win for the government – a rare occurrence in recent times – when MPs supported Boris Johnson’s withdrawal agreement in principle. This result was notable in that it was the first time MPs have shown their backing for any Brexit deal, but it was soon back to ‘business as usual’ as parliament voted to reject the government’s proposals to railroad the Bill through in just three days.

With the Bill now ‘in limbo’, it’s clear that the 31 October date for leaving the EU will not be met.

EU leaders will now consider whether to grant a delay to the 31 October Brexit deadline and what length it should be. It is possible, if unlikely, that EU members won’t approve the extension and if that’s the case the UK will ‘crash out’, leaving the EU without a deal on 31 October.

With parliament seemingly incapable of reaching agreement over Brexit, a general election is looking increasingly likely. And while all political parties say they would welcome a general election, there is a real possibility that, depending on the result, a general election may resolve nothing at all.

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Jason King, 41, was convicted following a trial at the High Court on 19th September, where he was found guilty of three offences of indecent behaviour toward young girls. Continue reading Six years for Edinburgh child abuser