{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use British English|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox radio station | name = Greatest Hits Radio North East Scotland | logo = | logo_size = 200px | city = Aberdeen | country = UK | area = North East Scotland | branding = The Good Times Sound Like This | airdate = {{plainlist| *{{Start date and age|1995|01|09|df=y}} (as Northsound 2) *{{Start date and age|2023|04|03|df=y}} (as Greatest Hits Radio North East Scotland)}} | frequency = DAB: 11C | format = Classic Hits | power = | erp = | class = | former_names = Northsound 2 | former_frequencies = 1035 kHz | callsign_meaning = | licensing_authority = Ofcom | network = Greatest Hits Radio | owner = Bauer Media Audio UK | sister_stations = Northsound 1 | webcast = | website = [https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/aberdeen/ GHR North East Scotland] | coordinates = }}
'''Greatest Hits Radio North East Scotland''' (formerly '''Northsound 2''') is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire on DAB digital radio and online. Owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Greatest Hits Radio network of classic hit music stations in England, Scotland and Wales, carrying networked programmes originating mainly from Glasgow and Manchester 24 hours a day, featuring local news and traffic bulletins.
The station relaunched as ''Greatest Hits Radio North East Scotland'' on 3 April 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Naylor |first=Laura |date=2023-01-12 |title=Northsound 2 is changing to Greatest Hits Radio North East Scotland from April 2023 |url=https://planetradio.co.uk/northsound-2/station/on-air/greatest-hits-radio-north-east-scotland/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114221854/https://planetradio.co.uk/northsound-2/station/on-air/greatest-hits-radio-north-east-scotland/ |archive-date=2023-01-14 |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=Northsound 2 |publisher=Bauer Media Audio UK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Roy |date=2023-01-12 |title=Bauer to rebrand seven heritage Scottish stations to Greatest Hits Radio |url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/01/12/bauer-to-rebrand-seven-heritage-scottish-stations-to-greatest-hits-radio/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114220552/https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/01/12/bauer-to-rebrand-seven-heritage-scottish-stations-to-greatest-hits-radio/ |archive-date=2023-01-14 |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=RadioToday |language=en-GB}}</ref>
As of December 2023, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 37,000, according to RAJAR.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RAJAR |url=https://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly_listening.php |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=www.rajar.co.uk}}</ref>
==History== thumb|Former Northsound 2 logo used from 2015-2023 thumb|Northsound 2 logo used from 2003 to 2015. Northsound 2 was established on 9 January 1995 as a sister station to Northsound Radio, which was renamed Northsound 1 at the same time, and broadcast using the older station's AM frequency.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005278/19950108/703/0053 |work=Scotland on Sunday |date=8 January 1995 |access-date=3 June 2025 |title=Radio Preview |page=21 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
On 3 June 2013, station owners Bauer Radio announced that Northsound 2 would axe its one remaining local programme, the weekday breakfast show which was presented by John McRuvie, and replace it with a networked show hosted by Robin Galloway from Monday 1 July 2013 across all of Bauer's network of AM stations in Scotland.<ref>[http://radiotoday.co.uk/2013/06/galloway-goes-national-at-bauer-scotland/ Galloway goes national at Bauer Scotland], Radio Today, 3 June 2013</ref> The station became part of the Bauer City 2 network (since rebranded as Greatest Hits Radio) upon its launch on Monday 5 January 2015.
On Tuesday 3 April 2018, Northsound 2 ceased broadcasting on AM and became a digital-only station on DAB and online.<ref>[https://www.agcc.co.uk/news-article/northsound-2-to-make-the-switch-to-digital-this-week Northsound 2 to make the switch to digital this week], Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce, 3 April 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-43345758 Radio station Northsound to switch off analogue service], BBC News, 9 March 2018</ref> It is the first commercial radio station in Scotland - and the first of Bauer's local stations - to cease analogue broadcasting in favour of a digital switchover.<ref>[https://radiotoday.co.uk/2018/03/northsound-2-to-switch-off-am-radio-service/ Northsound 2 to switch off AM radio service], Radio Today, 8 March 2018</ref>
==Programming==
As of July 2025 the entirety of the station's programming is produced outwith Scotland, at Greatest Hits Radio's studios in Birmingham, London and Manchester studios and broadcast on both networks in Scotland and England,<ref>{{cite web |title=Public File (North East Scotland) |url=https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/north-east-scotland-public-file/ |website=Planetradio.co.uk |access-date=3 April 2023}}</ref> with the only Scotland-wide show - the breakfast show which comes from Glasgow being cancelled in favour of expanding the English breakfast show into Scotland.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Roy |date=2025-06-26 |title=Rossie expands to Scotland as Ewen and Cat leave GHR for new gig |url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2025/06/ewan-and-cat-decide-to-leave-ghr-scotland-for-new-gig/ |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=RadioToday |language=en-GB}}</ref>
===News=== Greatest Hits Radio North East Scotland broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6a.m. to 7p.m. on weekdays and from 7a.m. to 1p.m. at weekends. Headlines are broadcast on the half hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside sport and traffic bulletins.
National bulletins from Sky News Radio are carried overnight with bespoke networked Scottish bulletins at weekends, produced from Radio Clyde's newsroom in Clydebank.
==See also== *Northsound 1
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/aberdeen/}}
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