Greatest Hits Radio Ayrshire

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use British English|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox radio station | country = Scotland | name = Greatest Hits Radio Ayrshire | logo = | city = Ayr | area = Ayrshire | branding = | airdate = 16 October 1981<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thedrum.com/news/westsound|title=Borthwick driving Westsound and West FM in the right direction.|date=6 November 2002|work=The Drum|access-date=12 April 2026}}</ref> | frequency = DAB: 11B | format = Classic Hits | erp = | class = | former_frequencies = MW: 1035 kHz | former_names = Westsound | callsign_meaning = | owner = Bauer Media Audio UK | sister_stations = Clyde 1 (Ayrshire)<br>Greatest Hits Radio Dumfries & Galloway | webcast = Rayo | website = [https://hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hits/ayrshire/ GHR Ayrshire] | coordinates = }}

'''Greatest Hits Radio Ayrshire''' is an Independent Local Radio station based in Glasgow, Scotland, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Greatest Hits Radio Network. It broadcasts to Ayrshire.

As of December 2022, the station had a weekly audience of 69,000 listeners according to RAJAR.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RAJAR |url=https://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly_listening.php |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=rajar.co.uk |archive-date=25 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025133344/https://www.rajar.co.uk/LISTENING/QUARTERLY_LISTENING.PHP |url-status=live }}</ref>

The station rebranded from ''West Sound'' to ''Greatest Hits Radio Ayrshire ''on 3 April 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Hazel |date=2023-01-12 |title=West Sound is changing to Greatest Hits Radio Ayrshire from April 2023 |url=https://planetradio.co.uk/westsound/station/on-air/greatest-hits-radio-ayrshire-information/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114222638/https://planetradio.co.uk/westsound/station/on-air/greatest-hits-radio-ayrshire-information/ |archive-date=2023-01-14 |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=West Sound |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> On 12 November 2023, it was announced that the station would cease broadcasting on medium wave before the end of the year, but would continue on DAB.<ref>[https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/11/bauer-to-turn-off-am-services-in-scotland-ireland-and-northern-england Bauer to turn off AM services in Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland] Radio Today, 12 November 2023</ref>

==Programming and presenters==

Much of the station's programming is produced in Greatest Hits Radio's studios in Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Some output is produced from GHR's Birmingham, London and Manchester studios and broadcast on both networks in Scotland and England.<ref>{{cite web |title=Public File (Dumfries & Galloway) |url= https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/dumfries-galloway-public-file/|website=Planetradio.co.uk |access-date=3 April 2023}}</ref>

Presenters currently on Greatest Hits Radio Ayrshire are; Ewen Cameron and Cat Harvey (Ewen & Cat at Breakfast, weekdays 6-10{{nbsp}}am), Ken Bruce (weekdays 10{{nbsp}}am-1{{nbsp}}pm), Kate Thornton (weekdays 1{{nbsp}}pm-4{{nbsp}}pm), Simon Mayo (Drivetime weekdays 4{{nbsp}}pm-7{{nbsp}}pm and Album Show Sunday 1{{nbsp}}pm-4{{nbsp}}pm), Jackie Brambles (Monday-Thursday 7{{nbsp}}pm-10{{nbsp}}pm), Martin Kemp (Friday 7{{nbsp}}pm-10{{nbsp}}pm), Andy Crane (Sunday-Thursday 10{{nbsp}}pm-1{{nbsp}}am), Des Paul (Rhythm of the Night Friday and Saturday 10{{nbsp}}pm-1{{nbsp}}am).

===News=== The station broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6{{nbsp}}am to 7{{nbsp}}pm on weekdays and from 7{{nbsp}}am to 1{{nbsp}}pm 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 on weekend afternoons, produced from Radio Clyde's newsroom in Clydebank.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Official website|https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/ayrshire/}}

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