Eklipse Sports Radio

RockSport Radio
Broadcast area Central Scotland
Slogan The Music You Want - The Sports You Love
Frequency DAB: Central Scotland
First air date 20 September 2013
Last air date 29 February 2016
Format Sports News, Classic rock
Owner Eklipse Sports Radio Ltd
Webcast Listen live
Website http://www.rocksportradio.co.uk

Eklipse Sports Radio was a Scottish-owned independent local radio station. It was based at Kinning Park on the southside of Glasgow and broadcast to Fife, and Central Scotland.

All the programming was produced in Glasgow.

The station ceased broadcasting on 29 February 2016 after the owners C McGowan and T Wotherspoon withdrew their financial support.

History

The station was mooted in the Summer of 2013 when capacity became available on the Central Scotland multiplex and a five year transmission contract was signed with Switch Scotland. The station's OFCOM broadcast licence was granted in July 2013 with a licensed format of sports news, talk and Classic rock music to a potential 2.7 million adults in the station's TSA.

The company raised £40,000 in capital under the UK government's Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme,[1] although launch was delayed by the sudden death of one of the major investors in November 2013. In February 2014 the station moved into new studio premises in Admiral St in the Kinning Park area of Glasgow. The founding Station Director was Spencer Pryor a former ITV journalist and radio presenter. He sold his entire shareholding to a consortium of local businessmen and left the station in January 2015 shortly before the station rebranded to RockSport.[2]

The current line up of presenters include George Aitchison, a former Q96 and Your Radio presenter on Breakfast. Bill Young[3] the former Programme Controller at Belfast's CityBeat hosts the station's flagship phone-in programme along with co-hosts Hugh Burns the ex Rangers, Heart of Midlothian and Ayr United defender on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. The other regular co-hosts are Ally Graham former Falkirk and Raith Rovers striker is also a regular pundit.

The station negotiated the rights to cover Scottish Junior Football for the 2014/15 season including commentaries and match reports.[4] This output is centered on the Eklipse Sports Saturday Show with junior football experts John Redmond and Bill Kilgour

The station has subscribed to RAJAR from Qtr 3 2014 and is a member of RadioCentre. The station's national advertising sales are handled by First Radio Sales in London.

Presenters

Former Presenters

References

  1. ↑ "£40k the aim for new Scottish sports radio station". The Scotsman. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Eklipse Sports Radio founder and MD quits". RadioToday. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Bill Young joins DAB Eklipse Sports Radio". RadioToday. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Football Deal for Eklipse Radio". Radio Today. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2014.

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