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BBC Radio Orkney is a local opt-out of BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland

BBC Radio Scotland is BBC Scotland's national English language radio station. It broadcasts a wide variety of programming including news, sport, light entertainment, music, The arts, comedy, drama, history and lifestyle....
 for the Orkney Islands
Orkney Islands

Orkney is an archipelago in northern Scotland, situated 10 miles north of the coast of Caithness. Orkney comprises over 70 islands; around 20 are inhabited....
, which is based in Kirkwall
Kirkwall

Kirkwall is the largest town and capital of the Orkney Islands, off the coast of northern mainland Scotland. The town is first mentioned in the Orkneyinga saga in the year 1046....
, Orkney
Orkney Islands

Orkney is an archipelago in northern Scotland, situated 10 miles north of the coast of Caithness. Orkney comprises over 70 islands; around 20 are inhabited....
, in Scotland
Scotland

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Depending on the time of year, there are either two or three broadcasts per day on weekdays on the BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland

BBC Radio Scotland is BBC Scotland's national English language radio station. It broadcasts a wide variety of programming including news, sport, light entertainment, music, The arts, comedy, drama, history and lifestyle....
 frequency: the flagship breakfast programme Around Orkney, a short lunchtime news at 12:54pm featuring local news & weather for Orkney & Shetland, and the evening programme.

Around Orkney Around Orkney is a news programme broadcast weekday mornings from 7:30 to 8:00am GMT (opting out from Good Morning Scotland
Good Morning Scotland

Good Morning Scotland is BBC Radio Scotland flagship morning news programme. It broadcasts 06.00 - 0900 every weekday morning on radio Scotland and between 06.00 and 07.30 on BBC Radio nan G?idheal before the Scottish Gaelic verson of the programme, Aithris Na Maidne ....
), featuring local news, weather, travel, sport, daily diary, job opportunities and mart reports, and every Wednesday there is a 'Postbag' section featuring letters sent in by listeners.






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BBC Radio Orkney is a local opt-out of BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland

BBC Radio Scotland is BBC Scotland's national English language radio station. It broadcasts a wide variety of programming including news, sport, light entertainment, music, The arts, comedy, drama, history and lifestyle....
 for the Orkney Islands
Orkney Islands

Orkney is an archipelago in northern Scotland, situated 10 miles north of the coast of Caithness. Orkney comprises over 70 islands; around 20 are inhabited....
, which is based in Kirkwall
Kirkwall

Kirkwall is the largest town and capital of the Orkney Islands, off the coast of northern mainland Scotland. The town is first mentioned in the Orkneyinga saga in the year 1046....
, Orkney
Orkney Islands

Orkney is an archipelago in northern Scotland, situated 10 miles north of the coast of Caithness. Orkney comprises over 70 islands; around 20 are inhabited....
, in Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
.

Depending on the time of year, there are either two or three broadcasts per day on weekdays on the BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland

BBC Radio Scotland is BBC Scotland's national English language radio station. It broadcasts a wide variety of programming including news, sport, light entertainment, music, The arts, comedy, drama, history and lifestyle....
 frequency: the flagship breakfast programme Around Orkney, a short lunchtime news at 12:54pm featuring local news & weather for Orkney & Shetland, and the evening programme.

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Around Orkney

Around Orkney is a news programme broadcast weekday mornings from 7:30 to 8:00am GMT (opting out from Good Morning Scotland
Good Morning Scotland

Good Morning Scotland is BBC Radio Scotland flagship morning news programme. It broadcasts 06.00 - 0900 every weekday morning on radio Scotland and between 06.00 and 07.30 on BBC Radio nan G?idheal before the Scottish Gaelic verson of the programme, Aithris Na Maidne ....
), featuring local news, weather, travel, sport, daily diary, job opportunities and mart reports, and every Wednesday there is a 'Postbag' section featuring letters sent in by listeners. Radio Orkney produced their first ever outside broadcasts in the summer of 2007, from the County Show and the Parish Cup Final.

Radio Orkney

Radio Orkney (also called the evening programme) is a programme broadcast from 6:05 to 7:00pm from Monday-Thursday between the months of October and May. There are various programmes on the evening schedule - including the regular Monday night Bruck programme (swaps and appeals), a folk music programme (Tuesday Folk), a country music programme (On The Border), Whassigo (an Orcadian Call My Bluff), Classic Concert (Archive local recordings), The Blues Surgery and the annual Ba Quiz.

Friday Requests

Friday Requests is broadcast on a Friday evening throughout the year. The programme is identical in structure to the above mentioned Radio Orkney programme except that it plays music which residents of Orkney
Orkney Islands

Orkney is an archipelago in northern Scotland, situated 10 miles north of the coast of Caithness. Orkney comprises over 70 islands; around 20 are inhabited....
 have requested through the week via phoning a request line, which is usually dedicated
Dedication

Dedication is the act of consecrating an altar, temple, church or other sacred building. It also refers to the inscription of books or other artifacts when these are specifically addressed or presented to a particular person....
 to somebody.