Cuillin FM
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Cuillin FM is a radio station which broadcasts to the Isle of Skye and Lochalsh on the Scottish mainland. Cuillin FM also link up with Two Lochs Radio
Two Lochs Radio
Two Lochs Radio is Britain's smallest commercial radio station, and community broadcaster for the Gairloch, Loch Ewe and Loch Maree areas of Wester Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland...

 in Gairloch
Gairloch
Gairloch is a village, civil parish and community on the shores of Loch Gairloch on the northwest coast of Scotland. A popular tourist destination in the summer months, Gairloch has a golf course, a small museum, several hotels, a community centre, a leisure centre with sports facilities, a local...

 for certain broadcasts, such as Balaich Nam Port, a weekly Scottish dance music programme on Saturday evening from 9 pm to 11 pm.

Programming

The station broadcasts live from their studio in Portree
Portree
Portree is the largest town on Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is the location for the only secondary school on the Island, Portree High school. Public transport services are limited to buses....

 from 7.30 to 9 am then 3 pm to midnight Monday to Friday; 10 am to midnight on a Saturday and 9.00 am to 11 pm on Sunday. The rest of the time programmes are run by a sustaining service. The station has a duty to provide at least three hours of Gaelic programming per week.

Cuillin FM also has outside broadcasting
Outside broadcasting
Outside broadcasting is the electronic field production of television or radio programmes from a mobile remote broadcast television studio. Professional video camera and microphone signals come into the production truck for processing, recording and possibly transmission...

facilities for charity, community event coverage such as The Highland Games, Piping Festivals, Battle of the Bands, agricultural shows and Youth Speaks.

The morning service from PortreeFree Church is aired on Cuillin FM between 2 pm and 3 pm each Sunday.

Presenters

  • Alister Ross - Orain agus Ceol, Evergreen
  • Allan Nelson - Twangfest
  • Andy Mitchell - Radio Bingo, Strupag
  • Bill Johnson - Stuff and Nonsense
  • Bruce Edmondson - Hot wax, Rock into the night, Abba to Zappa, The rural garden
  • Cammy Gauld - Cammy's Rammy
  • Carole Horton - The Carole Horton Show
  • Charlotte Johnson - Stuff and nonsense
  • Chris Grant - Highland Uproar
  • Chris Tyler - The Chris and Rosie Show
  • David Matheson - Solid Rock, The Friday Playlist, The Party Hour
  • David McIntyre - The Rural Garden
  • Dave Taylor - The Sound
  • Donnie Alick MacLeod - Balaich nam Port, Saturday Nightcap
  • Dougie Miller - Monday Jazz Hour, Wednesday Jazz Hour, The Rural Garden, Mid Morning Music

  • Drew Millar - Radio Bingo, We didn't quite make it, Saturday Sports Show
  • Duncan Martin - Balaich Nam Port
  • Gary Wilson - Lifesong, Solid Rock
  • Hector Cormack - The Saturday Sports Show, Sunday Inspirations
  • Iain Copeland - The Phat Controller
  • Jamie Blair - Jay's Choice, Hot Wax
  • Jim Campbell - Cuillin Country, A taste of Scotch
  • Jim Lawson - Tuesday Afternoon Show, Strange but oddly normal
  • John "Crofter" Blamire - The Crofter's Corner, Saturday Sportshow
  • John Campbell - Presenter of And another thing...
  • John Gordon - Community Chit Chat, The Sound
  • John Grundy - Big Breakfast Show, Balaich nam Port
  • John Scholes - Celtic Moods
  • John Smith - The Great Northern radio show, The Great Northern radio show Sunday session

  • Katie Macdonald - Community Chit Chat
  • Kay Austin
  • Kenneth Matheson - My mic. your music, The Saturday SoundHouse
  • Kenny Mackenzie - The Kenny Mackenzie Show
  • Lorna Masson - The Monday Youth programme
  • Martin Mackillop - The Great Northern radio show, The Great Northern radio show Friday session, The Great Northern radio show Sunday session
  • Martin 'Cheeky' Macpherson - The Friday Playlist
  • Morag Anna MacLeod - The Cailleachs
  • Nick Wakeham - Talent o' the tartan, A night at the musicals, Big Breakfast show
  • Rebecca Shaw - The Monday Youth programme
  • Rosie Somerville - The Chris and Rosie Show
  • Ruairidh Cormack - Oran Mor
  • Shona Campbell - The Big Breakfast Show
  • Tracy Mackinnon - Scottish Favourites


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