Bute FM’s Volunteer Presenters

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Robert McGowan
Brand New Breakfast host Robert McGowan gets your weekday off to a great start with a mish-mash of music, announcements and travel and weather information from 8am-10am.
Bobby Wilson
Each weekday lunch-time from 12pm you’re invited to sample the very best in pop history from the master craftsman himself, Bobby Wilson. Cheeky banter and unlikely links [...]

Your Business Can Help Bute FM

“No one’s bettered radio as the way to hear new music.”
Michael Nutley, Editor, New Media Age

Bute FM provides you with the ideal opportunity for your business, product or service to reach a discerning audience at advertising rates that meet tight budgets.
Bute FM provides competitive advertising and sponsorship packages and, whether you are a start-up [...]

Listen Live

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For best results, open in a new window…enjoy!

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By Hook Or By Crook

Our very own Greig Aird with Highland Games Chieftain Blythe Duff at the Rothesay Highland Games on 22nd August 2009.
Said the star: “I was very happy to meet her off of Taggart.  As you can tell from the photograph…”
For more about the day click here

Music Policy

Bute FM broadcasts a diverse mix of music of all styles including: Golden Oldies, Pop, Rock, Dance, Blues, Celtic and many, many others.
Our regular specialist music shows are intended encourage contributions from people of all ages who want to share their musical interests with the community.
Additional programming will, in time, include the broadcasting of live [...]

Bute FM Lottery Winners

This Week’s Winner
03/09/10        Mhairi Lingard

Previous 9 Weekly Winners
27/08/10          Vera McCabe
20/08/10          John Digney
13/08/10          Charlene Poole
06/08/10          Mary McMillan
30/07/10          Moira Stewart
23/07/10          Anonymous
16/07/10          Anonymous
09/07/10          Jeff Worrall
02/07/10          Vera McCabe

Travel Updates

For travel updates you can visit:
Caledonian MacBrayne’s Service Status page
First Scotrail’s Journey Check page
And make sure you keep listening to our broadcasts for any up-to-the-minute local travel and road information as and when anything happens.

Latest Weather Updates

Here are the latest weather reports for the Isle of Bute from a few different sources:
Met Office forecast for Rothesay
Met Office inshore waters forecast
BBC weather forecast for Rothesay

The Bute FM Lottery

Bute FM operates our own weekly lottery which enables us to raise funds towards the running costs of your community radio station service.
Your support will ensure that we can stay on-air and will also help us to train both adult and school pupil volunteers in broadcasting skills and multimedia production techniques.
Our not-for-profit ethos means that [...]

Contact Us

Bute FM would be nothing without you and your help. To this end we have a number of different ways for you to get involved:
Firstly, you could contact us directly by using the contact information below. We welcome all correspondence and look forward to hearing from you.
Secondly, you will be able to interact with a [...]

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