Ada Fisher [on holiday]

-Sunday 5pm-6pm

Ada plays an assortment of music. Mainly Golden Oldies from the 50s with a touch of jazz and blues – in fact a mixture of everything good in music – plus a live phone-in for dedications and requests.  Her aim is to meander down memory lane for an hour and bring a little nostalgia to her listeners.

Alan Donald

-Monday to Friday 10am-12pm

Hosts “All In A Day’s Work” each weekday with regular features such as Cover Story, No.1s and Sublime to Ridiculous and he is joined by Lost The Plot every wednesday morning.

Alastair Robertson

-Sunday 9:30am-12pm

Another new addition to the team who brings a great deal of experience and expertise to his Sunday Brunch.

Alison Ramsay

-Thursday 12pm-2pm

-Friday 2pm-4pm

Brings her own brand of music and talk to two weekly slots.

Big Man Billy

-Tuesday 2pm-4pm

Returned to the airwaves in the middle of 2011 and once again entertains with his unique delivery and musical wares.

Bill Sanger [on holiday]

-Monday, Wednesday and Friday 8am-10am

Very recently joined the Bute FM and recently become a thrice-weekly regular fixture in the schedule with his take on the Breakfast Show.

Young Cameron

-Thursday 4pm-6pm

-Friday 4pm-5pm

Shares a slot with Meghan on a Thursday evening and still enjoying his long-standing regular Friday spot.

Chris Docherty (on holiday)

-Saturday 10pm-12am

Hosts “The Thursday Night Rock And Metal Show” each Thursday between 6pm-8pm, playing everything from Prog Metal to Death Metal with a healthy mix of new music.  Chris has set himself the target of playing 1000 different bands over the course of this year and once a month he also features a Classic Album, which he discusses and plays in its entirety.  Not for the faint hearted!

Chris Kinloch

-Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 12pm-2pm

A great new addition to the team and quickly making a name for himself in this recently vacated slot.

Clara Thomson

-Friday 5pm-6pm

Bravely puts up with all kinds of nonsense in the studio and an important part of the Bute FM young team.

Darren McEwan

-Saturday 10pm-12am

Recently handed over two slots to new presenters and now going it alone late on a Saturday evening.

Derek McInnes

-Monday 6pm-8pm

Feelin’ the Blues on a Monday afternoon.

Ewan Stuart

- Monday 2pm-4pm

A very new addition to the Bute FM team and fast becoming a favourite in his Monday mid-afternoon slot with Hit and Miss and other regular features.

Fay Davidson

-Monday 8pm-10pm

Host of “Show’s Yer Metal”. “I have loved Heavy Metal since I was about 13-when Iron Maiden brought out “The Number of the Beast” and it has always played a big part in my life, as most of my friends and relationships are also fans of the genre. I will admit to being stuck mainly in the 80’s where metal is concerned though as in my opinion that is the era that the best tunes and songs were written, although both my children have also developed a taste for it, introducing me to the more modern acts like Slipknot, My Chemical Romance etc changing my views slightly. My CD collection/MP3 player is not exclusive to heavy metal though, I do like other types of music that I listen to regularly including classical and musicals, heavy metal though, will always be my first choice. I also love performing in different ways (acting, dancing etc) so presenting my own radio show pulls together two of my main joys in life!”

Gordon Hillis

-Tuesday 7pm-9pm

Brand new weekday presenter and host of “Try Whistling This”.

Iain McPherson

-Saturday 4pm-6pm

Waited for many a year before we found a slot for him which he has now made his own and is building a very regular audience.

Iain Quinn

-Saturday 12pm-4pm

travels from Jordanhill in Glasgow every week and plays from the archive: 50’s and 60’s Easy Listening, Classical tracks & the best of the Scottish Scene Dance Bands/singers. On an occasional basis, a guest joins in the chat–mainly from the halcyon days of the Clyde and Steamers.

Innes Wands

-Saturday 8pm-10pm

The newest addition to the team, taking over from his friend Kalvin as she returns to America for a few months.

Isra

-Thursday 10pm-11pm

A late night slot for a very popular show which deals in songs and stories, with a different topic each week.

Jenny Brown

-Sunday 4pm-5pm

with Rhythm and Rhyme and tunes to transport you back thru time!

Jim Prentice

-Sunday 12am-2pm

Host of “Mainly Motown” on a Sunday lunchtime and returning to the weekend presenting team after a period of recovery. Commutes an awfully long way to get here which is most appreciated.

John Carroll

-Sunday 6pm-8pm

An integral part of our live weekend schedule with his “Big Band” sounds.

Jordan Lyon

-Saturday 10am-12pm

-Monday to Friday 8am-10am

Another very new addition to the team who can regularly be found kicking off the weekend schedule with his Saturday Brunch show and currently sitting in on the Breakfast Show until Bill returns.

Josh Bartsch

-Tuesday 5pm-7pm

-Saturday 6pm-8pm

Came to us for work experience in February 2011. Doing a solo show on Tuesday evenings and Saturday evening.

Kalvin De Nike [on holiday]

-Saturday 8pm-10pm

Recently made the Saturday evening slot her own but has had to hand over the reins for a short while as she returns home to the USA.

Kirsten Wright

-Thursday 8pm-10pm

A recent addition to the team and settling very well into her regular slot.

Liz Chandler

-Sunday 2pm-4pm

“Folk In Focus” presenter with a smudge of interviews with live performers. Bringing back a new show to the airwaves on a Wednesday afternoon in the New Year.

Lost The Plot with Olive (& Guest)

-Wednesday 11am-11:30am

A small but perfectly formed gardening segment that slots in on a Wednesday morning so get your green-fingered questions into the girls in the usual way.

Marcus Trapp

-Tuesday 4pm-5pm

-Thursday 6pm-8pm

Recently returned to the airwaves and now hosting two shows in two slots and showing no signs of losing his edge during his absence.

Marion Sayers

-Wednesday 7pm-9pm

Presents ‘Country Capers’ and themes each show around a different theme every week.

Mark McCormack (on holiday)

-Tuesday 9pm-10pm

-Sunday 8pm-9pm

Three very different shows from Mark – the first on Tuesday ‘Blow Your Own Chanter’ looks at piping music , Wednesday’s show is a mish-mash of tunes whilst Sunday night sees him delivering a classical music show.

Martin Harkins

-Friday 8pm-10pm

Hosts “Sleazy Marty’s Rock on The Rock Show” each Friday night.

Meghan Bagan

-Thursday 4pm-6pm

Shares a slot with Young Cameron on Thursday after returning from holiday.

Peter Hamilton

-Thursday 2pm-4pm

Returning to the airwaves with a 2-hour long show that will be sure to retain the sparkle of the original show.

Richard Snape

-Monday 4pm-6pm

Host of Celtic ‘n’ Blues Fusion and recently gone solo doing so – alternates with Tommy Hunter in this slot.

Richie Cuthbertson

-Wednesday 5pm-7pm

Another new addition to the team making his way in a recently vacated slot.

Robert Maitland

-Wednesday 2pm-5pm

Tune in every Wednesday afternoon for music from rock’s classic era and beyond, featuring a mix of prog and heavy rock with some blues, folk rock and jazz rock thrown in for good measure.  Robert entertains with his wealth of musical knowledge and plays tracks from a featured album each week.  Listen out too for his specialist themed shows.

Sandy Ogilvie

-Monday 12pm-2pm

-Friday 6pm-8pm

Hosts “Request Friday” with regular quizzes and listener requests and now chairs our new current affairs show ‘Bute Matters’ on a Monday lunch-time.

Stewart Laird

-Friday 10pm-1am

Hosts “Big Stoos Weekend Anthems” on a Friday night.

Tommy Hunter

-Monday 4pm-6pm

On-air every alternate Monday.

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Bute FM provides competitive advertising and sponsorship packages and, whether you are a start-up solo business or a more established company, we have a package to suit you and make your promotional budget work hard for you. Programme sponsorship can cost as little as £50 per 2-hour show:  ideal when you want to combat economic downturn.

Bute FM broadcasts to the Isle of Bute, both on 96.5 MHz FM long wave band – to an area with a total population of 7,228 – and online through this website.

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Bute FM offers the opportunity to raise your profile, targeting a specific market in a very cost effective manner with our spot advertising packages.

SPONSORSHIP

Sponsorship of programmes on Bute FM is a way to build a special relationship with our listeners through association with presenters, programmes and services.

ONLINE INTERNET LISTENING

• Recent research into internet ‘surfing’ behaviour revealed that 20% of internet users are listening to radio at any time (Clark Chapman Research 2006). This is great news for businesses which use the web to bring customers in, as it means many of the listeners can go and check the website immediately.

• Online and radio are the only media predicted to grow audience. The huge growth in online audience is increasingly affecting time spent with other (traditional) media – radio is the only traditional medium that people predict they will be spending more time with in the near future.

Size of opportunity

• Almost 50% listen to radio when online each week 67% of the sample claimed that they ever listen to radio when online and 72% of these claimed to have listened in the last week (i.e. 48% of total sample). The Clark Chapman research also suggests that at any given time 20% of people who are online are also listening to radio – making this conjunction a significant media opportunity in its own right (Source: CanStream)

Communication effects

• Online and radio provide complementary rational and emotional consumer benefits. Online is perceived as a convenient channel for helping people find what they want, when they want it, whereas radio is perceived as offering the human touch, helping to shape the moods and rhythm of the day. In conjunction, they feed each other by keeping the consumer engaged across each other’s momentary low points, leading to an increase in overall time spent with this media combination.

• Bute FM online is ‘social connectivity’ media. Radio broadcasting and online internet listening are both perceived as providing connection with people’s social communities but on different levels. Online operates more within people’s immediate social network, allowing them to stay in touch with friends and highly defined communities of interest like at butefm.org.uk Radio connects people with their wider network e.g. their community of interest.

• Radio is the most flexible medium. Business conditions can change fast and Bute FM is well set to meet those changes. Production of commercials is quick and relatively low-cost at only £30 per script and this allows advertisers to put out just the right message at the right time. This flexibility works particularly well for advertisers whose business changes fast with late deals, extended sales, reaction to news/weather with late deals, extended sales and offers.

For an informal chat on advertising, sponsorship and promotional opportunities please contact:

Iain Donald or Graham Leonard on 01700 502266 or email: butefm@butefm.com

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Who's more famous now?

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

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 music by, and interviews with, local artists in order to raise their profile. It is our intention that the service will provide more publicity for local events and activities, thereby increasing community participation.

Yearly there will be specialist programmes broadcast during Bute’s internationally renowned Jazz Festival and other such events, so as to allow people who may not be able to get out and about to enjoy and participate in these popular gatherings.

If you would like to make a request, for a particular song or have a dedication you would like us to put out on-air, just fill in the form below and we’ll happily put it out for you…

Tune-in at 20 past the hour – between 8am-2pm (weekdays) – for your regular local travel updates here on Bute FM.

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.

More travel information is available from these websites:

Ferries (Rothesay-Wemyss Bay)

Trains (Wemyss Bay-Glasgow Central)

Tune-in at 20 past the hour – between 8am-2pm (weekdays) – for your regular local weather updates here on Bute FM.

More weather information is available from these websites:

Met Office forecast for Rothesay

Met Office inshore waters forecast

If you need to get in touch with anyone at Bute FM, here’s how.

By Telephone:

(01700) 502266

By Text:

07562 612747

By Post:

Bute FM,

Top Floor,

7 Castle Street,

Rothesay,

Isle of Bute,

PA20 9HA

Use this form to email the studio:

Or find us on the following social networking sites:

Bute FM on Facebook

Bute FM on Twitter

Bute FM on MySpace

Bute FM on YouTube

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We have lots of volunteering opportunities at Bute FM including:
Presenters
Researchers and producers
Technicians
Administrators
Website designers / graphic designers
Publicity and marketing

Once you become a volunteer you will gain access to training opportunities, you will become a member of the organisation, you will receive station updates and you will be able to have your voice heard by the local community!

Additionally, we are also looking for volunteers with experience in:
Marketing and communication
Finance / business management
Legal / business management
Networking and community development
Fundraising / applying for grants
Broadcasting

If you are interested in volunteering with Bute FM please send us an e-mail using the form below – with the position you are interested in as the subject line – and we will add you to our database.

If you are not able to volunteer with Bute FM but would like to help, you can still become a member.  Associate Members can attend AGMs but will not be able to vote.

Download your Associate Membership Application form

Bute FM 96.5 team

PS.  Our logo was designed by Meghan Bagan, whom we deemed to have produced the best logo design – from a strong field – in a competition last year.