A new studio complex is currently being built ready for 2022.Ĭeltic Music Radio is a member of the Community Media Association and the Scottish Community Broadcasting Network.Sunday Afternoon Radio Kansas is the place for Folk, Bluegrass & Celtic Music! The decision was made in 2021 to close their Admiral St studios. During Covid times the station was broadcasting 100% from presenters homes. The switch to FM improved reception, availability, visibility to tune-in, listener experience and reasons to reach the audience.ĭuring February 2016, the radio station moved from Glasgow Caledonian University to premises in Admiral Street, which allowed the station to build 3 new studios, a performance space, boardroom, production facilities and Green Room for performing artists. This welcomed a new audience to the station across Glasgow. The 95FM launch was on 1 July 2014 with 1530 AM/MW ceasing transmission on the same day due to the terms of the FM licence. Within two years a station would have to be launched on the awarded frequency. The station went live at 15:30 on 1530 kHz AM/MW on 16 January 2008.Ĭeltic Music Radio applied to Ofcom for an FM broadcasting licence during Round 3 of Community Radio licensing and was successful with an award announced on 17 July 2012 and the 95.0FM frequency was allocated. The station is working with the organisers of other festivals, including the World Pipe Band Championships, Piping Live and the Merchant City Festival and many folk and traditional music events throughout Scotland and Ireland.įollowing two Ofcom Restricted Service Licence (RSL) short-term trial broadcasts during January 2006 and January 2007 on FM,Ĭeltic Music Radio was awarded a 5-year AM (MW) broadcast Community Radio Licence by OFCOM information.Ĭeltic Music Radio is closely associated with the annual Celtic Connections music festival which takes place in Glasgow every January, broadcasting 8 hours of live music and interviews from the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall daily.Ĭeltic Music Radio works closely with the Scottish International Piano Competition broadcasting live coverage of all of the performances. The main focus of the station is traditional and contemporary Celtic-influenced music, mainly from Scotland and Ireland, although the playlists regularly include many other genres, including folk, world music, Americana and roots music.Īs a local community broadcaster with strong links to Scottish culture and arts, Celtic Music Radio works closely with many of the music and arts festivals in the Glasgow area, providing live coverage of key events, interviews with performers, and detailed what's on.
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