BBC Radio Orkney is a local radio station which broadcasts on the main Radio Scotland channel at certain times of the day.
Every weekday morning throughout the year (except Christmas and New Year holidays) 'Around Orkney' is broadcast between 7.30 and 8am. This is a news programme with a lot else - there's news, weather, travel information, school closures (if the weather is bad this is where you find out which schools are open), a what's on diary and interviews. The presenters tend to use a lot of local dialect words and many of them are Orcadian with strong local accents, so this is a great way to find out the correct pronounciation of many local placenames.
There is a short lunchtime bulletin at 6 minutes to 1, which gives the news headlines and weather. If the weather is bad, this is a great one for finding out whether the ferries are cancelled.
In the winter, there's a selection of evening programmes. These range from a request programme, to Bruck (where people give away/swap unwanted items and make requests for items they want), to folk music, rock music, interviews with local characters, quizzes and Orkyology (the Orkney archaeology programme). Oh, and I mustn't forget the Dashing White Farmer.
Radio Orkney are a real community radio station - adding a lot of value to the local community and participating in local fundraising, primarily through their annual 5 hour live extravaganza for Children in Need, where around £20,000 is raised annually from the people of Orkney. read more
