CamGlen Radio is a fantastic resource that covers the Southeast of Glasgow and beyond. All the…read morepresenters are local to Rutherglen and Cambuslang, every day CamGlen Radio delivers information on Community Projects including the upcoming 900th anniversary of the Town of Rutherglen. throughout the Covid pandemic they continued to broadcast from the presenters homes keeping the residents of Cambuslang and Rutherglen informed on where help could be accessed they also ran a food bank from their station premises. they continue to be active in the local community arranging events in conjunction with Healthy and Happy Community Development Trust.

Insight Radio is a national radio station based in the partick area of Glasgow. (It's just by the…read moreMorrison's on Dumbarton Road if you're looking for a more specific location!) Officially Europe's first radio station for blind and partially sighted listeners - Insight Radio is part of RNIB. Now, first things first - I am not blind or partially sighted. This, however, does not mean that I can't sppreciate Insight Radio! On many a late night when I'm making my way home and Radio 1 has gone past the stage where it's entertaining and every other station seems to be playing nothing but adverts - I often stumble across Insight Radio. Now, I don't normally realise that I've done this. I'm normally happily listening away to Coldplay or the like when the song ends and I realise where it is that I've stumbled upon. Insight Radio offers talking books, blind movie reviews, RNIB job listings and information for blind and partially sighted people as well as good music. They have very good relationships with local charities, and can often be found mentioning charity fundraising events taking place. They also maintain a very up to date and linked in twitter page - which you'll find links to on their website.

Clyde One, as cheesy as it is, is part of the Glasgow bricks…read more Tiger Tim is the stuff of broadcasting legend. Don't forget to say "thurteen" instead of "therteen". If you are lucky enough you might win a Clyde One t shirt and a cuddly tiger. Very rarely will you head a song on Clyde One that strays outside the top 40. But you have to applaud any station with a DJ that announces after Lady Gaga Bad Romance finishes "If you listen carefully to the end, it sounds like she's saying "wild jobby romance."" Do you know something, it really does.

Generally speaking, Clyde 1 is cheesier than a crate-load of Stilton, but almost comfortingly so…read more Despite bemoaning my old boss's insistence that we played it in the office from 9-5, while working overseas I found myself tuning in online every now and then just to get a shot of mince, Glaswegian DJ patter. Tiger "Ohhh oh oh oh oh oh oh, goodbye!" Tim was the king of this and admittedly the station has gone downhill as guys of his era have headed out while hip young things like Romeo have sauntered in, but it's just so hard to say anything bad about as inoffensive a thing as Clyde One. I guess it's at its strongest with its football coverage, as for every nugget of nonsense uttered by Derek Johnston, you will get two bits of truly astounding commentary from Peter Martin. For these alone, it's worth tuning in.

Pulse is a Barrhead based radio station (moving into a new premises very soon) which features all…read morethe best things about Glasgow and has a wide range of shows. In particular, the Saturday morning show the Banterers which is a huge laugh - the guys have great chat and loads of charm. You can listen at 98.4 or use the Tune In Radio app as they are well worth a listen!

My band and I were recently on Pulse's Saturday Sandwich show. - We had a lot of fun!…read more Situated in what I can only describe as a teeny tiny wee house in Barrhead, Pulse is community radio at its finest; with warm, friendly hosts, a packed roster of varied shows and the genuine aim to showcase local happenings, including musicians local to Glasgow. The guys from Saturday Sandwich got in touch after catching our set on STV Glasgow. - Would we like to come on the show? Of course we would! The set-up of the show was informal. We were made to feel really welcome and we were given the freedom to play for as long as we'd like to and to stay for as long as we like to. Since we'd traveled from Stirling, we stayed for the duration and played several of our own songs over the course of the show. There's a different theme for the show every week which makes things really fun. Ours was 'spirit.' (For instance, the spirit of man.') Luckily, we were able to work a few of our songs in to the theme. Excitingly for us, the guests on the show pick the theme for the following week's show! As a band, we really felt involved in the show from start to finish, and the hosts were really appreciative of us taking part. The hosts are talented musicians themselves and it was nice to hear them play some live music throughout the show. So, it was only right that we ended the show with a good old-fashioned jam. And then we were on our way, brimming with community spirit! Unfortunately, there isn't a listen again feature for the station at the moment so we couldn't relive the experience. Hopefully, there is soon!

I used to present a show on this channel, where a co-presenter and I delivered a fairly haphazard,…read moredisorganised hour of banging garage every Friday night. We may have had far less listeners than Pete Tong, but Subcity was and still is the best way for new DJs in Glasgow to get to play the exact kind of music they want, with no rules, to the public, before inevitably selling out and playing the Grease megamix week in week out at weddings. On a serious note, some of the shows are indeed pretty awful technically as there aren't really any resources to train new presenters. Even if the chat is a bit crap though you'll always likely pick up a good new tune you've never heard before, so it's always worth a listen.

Subcity Radio is one of the most interesting ways to get into new music that I can think of. This…read morefree, online resource allows listeners to enjoy a massively diverse collection of tunes. OK, so not all the shows are of a high standard, but then that is what one would expect from a free radio station run by students. However, when the shows are good they can be very good indeed. As it is the radio station for the University of Glasgow much of the music is local in flavour . There are no set play-list and it claims that 90% of the content is specialist programming. To quote their website:"Subcity covers almost every musical base, including Motown, Drum and Bass, Synthpop, Jazz and Techno with interesting and engaging presenters providing information on the music they play. The station broadcasts online all year round and annually on FM. The station is also a big part of the Glasgow club scene and they regularly put on their own nights. It has also been a platform for some of the likes of Optimo, Freakmenoovers, Mixed Business and Mish Mash and Boom Monk Ben to enter the clubbing big school.

The medium of radio is one that still seems stuck very much in the twentieth century, especially…read morewhen it comes to local stations. Fist-clenchingly infuriating jingles, awkward interviews with local non-celebrities, and a music playlist that would even sound embarrassing at a gypsy's wedding. Forth One has all of this and more, with presenters who sound like they're applying for a job at TGI's, and various competitions punting worthless "prizes" straight from the bargain buckets of local stores, and that's exactly what's so great about it. Corny, outdated, but strangely reassuring, the eccentricities of local radio are a pleasure I hope we have for many years to come.

Forth One is the best local radio station on the East coast of Scotland, and most likely one of the…read morebest nationally. With this radio station, you get great music with up-to-date chart hitting singles, rock anthems and indie classics. But what makes this radio station better than other local stations in my opinion is the presenters! Boogie in the Morning is a great morning radio show but the best has to be Grant Stott's show from 10am to 2pm. This local legend provides great music but also great banter with those who call in. Furthermore, the radio station also makes an effort to inform people of local events and campaigns which are going on! To me the music is great and this local radio station does seem to have less time dedicated to those awful radio adverts than most (An added bonus)! If you're in Edinburgh then why not give it a listen...

If you ask me, an essential Glaswegian experience is listening to Ewan and Roughie's football talk…read moreshow on Real Radio at least once. I'd just love to see the look on, for instance, an American's face as they heard call after call of: "Ewan, Celtic are rubbish, Rangers are going to win the league." or "Roughie, Rangers are rubbish, Celtic are going to win the league." Along with Robin and Kat's morning show, the strangely-addictive daily talkshow (the football fan's brain-cell reducing equivalent to Jeremy Kyle) keeps the punters listening to Real Radio and ensures its future on the Scottish airwaves is safe. The station as a whole is not ground-breaking stuff, but it's a better than average commercial offering.

Fresh Air is the radio station, created and produced by students from Edinburgh University. The…read morestation is available on line via its website during semester time. During my time at as a student Fresh Air has most defiantly improved year on year. The station provides for the diverse range of music that students like. From jazz, indie to rock, Fresh Air dedicates time to them all, with different shows. The shows themselves are presented by budding young students who love their music and want to have fun while gaining experience of being involved in a radio station. For me though, one of the best things that Fresh Air does is too encourage new local bands, through battle of the bands competitions and allowing these bands to have air time. Air time, which these bands would not get on any other radio station. So if you want to listen to various styles of music, along with keeping up-to-date with the best new bands, then go and have a listen on Fresh Air!