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.

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.

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!

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.

Lynsey on Clyde 1 on a Sunday morning is false as. That pretend laughing really annoys me. Just too…read morefalse. Surely you can find someone better for the people to listen to on a Sunday. I have started listening to other radio stations. Also the music is terrible. The same music repeatedly all day. You can almost guess what is coming on next. Really terrible and this is why you have lost thousands of listeners.

It's perhaps not the best station to be listening to if you're looking for new and challenging…read moremusic, but I must say I don't really understand the previous reviewer's complaints about Clyde 1. Firstly, I don't see how an eclectic music selection is a problem. The majority of stations play a varied mix of music, and from various eras. This is particularly apparent nowadays with modern pop music being very similar in style to stuff from the 80s and early 90s, and so there is nothing wrong with playing an old song next to a newer one. Secondly, most of the Clyde 1 presenters have been doing the job for years, and as the station is one of the most listened to in a catchment area of about 2 million people, they're certainly not "amateur". They're definitely annoying, but that's an almost essential quality in a radio DJ anyway, as anyone who's ever listened to the repellent Chris Moyles or the rat-like Fearne Cotton will tell you. Finally, all commercial radio stations have just as many adverts, it's how they make their money. Radio 1 doesn't have any as it's funded by the public. Clyde 1 might be a bit cheesy at times, but it's been going for years so must be doing something right.

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.