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On air now: The Haar with Isla Fraser/// Now playing: Mogwai, Take Me Somewhere Nice/// Next: Bothy Sessions, 8pm/// Requests: text the studio/// On air now: The Haar with Isla Fraser/// Now playing: Mogwai, Take Me Somewhere Nice/// Next: Bothy Sessions, 8pm/// Requests: text the studio///

Seven days · 168 hours · one frequency

The Sched- ule

Every show below is live from the Bonnington Mill studio unless it says otherwise. Times are Scottish time, the desk runs seven days, and if a session overruns we let it overrun. Repeats go up on Mixcloud the following morning.

Live shows a week

2011

On air since

Week on air

Monday through Sunday

Mon–Thu

07:00–10:00 First Light Breakfast with Callum Reid. Travel for the bridges, weather off the Forth, and three new Scottish records before nine.
10:00–13:00 The Long Room Mid-morning talk and records with Rhona Dalgleish. Guests from the arts, the harbour and whoever walks in with a demo.
13:00–16:00 Afternoon Drift Slower listening. Dub, ambient, Gaelic song and library records, presented by Tam Oyelaran.
16:00–19:00 The Haar Isla Fraser takes the drive slot. Loud guitars, gig listings for Edinburgh and Glasgow, and the 6pm request run.
19:00–22:00 Specialist Hours A different resident every night: Monday jazz, Tuesday techno, Wednesday songwriters, Thursday dub and roots.
22:00–01:00 Nightwatch Unhosted after midnight. Long-form recordings, field tapes from the west coast and the odd hour of silence on purpose.

Friday

07:00–10:00 First Light: Friday Edition Callum runs the weekend gig guide from half eight, covering everywhere from Sneaky Pete's to Aberdeen.
19:00–21:00 Bothy Sessions Live in the studio. One band, four songs, no overdubs. Booked six weeks ahead and always free to attend.
21:00–02:00 Leith Late Five hours of club records mixed by rotating guests from Scottish parties. Recorded and posted Saturday lunchtime.

Sat+Sun

Sat 09:00 Car Boot Radio Three hours of charity shop finds played straight off vinyl, crackle included. Presented by Morag Sinclair.
Sat 15:00 Terrace Talk Scottish football as it comes in, with phone calls from grounds across the leagues until the classified check.
Sun 11:00 Island Post Gaelic song, puirt à beul and new recordings from Lewis, Skye and Barra. Introduced in Gaelic and English.
Sun 20:00 The Sunday Shipping Forecast Slow records to end the week, then the week's Bothy Session repeated in full at eleven.

Bothy Sessions★ Leith Late★ Island Post★ The Haar★ Car Boot Radio★ Bothy Sessions★ Leith Late★ Island Post★ The Haar★ Car Boot Radio★

Pick of
the week

Four shows worth setting an alarm for. All of them are live, all of them take calls, and the archive goes up within a day.

Meet the presenters

Friday 19:00

Bothy Sessions

One band, four songs, one take. Doors at half six if you want to stand at the back.

Friday 21:00

Leith Late

Five hours mixed by guests from Scottish club nights. Loudest thing we broadcast all week.

Sunday 11:00

Island Post

New recordings from the Hebrides, introduced in Gaelic and English. Requests welcome in either.

Weekdays 16:00

The Haar

Drive time with Isla Fraser. Gig listings at five, requests from six, no playlist to speak of.

Studio hours

On air 24 hours. Studio desk Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm. Request line open 7pm to midnight.

Got a show
in you?

We hand out two new slots a year and we listen to every pitch that comes in. Send us an hour of what you would play, tell us when you can get to Leith, and we will come back to you. Businesses looking for airtime can use the same address.

Pitch a show Call the studio 0131 496 0188 studio@northlightradio.scot