The Superstation Orkney
Broadcast area	Orkney
Slogan	"More Music More Variety"
Frequency	105.4 MHz, Online
First air date	4 September 2004
Format	Commercial
Owner	Independent
Website	The Superstation Orkney

The Superstation Orkney, also known as just The Superstation, is a local commercial radio station which broadcasts to Orkney. The station is Orkney's only commercial radio station, and broadcasts a broad range of popular and contemporary music^[1], as well as national hourly news updates provided by Independent Radio News and local updates throughout the day.

The Station broadcasts live from Kirkwall with Sam Turner presenting breakfast, Ryan Woodman on Afternoons & Russ Lowe on Drivetime, and Mark Leigh on 'Weeknights Live'. The station also has a radio school, which is currently training 40 young people in Radio. The Superstation's mascot is "Shaun the Superstation Seal"; Shaun is usually depicted as a Grey Seal wearing a baseball cap emblazoned with the Superstation logo and giving a "thumbs up" with his flippers.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Restricted Service License 1.2 Community radio license 2 Presenters 3 Programming 4 External links 5 References

[edit] History

[edit] Restricted Service License

The Superstation started broadcasting under a 3 month trial Restricted Service License granted by Ofcom on Saturday September 4, 2004, from the MV Communicator, berthed at St Margaret's Hope. The station was expected to launch earlier in the week, but could not due to not being linked to the Wideford Hill radio transmitter which serves Orkney ^[2]. The license expired and the station stopped broadcasting at around 7pm on Tuesday 23 November 2004.

[edit] Community radio license

After The Superstation's Restricted Service License expired, the station applied to Ofcom for a community radio license. Ofcom's Radio Licensing Committee granted Superstation Orkney the license on 5 September 2005^[3], and the station began broadcasting normal programming with a show co-presented by Dave Miller & Ryan Woodman on Monday January 14, 2008 at 12:00 GMT^[4].

[edit] Presenters

Ryan Woodman (Managing Director)[5]: Sam Turner Mark Leigh Russ Lowe Andy Lawson Phil Rodgers

Andy Lawson Jojo Sutherland Dave Miller Gary King Pat Sharpe

[edit] Programming

Early Breakfast All Request Lunch Club Classics Evening Experience

The Quiet Storm Saturday Night Party Solid Gold Sunday The Time Tunnel

[edit] External links

• The Superstation Orkney

[edit] References