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{{short description|Scottish independent local radio station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = Clyde 1
| logo = Clyde 1 logo 2015.png
| logo_caption = Logo used since 2015.
| image = 
| image_size = 80px
| city = [[Glasgow]]
| country = UK
| area = Glasgow, West Central Scotland and Ayrshire (Clyde 1 Ayrshire)
| branding = ''Across Glasgow & The West''
"The Biggest Hits, The Biggest Throwbacks"
| airdate = {{start date and age|31 December 1973}}
| former_frequencies = FM: 95.1&nbsp;MHz<br>[[AM broadcasting|AM]]: 1152&nbsp;kHz
| frequency = [[FM broadcasting|FM]]:
<br>97.0MHz<br>102.3MHz<br>102.5MHz<br>103.3MHz<br>[[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]]: 11C
| rds = Clyde 1
| format = [[Contemporary hit radio|CHR/pop]]
| operator = 
| sister_stations = [[Clyde 1 (Ayrshire)]]<br>[[Greatest Hits Radio Glasgow & The West]]
| network = [[Hits Radio]]
| owner = [[Bauer Media Audio UK]]
| webcast = [https://hellorayo.co.uk/clyde/play/ Rayo]
| website = [http://hellorayo.co.uk/clyde/ Clyde 1]
}}

'''Clyde 1''' is an [[Independent Local Radio]] station based in [[Glasgow]], Scotland, owned and operated by [[Bauer Media Audio UK]] as part of the [[Hits Radio]] network. It broadcasts to Glasgow and [[West Central Scotland]]. 

As of September 2024, the station has a weekly audience of 747,000 listeners according to [[RAJAR]].{{cn|date=October 2024}}

== History ==
{{For|the station's history prior to taking its current form|Radio Clyde}}

Clyde 1 was born out of the compulsory transmission splitting enforced by the UK regulators in the 1990s, developing the FM frequency into Radio Clyde into a Top-40 format radio station.

The development of live-streaming and digital radio led to a widening of the station's potential audience through carriage on the [https://planetradio.co.uk/clyde/ station's website] and [[Bauer Radio]]'s DAB multiplex in Glasgow.

The station's Freeview carriage came as a consequence of the closure of stable-mate [[3C (radio)|3C]] by the station's then-owners, and resulted in UK-wide coverage until it was removed on 30 October 2008.

==Events==
Clyde 1 used to hold an event called ''Clyde 1 Live'' at the [[SEC Centre|SECC]] in [[Glasgow]].
The event included some of the many artists which are broadcast on the station, past events have featured [[Calvin Harris]], [[Labrinth]], [[Jessie J]], [[Olly Murs]], [[The Sugababes]], [[Amelia Lily]], [[Pixie Lott]], [[McFly]], [[Lawson (band)|Lawson]], [[Cover Drive]], [[Matt Cardle]], [[Gary Barlow]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Gary Barlow joins the line-up for Clyde 1 Live in Glasgow|url=http://entertainment.stv.tv/music/245862-gary-barlow-joins-the-line-up-for-clyde-1-live-in-glasgow/|publisher=STV News}}</ref> [[John Newman (singer)|John Newman]], [[The Vamps (British band)|The Vamps]] and also [[Dappy]].

On 5 February 2024, it was announced that ''Clyde 1 Live'' would return to celebrate the station's 50th anniversary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.glasgowworld.com/whats-on/music/ovo-hydro-set-to-host-huge-clyde-1-50th-anniversary-celebrations-this-year-4504858|title=OVO Hydro set to host huge Clyde 1 50th anniversary celebrations this year|date=5 February 2024|website=GlasgowWorld}}</ref> This event took place on 31 May 2024 at the [[OVO Hydro]], with 12,500 people in attendance. Clyde 1 presenter George Bowie performed one of his GBX sets, with fellow presenters Cassi Gillespie and Callum Gallacher performing DJ sets as well. Acts included [[Texas (band)|Texas]], [[Tom Walker (singer)|Tom Walker]], [[Amy Macdonald]], [[Emeli Sandé]], [[Callum Beattie]] and [[Nathan Evans (singer)|Nathan Evans]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hellorayo.co.uk/clyde/local/feature/clyde-1-celebrates-first-50-years/|title=CLYDE 1 CELEBRATED FIRST 50 YEARS! &#124; Feature - Clyde 1}}</ref>

==Programming==
The majority of programming - local and networked - is produced and broadcast from Radio Clyde's studios in [[Clydebank]], however some networked output originates from [[Forth 1]] in Edinburgh, [[Tay FM]] in Dundee and sister station [[Hits Radio]] in Manchester. The station also opts out of some networked output to broadcast additional local programming, including sports coverage and specialist music shows.

The station's local presenters include George Bowie (''Bowie at Breakfast''/''The GB Xperience''), Garry Spence, Grant Thomson, Steven Mill and Cassi Gillespie (''Bowie at Breakfast'').<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://planetradio.co.uk/clyde/presenters/|title=Clyde 1 Presenters &#124; A-Z of Presenter Biographies - Clyde 1}}</ref>

===News and sport===
Clyde 1 broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6a.m. to 7p.m. on weekdays and from 7a.m. to 1p.m. at weekends. Headlines are broadcast on the half hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside sport and traffic bulletins.

The Clydebank newsroom also produces bespoke national Scottish bulletins at weekends with [[Sky News Radio]] bulletins carried overnight. Radio Clyde's head of news and sport is Lorraine Herbison, who is also Bauer's head of news for its Scottish stations.

Sports coverage airs under the ''Superscoreboard'' banner and includes live match reports during the season and a magazine show on weekday evenings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.clyde1.com/superscoreboard/|title=Clyde 1 Superscoreboard with William Hill|website=Clyde 1}}</ref> It is presented by Gordon Duncan and features regular panellists [[Hugh Keevins]] and [[Gordon Dalziel]].

==See also==
* [[Radio Clyde]]
* [[Greatest Hits Radio Glasgow & the West]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://planetradio.co.uk/clyde/ Clyde 1]

{{Hits Radio}}
{{Glasgow radio}}
{{Radio in Scotland}}

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