The move will see Kaye Adams front a new three hour morning discussion programme that will build on the appetite shown by listeners for more news and current affairs during the referendum campaign, while Fred MacAulay will return to his comedy roots with a number of new projects including a weekly satirical panel show.
A new daily mid-morning programme - Kaye Adams - will include more in-depth interviews and build on the existing phone-in format of Morning Call as listeners debate the day’s major issues.
Kaye Adams says: "Our listeners often help us get to the nub of any story and their contributions and reactions frequently shed new light on subjects close to their hearts. They tell us how things impact directly on them and that way we, in turn, can ask our decision-makers to explain their thinking.
“This new show will allow us to really discuss and dissect the issues of the day - and put our decision-makers on the spot."
Kaye will present on Mondays to Thursdays, while John Beattie picks up the microphone every Friday in addition to his existing lunchtime news programme on Mondays to Thursdays.
Starting next March, following the long and sustained success of MacAulay & Co, Radio Scotland will also work on a number of new projects with Fred MacAulay as he returns to his comedy roots with three major new series.
Breaking The News is a weekly satirical panel show which Fred will chair and will feature fellow comedians and journalists in a round up of the week’s news in Scotland and elsewhere.
Fred will also present a number of special radio shows from the Edinburgh Fringe featuring the world’s top comedians and will speak to some of the USA’s sharpest satirists when he examines the impact of comedy on politics in a two-part documentary.
Fred MacAulay says: “I am looking forward to taking my radio audience with me on a new journey as I return to my comedy roots. I am excited to be hosting these brand new series and working with BBC Scotland and independent production colleagues. I know how fond the MacAulay and Co audience is of the show and I know how game they’ll be for these new adventures.”
The new Kaye Adams show will further enhance the Radio Scotland strategy of 'speech by day, music by night' while also reflecting a real appetite from audiences for programmes that reflect and inform the issues of the day.
Jeff Zycinski, Head of Radio for BBC Scotland, says: "Both the Commonwealth Games and the Referendum showed us that our listeners want to participate in issues that affect their lives and this move will help them do just that. They’ve told us they want to play their part in questioning the people whose decisions impact on their lives and this move, along with a commitment to new comedy, sport and music, will form the spine of our new schedule."
In addition to the new mid-morning programme, Good Morning Scotland will now also broadcast on Sundays, bringing the nation’s most popular news programme on air seven days a week, while Newsdrive will be extended by 30 minutes every weekday. For sports fans, Sportsound will get regular weekend slots from March, with a Friday evening show on all frequencies, as well as afternoon shows on both Saturdays and Sundays, allowing more sports to be covered in future. The station will also launch a weekly magazine show focussing on personal fitness.
And every week, a new two hour evening music show, Tonight At The Quay, will be recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC Scotland headquarters in Glasgow and will showcase both new and established music of all kinds, enhancing Radio Scotland’s existing specialist music commitment.
The new schedule changes will start in mid to late March.
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