Radio Tay is a group of twoIndependent Local Radio stations servingTayside and northeastFife in Scotland. Radio Tay is owned and operated byBauer Radio and forms part of Bauer'sHits Radio andGreatest Hits Radio network of radio stations. Radio Tay was formerly based at 6 North Isla Street in Dundee, however due to the station vacating the premises, now their only dedicated local show for the Tayside area (weekday breakfast) is broadcast from Radio Forth's studio in Edinburgh.

Tayside Sound Limited was incorporated on 27 April 1979 to set up a radio station in accordance with the then regulatory body, theIndependent Broadcasting Authority.

Radio Tay commenced broadcasting on Friday 17 October 1980 from the Taybridge TV transmitter site at the southern end of the Tay Road Bridge on 95.8 MHz FM and an AM transmitter on 1161 kHz at Greenside Scalp close to the Taybridge site but located lower down, at the shoreline of the River Tay. Relay transmitters inPerth opened on 14 November 1980 – FM on 96.4 MHz from the existing Perth TV transmitter on Craigie Hill on the SE edge of the city and a new AM transmitter on 1584 kHz at Friarton Road, also on the southern perimeter.

The Taybridge FM transmitter changed frequency to 102.8 MHz as part of a European agreement to reallocate FM frequencies. The 95.8 MHz having been allocated to BBC Radio 4 in Scotland.

The 102.8 MHz transmissions from Taybridge were moved to the larger Angus TV transmitter site, near Tealing, on 10 February 1994. The Taybridge transmitter became a relay site and changed to the same frequency as the Perth relay transmitter (96.4 MHz)

Originally launched as asimulcast station on AM and FM, Radio Tay split into two distinctradio services on 9 January 1995:Tay FM, playing contemporary hit music andTay AM, carrying an older selection of classic hits. On 19 January 2015, Tay 3 was launched as a locally branded, but national service of pop music aimed at 15- to 25-year-olds, however this brand was withdrawn in September 2017. These stations broadcast to theTayside catchment area, with a potential target audience of 391,000 people.^{[citation needed]} As of Q1 2024, Tay FM has a weekly reach of 110,000 listeners (source:RAJAR).

Radio Tay's locally targeted programming for Tayside onTay FM consists of 4 hours per day on weekdays (Breakfast 6-10am). Greatest Hits Radio (Tayside & Fife) (formerlyTay 2) produces no shows intended specifically for the Tayside area. Both stations carry local news, sport and traffic bulletins every day. Networked programming is carried on Tay FM from sister stations includingRadio Clyde inClydebank andHits Radio in Manchester.

• David Robertson – former presenter ofBBC Reporting Scotland
• Bill Torrance – previously presentedThe Beechgrove Garden and other television programmes
• Mark Goodier – previously worked for Radio Tay, prior to his career onBBC Radio 1
• Dave Bussey – later presented a weekend programme onBBC Radio 2, once atBBC Radio Lincolnshire
• Eddie Mair – former presenter ofBBC Radio 4'sPM

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