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Original 106
Original 106 is an Independent Local Radio station owned by DC Thomson and broadcasting to Aberdeenshire, Tayside, and the cities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth and Dunfermline in Scotland, with tailored content, news and advertising for each area.
As of July 2025, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of over 101,000 listeners (within the Aberdeen area). (source: RAJAR).
Original 106 was initially owned by Canadian media company Canwest, and was awarded its broadcast licence (the last new commercial FM licence to be issued by Ofcom) in January 2007 and the station launched on 28 October 2007 at 1:06 pm, when the first record played was "Revolution" by The Beatles.
On 12 September 2009, the station was sold to a consortium led by Adam Findlay which included John Quinn and Murray Strachan. Findlay's New Wave Media also owned now-defunct Dundee radio station Wave 102 while Quinn was the majority shareholder and chairman of Central FM in the Forth Valley.
On 20 March 2019, it was announced that the publisher DC Thomson, which already owned Wave FM, had bought the Fife-based Kingdom FM and Original 106.
From its launch until 25 June 2019, Original 106 operated from studios at Craigshaw Business Park in West Tullos, Aberdeen, before relocating to a new studio complex within Marischal Square, Aberdeen.
In north east Scotland, the station's original area, three FM transmitters are in operation; Durris near Stonehaven on 106.8 covering all north-east Scotland, a relay on 106.3 for Peterhead and Buchan which was added to the network on 8 May 2014 and a relay at Balgownie (also on 106.3FM) covering north Aberdeen which was added on 28 November 2018. Across the station's wider footprint, FM transmitters also broadcast Original 106 in Dundee, Perth and Fife.
Original 106 is available across the north east of Scotland (from 26 June 2019), and across Fife and the central belt of Scotland (from 2020) on DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) via multiplexes operated by Switch Digital in these areas. A UK-wide internet audio stream is available from the Original 106 website, on smart speakers and on mobile app.
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Original 106
Original 106 is an Independent Local Radio station owned by DC Thomson and broadcasting to Aberdeenshire, Tayside, and the cities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth and Dunfermline in Scotland, with tailored content, news and advertising for each area.
As of July 2025, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of over 101,000 listeners (within the Aberdeen area). (source: RAJAR).
Original 106 was initially owned by Canadian media company Canwest, and was awarded its broadcast licence (the last new commercial FM licence to be issued by Ofcom) in January 2007 and the station launched on 28 October 2007 at 1:06 pm, when the first record played was "Revolution" by The Beatles.
On 12 September 2009, the station was sold to a consortium led by Adam Findlay which included John Quinn and Murray Strachan. Findlay's New Wave Media also owned now-defunct Dundee radio station Wave 102 while Quinn was the majority shareholder and chairman of Central FM in the Forth Valley.
On 20 March 2019, it was announced that the publisher DC Thomson, which already owned Wave FM, had bought the Fife-based Kingdom FM and Original 106.
From its launch until 25 June 2019, Original 106 operated from studios at Craigshaw Business Park in West Tullos, Aberdeen, before relocating to a new studio complex within Marischal Square, Aberdeen.
In north east Scotland, the station's original area, three FM transmitters are in operation; Durris near Stonehaven on 106.8 covering all north-east Scotland, a relay on 106.3 for Peterhead and Buchan which was added to the network on 8 May 2014 and a relay at Balgownie (also on 106.3FM) covering north Aberdeen which was added on 28 November 2018. Across the station's wider footprint, FM transmitters also broadcast Original 106 in Dundee, Perth and Fife.
Original 106 is available across the north east of Scotland (from 26 June 2019), and across Fife and the central belt of Scotland (from 2020) on DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) via multiplexes operated by Switch Digital in these areas. A UK-wide internet audio stream is available from the Original 106 website, on smart speakers and on mobile app.