SCOTCOUNTRY MUSIC NEWS

Bill Black is one of the casualties in the rebranding of Saga Radio as Smooth. The station, now owned by GMG, who also run Real Radio and Rock Radio, officially changed to Smooth Radio this week. Bill's Saturday night & Sunday afternoon programmes have disappeared alongside fellow presenters Angus Simpson,Duncan Cameron,Glen Micheal and Hazel Fowlie. Country fans are still catered for with Nick Barraclough's Smooth Country on Sunday's 5-8pm, which is also replacing the local Country programmes on the former Saga stations in the English midlands. Nick, it would appear, is continuing his weekly Wednesday night Radio 2 programme too.
Meanwhile, Glasgow's latest community station, Sunny Govan FM launches this week on 103.5FM, with an hour of Country on Tuesday night's 8-9pm. The station, currently testing, reaches the Cumbernauld area.