Radio Wester Ross

17/09/2026

I’m very much aware of an issue which is affecting the station output… It’s a bit beyond my capabilities, so I’m awaiting help and in the meantime, all I can do is apologise for the audio quality, but we’re looking into it.

**UPDATE**
We got to the bottom of the problem and full service will be restored from 09am.

Once again, apologies for the loss of service.

Quite the wake up call.

Iain
Station Manager

12/09/2026

❤️‍🩹 Our RWR Disco Diva, Gail Bellamy of Laide brought colour, laughter and pure sparkle everywhere she went. Whether she was bringing you 80s music to the airwaves or sharing a quiet moment of kindness in person, Gail had a way of making people feel seen, welcomed, and part of something joyful.

Her memorial service will take place on Saturday, 19th September at 11am in Lochewe Community Church in Aultbea.

Our dancing queen will be remembered fondly by all who shared a dance, a laugh, or a moment with her. Her warmth and unmistakable sparkle will stay with us always.

Sending love to all who knew and cherished this wonderful lady and we all at RWR will miss her 💛✨

Our love and thoughts are with her partner Stuart and her dear family. X

01/09/2026

Some of todays offerings at Poolewe Tuesday Market

31/08/2026

We are back tomorrow, hosting the pop-up Cafe at Poolewe Village Hall 😀

Lots of craft and food stalls which some amazing things to buy.

🥣Homemade Soup: Roasted Carrot & Sweet Potato.
🍔Bacon Rolls.
🥪Toasties or Sandwiches.
🍰🧁Lots of delicious homebaking.
🫖☕️ Tea & Coffee

Next 2 dates for your diary are
6th & 20th October

21/08/2026

Congratulations 🎊 to our teamrwr26 walkers who took on this year's Great Wilderness Challenge

💪Ron Cole completed 7 miles.
🥾Colin Stevenson completed 25 miles.
👨‍👩‍👦 Ethan Crane & Ema Kolencikova completed 13 miles with their young son.

Fundraising is still open until the beginning of September, so please do support the team if you can manage a small donation. Colin and Ethan/Ema also have paper sponsors forms.

Our justgiving link is 🥇

https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/teamrwr26?utm_medium=CA&utm_source=CL

We are so very grateful to everyone who has supported the team and the radio station. THANKYOU 💖🥇

Additional thanks to Pat Ross, the GWC organisers and the Highland Hospice for allowing Radio Wester Ross to enter a team again this year 👏❤️

18/08/2026

Update 7.22pm the A832 has reopened :)

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**** Update 3.45pm SSE Community Liaison Manger ******

Thank you for getting in touch. I have spoken to the project team and they have given me information about the rockfall.

The rockfall is not on the site area where we have been completing works at present. It is around 4-500m along the road, away from the Traffic Management site and not being worked on at all as part of our works at this time.

It is around where we plan to be during the night time closures (but again, no works have been or are going on here at present).

Our contractors have moved our TM as much as possible to allow vehicles to turn around and follow the diversion and updated signage to make people aware of the closure.

The heavy rainfall of the past few weeks seems to be the cause, but the Highland Council have been notified and are on route to the scene.

The Highland Council should then be able to give a more detailed update on the plans for the road going forward.
I hope this helps, and hope THC can update more soon… if I hear anything else I will share forward.

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𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗡 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀/𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗼𝘆 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝟴𝟯𝟮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱.

𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱.

𝗡𝗼 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱. Traffic Management 01463 259195

I emailed SSE Community Liaison Manager for the project when it happened and and have phoned and left a message to see it we can get a realistic update to reopen. I imagine the rest of the rock face will need to be risk assessed.

2.16PM 18 August 2026 thanks to George for the alert.

18/08/2026

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who helped make our RWR Summer Raffle possible! 💙

All winners have now been notified, and most have already received their prizes. 🏆🎁

Please see below for the complete list of winners.

Thank you again to everyone who entered, supported us, donated prizes, and helped make the raffle such a success! 🙌

Our full thank-you message and final total raised will follow soon. 💙

Congratulations to all our winners! 🎉👏

14/08/2026

🥇🥾Good luck to Team RWR on their great Wilderness Challenge, tomorrow Saturday 15th August. Really hope the weather holds up. 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️🚶

Ron Cole. Colin Stevenson
Ethan Crane & Ema Kolencikova

Thankyou to all who have supported the team by way of donations. If you'd still like to support any of our walkers, here's the JustGiving link, which will remain open all of August 🏅

https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/teamrwr26?utm_medium=CA&utm_source=CL

Also good luck to everyone else who is taking part tomorrow, a busy day for the GWC organisers and a Happy 40th birthday ceilidh to follow in the evening. 🕺💃

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We have a wonderful team taking part to raise vital funds for RWR. By taking part, our walkers continue to support the Highland Hospice and the GWC, while every donation you make helps keep your local community radio station broadcasting. Thank you!

12/08/2026

08/08/2026

Radio Wester Ross is all set up in Ullapool Village Hall today selling Raffle Tickets for our Summer Raffle. Ann and Katharine are here from 10.30am until 3.30pm and we've taken the chance to showcase all of the amazing prizes which Ullapool businesses have so generously donated.
Come and see us and we have free RWR bugs, pens and wee surprise book parcels for kids too.