Strathaven Echoes

02/11/2024

Loving the first edition of The Castle. Great to see a new newspaper for Avondale. Everyone at Echoes (Les, Layla, Ollie and Lucy) wish this new venture every success and I hope our community gets behind it and supports it.

02/02/2024

The Saturday Magazine Show this Saturday, February 3, is packed with interviews, news and great music. There are interviews with Discover Strathaven about the upcoming Sports Dinner, with Oran and Mia about naming 'Bus One' at Climate Action Strathaven, with Andy Kerr about volunteering for the Community Fridge, and with Douglas MacIntyre & Stephen Cameron about the upcoming 'We Could Send Lettets' event at Strathaven Hotel. There's an interview withAlison Harley about the new names for the two CAS 3C buses. There are also a couple of performances from the Strathaven Academy Holocaust Memorial Day event last Tuesday and an interview with the school captains about their involvement. Plus Robert Craig' regular Book Shelf. And finally I've got an interview and some music choices from Craig Robertson about the release of his new novel 'The Trials of Marjorie Crowe'. There's some happy music as well on the show.

Sponsored by Dunlop Gas & Boiler Services

13/01/2024

Tomorrow’s Avondale Sports on Avondale Radio, sponsored by Broadlees Golf, features interviews with Jo Martin about her fitness classes and nutrition, Graham Ferguson about his time as a referee and Sinclair McLaren with an update from Strathaven Rugby Club.

12/01/2024

Tomorrow’s Saturday Magazine show on Avondale Radio features a chat with Alison Harley of Climate Action Strathaven, an extract from the feature on the 3C bus on Morning Live and an interview with the captains at Strathaven Academy (Zoe and Scott) about the careers evening. There’s a selection of music from classic albums released 50 years ago in 1974, Robert Craig’s Book Shelf and in the second hour some new music from Last Night From Glasgow. Local news, good chat, great music. The show is sponsored by Dunlop Gas & Boiler Services. Thanks Ross. Station sponsored by The Guitar Trade Centre.

30/12/2023

The New Year’s Eve edition of Avon Valley Discs on Avondale Radio at 3pm is a special edition featuring my chat with Sarah Hoggan on her 21st birthday about life in Glassford, her music , college life,Glasgow, etc. We had a great time recording the show.

23/12/2023

There’s a special edition of Avon Valley Discs on Xmas Eve on Avondale Radio at 3pm. It features tracks by artists I’ve interviewed this year including Kirsten Adamson, Emma Dunlop, Chris Thomson & The Bathers, Grahame Skinner, Duglas T Stewart & BMX Bandits, Bruce Findlay, The Bluebells, John Douglas, David Scott & The Pearlfishers, Stu Kidd, Douglas MacIntyre & Port Sulphur, Amy Louise and Ewan MacFarlane Music.

A great selection of music and thanks to all of them for agreeing to appear on Avondale Radio. Looking forward to more interviews in 2024. Merry Xmas.

22/12/2023

My Saturday Magazine show on Avondale Radio from 9-11am on Dec 23rd features interviews with award winning local songwriter John Young, Richard Duthie RC from Sandford Giving Tree, Matthew Chapman from Avondale Vet Group - Small Animal and Jamie and Becky about their Retrofit work at home with Climate Action Strathaven.

There’s a new single from Last Night From Glasgow, a selection of the same songs by different artists in the first hour and a great selection of music in the second hour.

You can listen again at our website. The show is sponsored by Dunlop Gas & Boiler Services. Much appreciated Ross D Frame.

10/12/2023

Listen in to Business Blethers at 10am on Monday December 11th on Avondale Radio as I chat with Becky Howie about all things Maldod life. A great chat with Becky about how she can give support to current your life. Great music too. The show is sponsored by the Bike Barn.

26/11/2023

This Monday's edition of Business Blethers at 10am on Monday November 27th on Avondale Radio features my interview with two women owners of local accommodation businesses, Jacqui Laing of Avonholm House near Glassford (www.avonholmhouse.com) and Lesley Gliksten of Sandknowe in Strathaven (www.sandknowe.com).

We have a great chat about how their businesses developed at the same time as their friendship and we hear about Lesley's background in fine dining and catering.

Listen again after it goes out at www.avondaleradio.com

For the Community, By the Community

26/11/2023

This Monday's edition of Business Blethers at 10am on Monday November 27th on Avondale Radio features my interview with two women owners of local accommodation businesses, Jacqui Laing of Avonholm House near Glassford (www.avonholmhouse.com) and Lesley Gliksten of Sandknowe in Strathaven (www.sandknowe.com).

We have a great chat about how their businesses developed at the same time as their friendship and we hear about Lesley's background in fine dining and catering.

Listen again after it goes out at www.avondaleradion.com.

25/11/2023

Listen in at 3pm on Sunday November 25th on Avondale Radio to the latest edition of Avon Valley Discs as I play the first half of a fascinating interview with former local MP Adam Ingram. He tells a enthralling story of his time in Westminster and his role in the Whip's Office and then as PPS to Neil Kinnock. He tells about his parliamentary career right up to his involvement in negotiating the Peace Process in Northern Ireland as Securities Minister for NI.

The second half of the interview will be on December 10th.

25/11/2023

This week's edition of Avondale Sports on Avondale Radio is at 2pm on Sunday November 25th at 2pm.

THe show features interviews with Jack Fleming and Colin about Strathaven Dynamo AFC, Sinclair McLaren with updates from Strathaven Rugby Club, 15 year old STRATHAVEN STRIDERS Triathlete Euan Green, Hayley McEwan about her football career and her transformation into an international triathlete and Ahriana Brennan's first interview for Avondale Sports where she talks to Adele Brennan from the Bike Barn about winter rides.

There's so much sport happening in Avondale and it's all on Avondale Sports on Avondale Radio.