[18.6] Gaelic TV & radio information

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Radio

Gaelic Radio is on (103.5 - 105 & 97.9 FM) the same frequency as Radio Scotland VHF - this is 104.3 in the Edinburgh area. It's on in the mornings and early evening. Gaelic is no longer broadcast on Radio Scotland 810MW, a great disappointment as it used to be available in most of England and now the so-called "National" service only has patchy coverage in Scotland!

Contact:
Radio nan Gaidheal, 7 Culduthel Road, Inverness, IV2 4AD Tel: 01463 720720

Television

Gaelic TV is on BBC Scotland. Scottish Television and Grampian
Television.

Times

Times of Gaelic Radio and TV are also published each Friday in the West Highland Free Press, Broadford, Skye, IV49 9AP
Tel: 01471 822464
Fax: 01471 822694
mailto:newsdesk@whfp.co.uk

Gaelic Broadcasting Committee

For details of Gaelic Broadcasting in general, contact:
The Gaelic Broadcasting Committee.
4 Acarsaid, Cidhe Sraid Chrombail, Steornabhagh,
Eilean Leodhais PA87 2DF, Scotland.
Tel: 01851 705550
Fax: 01851 706432
mailto:comataidh@compuserve.com
See also [18.7]

Gaelic Broadcasting Provision

Provision for Gaelic television programmes on Independent Television in Scotland was included in general terms in the Broadcasting Act 1981, and was specifically provided for in the Broadcasting Acts 1990 and 1996. Grampian and Scottish Television, but not Border Television, therefore have specific licence conditions to produce and broadcast Gaelic programmes: in the case of Grampian Television, 53 minutes a week of Gaelic programmes funded by themselves plus an additional 30 minutes a week supplied by Scottish Television; Scottish Television has to show 30 minutes a week of Gaelic programmes funded by themselves plus an additional 30 minutes a week funded by Grampian Television. In addition, these companies are obliged to broadcast on a regular basis up to 200 hours a year of Gaelic programmes funded by the Gaelic Broadcasting Committee.

The Gaelic Broadcasting Committee (Comataidh Craolaidh Gaidhlig, CCG) manages the Gaelic Broadcasting Fund set up under the provisions of the Broadcasting Act 1990, as amended by the Broadcasting Act 1996. The Committee is charged with funding up to 200 hours of Gaelic television programmes, and with enhancing and widening the range of Gaelic sound programmes, to be broadcast mainly in Scotland. In practice, funded programmes are broadcast by the BBC as well as ITV, although the former has no statutory requirement under the Broadcasting Acts 1990 and 1996 to transmit Gaelic programmes funded by the Gaelic Broadcasting Committee.

The BBC, under its Royal Charter and its agreement with Parliament, pledges to broadcast 90 hours a year of Gaelic television programmes funded by the Gaelic Broadcasting Committee. It also provides the Gaelic radio service Radio nan Gaidheal which broadcasts up to 45 hours a week of Gaelic programming.

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