TV<\/a> show Landward.\n<\/p>\n\n Announcing the new appointments, Ms Easton Riley said: \u201cI\u2019m pleased to share some senior appointments in our radio team.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cMichael MacRae will join us as head of content production in early August. Joining from Bauer, Michael brings over 25 years working in radio and production, with an outstanding track record in growing audiences, delivering award-winning content, and driving record-breaking RAJAR results.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI\u2019m also delighted to welcome Martyn Ewart to the BBC as content editor for Edinburgh and Aberdeen.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cMartyn brings huge experience in radio programming, with a strong reputation for creating stand-out content and delivering major audience success across various markets in Scotland.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIn Glasgow, Julie Heekin will step into the role of content editor while continuing as acting executive editor until Michael joins us in August.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cJulie has already made a significant impact through her leadership and support this transition, and I\u2019d like to thank her for her continued commitment to the team.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cPlease join me in welcoming Michael and Martyn, and in thanking Julie for her ongoing leadership, passion and determination.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Singer-songwriter Stephen McAll, who has been involved in the campaign triggered by the Radio Scotland shake-up overseen by Ms Easton Riley, said the station appeared to “transferring power” rather than simply “refreshing” its programming.\n<\/p>\n
\n Writing on the Bella Caledonia website, he said: “These appointments from the commercial sector are significant because they come at the exact moment BBC Radio Scotland is removing the output that made it, by design, different from commercial radio in the first place.”\n<\/p>\n
\n However new figures published earlier this month by industry body RAJAR that revealed that Radio Scotland was now reaching 921,000 listeners each week.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ms Easton Riley said: “We’re delighted with our latest RAJAR performance and proud to have the highest reach of any station in the country.\n<\/p>\n
\n “These are a hugely positive set of results, with a weekly reach of 921,000 listeners – our highest since 2021.\n<\/p>\n
\n “In a highly competitive marketplace, it’s fantastic to see audiences across Scotland continuing to choose Radio Scotland for trusted news, live sport, entertainment and music.”\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesperson for BBC Scotland said: “Our analysis shows that the number of songs from Scottish artists\u00a0and\u00a0new\u00a0Scottish tracks played before\u00a0and\u00a0after the late-night schedule changes is broadly the same.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We continually adapt\u00a0and\u00a0change our schedule to meet audience demand,\u00a0and\u00a0our decisions are informed by robust data\u00a0and\u00a0expert analysis.\n<\/p>\n
\n ‘We’re maintaining our commitment to showcase the best from Scotland\u2019s music industry, including unsigned bands.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She worked for the company for six years before being she was hired to lead Radio Scotland into…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596080,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-596079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}