John Glover is Head of Communications for NHS Dumfries & Galloway and he’s a guest of Annette Richards on this Wednesday’s Breakfast Show. Tune in to hear of latest developments in the healthcare system in our region. Call Annette on 01387 262423 if you have any questions you’d like to put to John.

Our very own presenter Alan McLauchlan has, himself, suffered the trauma of last night’s flooding in the region. His own business office on Brewery Street was waist deep in water by the middle of the  night. All he could do is watch as the water seeped in through vents and ducts, even though his flood defences were up.

Despite all that, he’s been out and about, both through the night and today, talking to people afffected by the flooding in our area. Don’t miss his reports throughout drivetime today – 4pm -6pm.

Queen of the South Football Club Chairman, David Rae (centre in picture) is our guest on Wednesday’s Drivetime show, with Mark Smith. David steered the club to heights of success last year, culminating in their famous Scottish Cup Final tie with Rangers at Hampden.

Queens are perched at the top of the first division, with prospects of promotion a reality, if all goes well through the rest of the season.

Join us at 4pm on Wednesday 18th November and find out what has led to Queens incredible success in recent times.

We’ve actually been broadcasting for nine weeks now, so we thought it was about time we made our station ‘official’! To mark the occasion we’ve invited people from the community and from local Churches to come together for a civic drinks reception. It’s on Friday 13^th November (no, we’re not superstitious!), from 5pm – 6pm, and Russell Brown MP and Provost Jack Groom will do the honours. Council Leader Ivor Hyslop will also be there, along with lots of others from Dumfries and this area. Many of our team of presenters and helpers will be there, and the event will be broadcast live on air.

ITV Border News are covering the launch, through their Lookaround show on Friday night and the BBC are covering it on the local news service from Radio Scotland, on Friday morning. Hopefully we’ll be in the local papers as well.

Make sure you tune in from 5pm – 6pm on Friday 13th, so you can be a part of the official launch of community radio in Dumfries too!

Our intrepid reporter, Iain Renicks has set up an interview with the Proclaimers, during their visit to Dumfries tonight. It’s the sell-out concert in DG One. Listen out for what they have to say, during our shows on Friday.

Alive Radio’s sports coverage starts today, with the results round-up at 5pm. All today’s local scores plus interviews and report of the Queen of the South v Ross County game at Palmerston.

The match of the year … it’s this Wednesday night and we’ll be there. Our reporters will be gathering news of the match beforehand, sampling the atmosphere as the game gets underway and hearing from the fans after the match. Tune in on Thursday for full reports of this momentus occasion at Palmerston and, of course, the all important final score!

Look out for the float and give the guys a huge cheer! It’s not too late to help on the float – call Steve McC on 07547 568888.

For all budding presenters – here’s our key training package to give a grounding in the following:
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