Original 106 FM

Original 106 is a local radio station that serves the Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire areas. It began under the ownership of Canadian media firm Canwest, and received its broadcast license from Ofcom in January 2007, marking it as the last new commercial FM license issued at that time. The station went live on 28 October 2007 at 1:06 pm, launching with The Beatles' song "Revolution" as its first track. On 12 September 2009, the station changed hands, being purchased by a group led by Adam Findlay, which also included John Quinn and Murray Strachan. Adam Findlay's New Wave Media previously owned Wave 102 in Dundee, while John Quinn is the majority owner and chairman of Central FM, which broadcasts to the Forth Valley region in the Central Belt. On 20 March 2019, it was announced that the publisher DC Thomson, who already owned Wave FM in Dundee, acquired both Kingdom FM in Fife and Original 106, expanding their radio station portfolio to three.

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Inside Assad's abandoned home: Damning documents, wedding photos and children's notes

Dec 11, 2024 | originalfm.com | Dominic Waghorn

What we discovered inside was staggering. This was clearly where the dictator's British-born wife Asma loved to be, her inner sanctum where she stored her treasures. The looters had got there first, the place was ransacked, but in Asma's personal storage room and boudoir, the floor was covered with countless boxes for jewellery, antiques and designer goods.
Pete Hegseth refuses to answer Sky News' questions on women and alcohol

Dec 3, 2024 | originalfm.com | James Matthews

Pete Hegseth has attracted fresh controversy over claims of excessive drinking, financial mismanagement and improper behaviour. An article in the New Yorker magazine reported the allegations led to him having to quit leadership roles in two separate non-profit organisations for military veterans. Read more:Trump completes cabinet - who's in and who's out?
Ireland election: Alleged crime gang boss Gerard Hutch fails to win seat

Dec 1, 2024 | originalfm.com | Niamh Lynch |in Dublin

Mr Hutch, known as The Monk, came fifth in the four-seat Dublin Central constituency, where Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald topped the poll. Mr Hutch, 61, is on bail for an alleged money laundering charge in Lanzarote. Officials there did not immediately respond to Sky News' questions about the next stages in his case. Mr Hutch's campaign also did not accept Sky News' request to interview him before the counting started.
Alistair Wilson: 20th anniversary of banker's doorstep murder as police reject 'callous' handling of unsolved shooting

Nov 27, 2024 | originalfm.com | Connor Gillies |Jenness Mitchell

Dad-of-two Alistair Wilson, 30, was fatally shot in a gangland-style execution at his home in the Scottish Highlands on 28 November 2004, but to this day his death remains unsolved. Back in September, Scotland's top law officer, Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC, ordered a reinvestigation into the case headed by a new team of police officers and prosecutors. A team of 14 officers are now working on Operation Sabine, with more expected to be drafted on to the enquiry in the coming weeks.
Daniel Khalife trial: Ex-soldier accused of spying for Iran was 'hare-brained' and 'stupid' but did not hurt anyone, says defence

Nov 19, 2024 | originalfm.com | Duncan Gardham

Daniel Khalife was "naive" and at times "stupid", Gul Nawaz Hussain KC told the jury at Woolwich Crown Court, but he insisted the defendant was innocent. He added that if Khalife "had not contacted MI5 or MI6 no one would ever know what he was doing. Why would he report himself if he was a real spy?"Khalife, 23, from Kingston, southwest London, is on trial accused of spending more than two years passing secrets to the Iranians while serving with the Royal Corps of Signals.
Germany's coalition government collapses after key minister is sacked

Nov 6, 2024 | originalfm.com | Tim Jones

Chancellor Olaf Scholz is now expected to head a minority government with his Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Greens. It comes after Mr Scholz sacked finance minister Christian Lindner, who leads the third coalition partner, the pro-business Free Democrats Party (FDP), on Wednesday night. The chancellor has said he plans to hold a confidence vote in his government on 15 January. The result could trigger early elections by the end of March.
How to sit together on a flight without having to pay anything

Oct 28, 2024 | originalfm.com | Katie Williams

We've taken a look…Pick your airline carefully - and book seats at same timeIt's not a general rule that you'll be split from your travel companions if you don't pay to reserve the seats you want. A 2023 study by Which? Travel found that families paying in excess of £100 to sit together are probably wasting their money, with most major airlines likely to sit you with the people you booked with automatically even if you don't cough up for seat selection.
Former PM Fouad Siniora says Hezbollah has turned Lebanon into a 'failed state'

Oct 12, 2024 | originalfm.com | Mark Austin

Talking to me in the hills above Beirut, Fouad Siniora says the Israeli forces are killing too many civilians in Gaza and in Lebanon. He says the targeting of peacekeeping soldiers in southern Lebanon is just one example of what he described as war crimes. He said: "This is something very bad what Israel has done and I hope it will awaken the attention of the whole world."But his anger was aimed also at Hezbollah, who he says have hijacked the country and the government.
Why a meteorologist was reduced to tears describing Hurricane Milton

Oct 9, 2024 | originalfm.com | Tom Clarke

What prompted the moment, said NBC's John Morales afterwards, was atmospheric pressure. "It's funny how millibars can get a nerd to lose it," he said. Falling barometric pressure is the best predictor of the growing intensity of a storm. Hurricane Milton latest updates - tourists strandedThe forecaster had just received an update from US weather services that revealed Milton's pressure had dropped 50 millibars in just 10 hours. "It just absolutely dropped like a rock," said Mr Morales.
From Shakespeare to Harry Potter: How Dame Maggie Smith garnered a new generation of fans

Sep 27, 2024 | originalfm.com | Samuel Osborne

She won her first Oscar for The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie in 1969 and went on to garner several Golden Globes and BAFTAs throughout her long career. Dame Maggie, who has died at the age of 89, was part of a generation of female performers that included Judi Dench and Vanessa Redgrave.