River Dee Radio

If you missed it, or would like to hear it again, last night’s Headbangers show on River Dee Radio – Top 12 Headbangers Riffs (ours, not anyone else’s) – go to my Dropbox at https://www.dropbox.com/s/unbbzyc1bqa0vp3/Top%2012%20Headbangers%20Riffs.mp3?dl=0 or my Mixcloud account - https://www.mixcloud.com/ian-r-stewart/top-12-headbangers-riffs/ - and hear Gary’s request being played.

You may be wondering how our fledgling local community radio station is progressing. Here's some stats from RDR's Facebook page. These are the number of "likes" broken down by country:

United Kingdom	524
Australia	6
United States of America	6
United Arab Emirates	2
Canada	1
Philippines	1
Germany	1
Haiti	1
Netherlands	1
Norway	1
Switzerland	1

That's the "likes" but how many are actually "engaged" and where do they come from?:

Banchory, Scotland	53
Aberdeen, Scotland	22
Edinburgh, Scotland	7
Torphins, Scotland	4
Finzean, Scotland	4
Durris, Scotland	4
Ballater, Scotland	3
Kincardine O'Neil, Scotland	3
Peterculter, Scotland	3
Tarland, Scotland	3
Inverurie, Scotland	2
Aboyne, Scotland	2
Forres, Scotland	2
Saint Cyrus, Scotland	2
Dundee, Scotland	2
Skene, Scotland	2
Coalburn, Scotland	2
Semaphore, South Australia	2
Ayr, Scotland	2
Strachan, Scotland	2
Kemnay, Scotland	2
London, England	2
Garelochhead, Scotland	2
Monymusk, Scotland	1
Houston, Scotland	1
Lumsden, Scotland	1
Inverness, Scotland	1
Grants Pass, Oregon	1
Glassford, Scotland	1
Dunfermline, Scotland	1
Dubai, Dubai	1
Portlethen, Scotland	1
Newton Mearns, Scotland	1
Lumphanan, Scotland	1
Oldmeldrum, Scotland	1
East Kilbride, Scotland	1
Dinnet, Scotland	1
Nairn, Scotland	1
Tomintoul, Scotland	1
Lewes, England	1
Brighton, England	1
Newburgh, Scotland	1
Arbroath, Scotland	1
Strachur, Scotland	1
Munlochy, Scotland	1

Quite a spread, eh? So, the Facebook page is successfully spreading the word, but the number of listeners is still pretty low. Anything anyone can do to help spread the word would be helpful. Meanwhile, we'll keep churning out the shows. We're on 6 nights per week (not Friday) from 8-9 pm and we're trying to do at least one of these live - the other pre-recorded ones are regularly changed by rotation.

So far, we've broadcast 23 separate shows, of which 8 went out live originally. We've tried to maintain the Headbangers ethos of live performances where possible, with each programme having a separate theme, many of them inspired by previous video Headbanger gatherings.

Our next live show is planned for Thursday 15th June - and it's another 50th Anniversary special - not Sgt Pepper this time. If you don't know, Google it!