Victor and Douglas love nothing more than an excuse to don their sparkly flares and medallions so with ABBAMANIA coming to Dunoon on Saturday 13th February they jumped at the chance to take a week long trip back down memory lane and relve their youth?! So listen in for special features, competitions and of course plenty of ABBA tunes to sing a long too, to get you in the mood. But be quick if you want a ticket for the show at the Queen’s Hall as they are apparently going fast.

ABBAMANIA perform a wonderful replica of ABBA LIVE Concert that fans throughout the world were enthralled with back inthe 1970’s. they where formed in 1998 are Scotlands original ABBA tribute band and are know recognised as one of the most authentic re-creation bands in the world.
ABBAMANIA have hit ‘GOLD’ with their recreation of ABBA in concert and will have you dancing in the aisles with their fabulous live show featuring nearly 2 hours of pure …. ABBA …. nostalgia.
For more information on the band see their website www.abbamania-show.co.uk

Everyone involved in the Coffee morning would like to thank all that came and supported this event and helped them to raise over £1000 for the two Charities

The Ladies from Innellan and Toward Churches along with their friends will be holding a coffee morning in Innellan Village Hall on Saturday 30th January 2010 to raise funds for God’s Littlest Angels which is an orphanage in Haiti’s Kenscoff mountains not far from the capital Port-au-Prince. As Scottish nurse Susan Westwood who has been working at the orphange since 2008 explained they are expecting an influx of orphans after the earthquake and will take as many as they can. They are also expecting other people to come to them for help as they realise the orphange has some medical supplies and nurses. However, food, water and fuel is already strictly rationed so they are in desperate need of supplies. The other charity they hope to raise funds for is Mary’s Meals which was started by two brothers in Dalmally. They provide meals for children to enable them to attend school and gain an education in many of the worlds poorest countries. Their scheme in Haiti was providing meals for around 5,000 pupils daily before the earthquake this has now risen to over 12,000 many of them in Cite Soleil which is the slum area of Port-au-Prince.
Please come along to Innellan Village Hall between 10.30am and 12 noon and enjoy a coffee or tea and a cream scone for £2.50 (or more if you wish)

Our own Victor and Kim will also be there helping to serve coffee.

For further information on both organisations go to www.glahaiti.org and www.marysmeals.org

Celtic Connections has just started in Glasgow and will run until the 31st January 2010. Bringing together over 1500 artists from more than 30 countries to celebrate their musical connections.  From established artistes to young unknowns, from traditional to contemporary it would be hard not to find something to take your fancy. Celtic Music Radio who provide us with our day time service are broadcasting live every day from the Exhibition Hall in the Royal Concert Hall as well as covering some of the concerts. We will be staying with them until 7pm every night as they cover Danny Kyle’s Open Stage which gives new musical talent the chance to shine and win one of six places to perform in the final night showcase concert and the opportunity for a support slot at next years festival.    

Here’s Douglas and Victor live on air with their Christmas decorations.

We would like to wish all our listeners and internet viewers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and thank everyone for their support which has enabled us to get on air for our first Christmas broadcast. 

We have 2 tickets for this years IRN BRU CARNIVAL courtesy of our friends at the Park Weekly News. To win the tickets tell us At which Glasgow venue is the Irn Bru Carnival taking place from the 18th December 2009 till the 10th January 2010? You can text us on 07751236995 or email us on dunooncommunityradio@yahoo.co.uk or drop your answer in our post box located in Remaxs office.

The winner will be announced on Monday night and invited to the studio on Tuesday to collect their tickets.

Congratulations to Robert Gorman from Dunoon who wins the signed copy of Welcome to Wee Cumbrae.

Listen to Douglas and Victor tonight for your chance to win a signed copy of John Steele’s latest book Welcome to Wee Cumbrae, which charts the history of the Island from the 7th Century till the island was recently sold for £2,000,000. If you wish to learn more about the book John is giving a presentation in the library tomorrow night at 7.30pm. Admission is free.

 Well despite numerous entrees we still haven’t had a winner, so just in case you missed the question,  here it is What is the name of the passenger ship that ran aground on Wee Cumbrae in 1931? If you think you know the answer you can email us or text in on 07751236995 and we will pull the winner out of the hat next Saturday 12th December. For a wee help some of the wrong answers we have had so far is the Jeanie-Dean, The Vital Spark, The Rose, The Arbroath and the Titanic! So have a go and you could win this lovely book.

1st DECEMBER 2009 ON 97.4 FM

DUNOON COMMUNITY RADIO BROADCAST LIVE

At long last, we are very pleased to announce that Dunoon Community Radio will make its first offical live ‘On Air’ broadcast on Tuesday 1st December.
To begin with we will be broadcasting between 6pm and 10pm every midweek evening, and longer at the weekend. This will increase as volunteers are trained and more come on board. As we finalise details they will be published here.

No Fuss to Start

We have decided that the inaugural broadcast will not be accompanied by a fanfare of publicity, media hype, celebrity apperances and fireworks. This is mainly due to the lack of space but we are sure the presenters will make enough noise themselves.

Where we Will do it From
We are very pleased to tell you that, after much negotiation we have secured the use of a Luxury Penthouse, we wish! To be honest it is more of a very posh loft conversion, well actually it’s the corridor of a very posh loft conversion in the Argyll Business Centre situated above RE/MAXs’ office.
Douglas and Victor have been put on strict diet, so should they be joined at the broadcasting desk by slim ones like Tony, Andy and Fiona there will be room for everyone.
Due to the size of the corridor and in consideration to the other business’s we will be unable to have people ‘dropping in’ to the studio, however, please do not let this deter you in contacting us if you wish to volunteer, make a request or know of an item that you think we should be broadcasting. Just drop us an email

To The Rescue
All this has come about thanks to the generosity of Marco Pellici, who on learning that we were in danger of losing our Ofcom Radio Licence; as we had not been able to secure premises, came to the rescue and gave us this space without which , truthfully we would not be going on air.
Once we had the studio sorted Gibson’s did a stirling job racing against the clock to install equipment into our transmitter site. We must also say a big thank you to Head Teacher Sylvia McQuarry and Janitor Callum at Dunoon Primary School for their assitance and paitence. Dick Walsh for his calm and quick reaction in a crisis and for all the folk within Argyll and Bute Council who helped out.

But Last of All,
The BIGGEST thank you, is to you for staying with us and supporting Dunoon Community Radio over the last few years with your comments, ideas and more recently your input through the web site.
To those folk have talked to at our roadshows, lectures and as invited guests speaking to various groups and organisations.We have taken on-board your comments of the kind of radio you wish to listen to and are sure you will keep us on the right tracks.
To the Dunoon Observer and Argyllshire Standard who have chronicled our progress over the last few years and kept the public aware of us, we thank you.
We hope that many of you will join us here at Dunoon Community Radio as volunteers either as individuals or a group. Remember the only qualification required is you enjoy listening to the radio! We look forward to meeting up with you in the future to join us on this adventure that is Dunoon Community Radio.

Congratulations to LIZ LANSBURGH who won our recent competition to guess what our frequency would be. We hope she will be able to join us live on air when we start broadcasting to receive her prize of a pair of Cinema Tickets, kindly donated by Studio Cinema, DVD’s, CD’s and other goodies.
To find out when this will be, and when you can hear us, watch this space!

it was announced today at the Mod in Oban, that Dunoon have been successful in their bid to host the 2012 Mod. The event has always been a success when held in Dunoon and it is great to hear it will be returning. Keep an eye on here or in the local newspaper for information on how to get involved as the work will be starting soon!

The 2009 Royal National Mod got under way in Oban on Friday night with the opening ceremony attended by various dignatries including Culture Secretary Mike Russell. The competitions began on Saturday with fiddlers,  pipers and children; and I am pleased to report that 2 of Cowals youngsters where successful with Arlene Mackecknie from Strachur winning the Bronze Badge in the Fiddle Open under 13 playing a slow gaelic air and march, strathspey reel competition. While Iona Cairns from Dunoon Grammar School also won a Bronze Badge in the Sabhal Mor Ostaig Silver Medal Poetry Recitation for under 13 learners.