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Presenters

Some of the many past presenters are: Jimmy Young, Pete Smith, Dave Ross, Vicky Pichters, Rod Johnston, Donny Hughes, Scotty B, Gus Bain and Dave McIntosh, John Burns, Ryan Morrison, Scott Laing, Alex Boyd, Charlie Mac, Elanie Notman, Keith Crombie, Keith Reid, Paul Scott, Steve Hamilton, Jana Ramos, Katie Burnett to name a few. The lineup immediately prior to closure consisted of Daily (Breakfast Show), Barry Snedden (Hits and Headlines and mid morning show), Paul Scott (Drivetime), Colin Young (Evenings), Rod Johnston (Saturday Breakfast Show), Grant Thomson, Keith Crombie, Colin Jackson, Gordon Hunter & Daimen Richards (Sunday Afternoons). Hit40UK could also be heard Sunday afternoons from 4 p.m.

Attempted sale by Kingdom Group and subsequent closure

In December 2006, the station went up for sale. The station is believed to have been unprofitable, and Kingdom Group's Board of Directors decision raised a big question over the station's future, and even its existence.River FM for sale by Kingdom
Radio Today 8 December 2006 On Monday 29 January 2007, at 15:00 GMT, River FM went into automation, with live programming going out as normal up until this point. With no offers to buy the station, at Kingdom's deadline of 18:00 on the same day the station shut down, with the last song being Nelly Furtado "All Things Come to an End". The radio presenters and staff did not know about the shutdown of the company until 17:00 that same day, just one hour before the station closed and handed back their licence.

References

*https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jan/30/commercialradio.radio *https://pressgazette.co.uk/archive-content/river-fm-on-the-lookout-for-staff/ *https://radiotoday.co.uk/2007/01/end-of-the-road-for-river-fm/ Radio stations established in 2003 Radio stations disestablished in 2007 Defunct radio stations in the United Kingdom Radio stations in Scotland {{Scotland-radio-station-stub