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Daves show certainly isn’t predictable, you’ll hear songs you haven’t heard in a long time, and maybe, something you never heard before that sends a shiver down your spine or puts a smileon your face! It is a celebration of 6 decades of fantastic music. It’s Radio but NOT as We know it.

It was just twelve months ago that we posted details here on our website with a few photographs of our very first outside event held in the Dunoon Argyll Gardens. At that time we were not broadcasting and were searching for suitable premises  along with the funding required to support us, it was hoped that […]

World Highland Dancing Championship Adult 1st – Daniel Carr – Ontario 2nd – David Wilton – Forfar 3rd – Marielle Lesperance – New Brunswick 4th – Laura Smith – Huntly 5th – Rachel Mclagan- Edinburgh 6th – Fiona Lee – Coquitlam, British Columbia Junior 1st – Morgan Bamford – New Zealand 2nd – Olivia Freeman-Shaw […]

GRADE 1 Best Drum Corps Douglas Challenge Trophy – Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Cowal Championships 2010 – Grade 1 1st – The Argyll Challenge Shield – Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia 2nd – Sutherland Challenge Shield – Field Marshal Montgomery 3rd – MacNeal Challenge Trophy – St Laurence O’Toole 4th – Carson Sinclair Cup – Scottish […]

Scotland’s biggest highland games, Cowal Highland Gathering, will be broadcast live this year via the internet thanks to a local community radio station. Dunoon Community Radio will report live from Dunoon Stadium, the event venue, across the three days.  The annual event will take place Thursday 26th to Saturday 28th August.  The station’s presenters and […]

 Thursday morning at 9am Dunoon Community Radio started its first outside broadcast from Dunoon Stadium to take part in Cowal Highland Gathering for three days. We are broadcasting throughout dunoon on 97.4FM and globally on www.dunoon-observer.com

This weekend saw the rsurrection of the Cowal Soccer Festival which was one of the most successful and prestigous soccer tournaments in the 70’s with teams from across the United Kingdom, Europe and USA participating. This tournament involved many young players who went on to be succesful at a national and international level including Bobby […]

And we have even seen some sun!, so it is time to bring the roadshow out of it winter darkness outside into the sunshine for some of the great outdoor events that are happening in the area. we are pleased to be going back to some of our favourites such as Mighty Eachaig Challenge and […]

The popular Trad-rock band Skerryvore return to Dunoon on Friday 2nd July to perform in the Queens Hall the day after they launch their new album in Glasgow. . They are an award wining Scottish Band with blazing bagpipes, fiddle and accordians, electrically fused with funky rhythms and soul-gripping songs. They will be supported by […]

 Mud Divers and AKs Team Buddy Mollox play in the final Buddy Mollox from Port Glasgow (in the orange) where the eventual winners.  Yippee Ki-Yay from Toward where the winners in the mixed final beating the favourites 2 time World Champions from Belgium.