Smooth ruffles Scottish pride

Smooth Radio's recent junking of several local slots in favour of London-based network programmings hasn't gone down well in Scotland. The prospect of Mark Goodier and Fiona Philips in place of the old, Glasgow-based presenter hasn't thrilled everyone.

Having said that, the only person that The Herald could find to go on the record about how terrible it all is was Norman Quirk, who had been with the station back when it was owned by SAGA and left at roughly the time the new management came in, so he might not be the most unbiased person to talk to.