From Sunday 25th January 2026, there will be three opportunities each week to catch Digital Blues on 242 Radio based in Edinburgh, Scotland but broadcasting to the world.
242 Radio is a 24-hour music station which takes its name from the wavelength (242 metres on the medium wave band now known as AM) of Radio Scotland, a station which first hit the airwaves on 31st December 1965 broadcasting from a former Irish lightship, the Comet, anchored four miles off Dunbar in the Firth of Forth.
Like so many offshore stations during what has been described as ‘the golden era of offshore radio’, Radio 242 encountered many problems and to improve coverage moved to anchor off Troon, Scotland and later to a location off Northern Ireland. After many more trials and tribulations, Radio 242 closed down, along with many other stations, just before midnight on 14th August 1967 when the Marine Offences Act came into effect.
You can listen to 242 Radio via their website https://www.242radio.com/ and many of the usual streaming radio players. Digital Blues airs at 24.00 Saturday, 17.00 Monday and 20.00 Thursday – all UK time.