Radio North Angus is grateful to Mrs Georgiana Osborne, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Angus, for recording a Christmas message to our audiences.
The message highlighted events during the year, including the Royal Wedding at which she, and husband, James, were present.
She paid tribute to the citizens of the county, 45 Royal Marine Commando based at Condor, Arbroath, the recipients of the 2011 Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, and to the organisations and individuals involved in voluntary roles throughout Angus.
The message was broadcast at 1110 hours on Christmas Eve, copies of which can be made available on request.

The Lord Lieutenant of Angus, is the British monarch’s personal representative in an area which was defined by the Lord-Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1996 consisting of the unitary Angus council area.

The lieutenancy area was previously defined by the Lord Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1975 as consisting of the Angus district, which was one of three districts of the two-tier Tayside Region created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and abolished by the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994, which divided the region between the Angus, Dundee City, and Perth and Kinross council areas. Prior to the 1975 order the lieutenancy area was the county of Angus, which was officially the county of Forfar until 1928.

The office was founded in 1794, and has had the following titles:

• His or Her Majesty’s Lieutenant in the County of Forfar until 1928
• His or Her Majesty’s Lieutenant in the County of Angus 1928 to 1975
• Lord Lieutenant of Tayside Region, District of Angus 1975 to 1996
• Lord Lieutenant of Angus since 1996

List of Lord Lieutenants of Angus

• Archibald Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas 17 March 1794 – 26 December 1827
• David Ogilvy, 9th Earl of Airlie 5 February 1828 – 1849
• Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie 13 June 1849 – 6 July 1874
• Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne 3 August 1874 – 16 February 1904
• Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne 28 July 1904 – 1936
• David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie 15 June 1936 – 1967
• Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie 12 June 1967 – 1989
• David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie 6 November 1989 – 2001
• Georgiana Osborne 24 July 2001 – present

Over the past few months, Radio North Angus, the independent local radio station, has received many comments from listeners who have expressed concern over media reports regarding the introduction of digital radio, and the supposed demise of FM broadcasting, which would effectively close sub-regional independent radio stations in 2015.
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Radio North Angus, the voluntary organisation that operates the Independent Local Radio in the Arbroath area, and hospital radio services throughout Angus, is to open a new radio station at Montrose Royal Infirmary on 1 November at 8.00pm.
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