Xfm Scotland
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| Broadcast area | Central Scotland |
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| First air date | 19 Nov 1999 (as Beat 106) |
| Frequency | 105.7 MHz and 106.1 MHz |
| Format | Alternative |
| Owner | GCap Media |
| Website | www.xfmscotland.co.uk |
XFM Scotland is a regional radio station broadcasting to Scotland's Central Belt, an area surrounding the two cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. It began on 19 November 1999 as Beat 106, a dance music station. The first presenter on-air, at 1.06pm on launch day, was Matt Finlay, who stayed at the station until late 2005. After launch, Beat quickly widened its format to include rock and R&B music. Beat 106 closed on January 1, 2006, playing a countdown of the top 1000 tracks voted for by visitors to its website, entitled The X-List. Normal Xfm Scotland programmes were launched by breakfast presenter Dominik Diamond on January 4, 2006. The first record to be played on the new station was "Loaded" by Primal Scream.
Beat 106 was originally established by the Big Beat Group, headed up by a group of nightclub promoters from Glasgow. However, just a few months into its existence, in July 2000, it was bought by the Capital Radio Group. In 2005 Capital Radio merged with the GWR Group to form GCap Media, creating the UK's largest commercial radio group. The rebranding of Beat 106 to XFM was one of a number of measures announced by GCap to improve their corporate performance following the merger. The original XFM station was Xfm London and the rebranding in Scotland occurred four months before the expected launch of Xfm Manchester.
The current weekday presenters are:
Dominik Diamond 6-10am
Martin Bate 10-1pm
Julyan Sinclair 1-4pm
Heather Suttie 4-7pm
Fraser Thomson 7-10pm
Jim Gellatly 10-1am
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