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Granny Sheila made her long awaited return to the breakfast show to talk 'Naughty Nannas'!!
Billy Kirkwood and Zoe Kelly chat about Zoe's first ever visit to a football match - the Ayrshire Derby no less - which wasn't quite what she was expecting. With July being a month packed with sport, they also discuss the boxing and provide their very own take on Wimbledon with Radio Tennis. Being neighbourly (or not!), how you got your pet and even a winner on the Win It Minute make up the best bits from July 2017.
GLENAFTON celebrated their first Junior Scottish Cup win since 1993 at the weekend.
But one player was left red-faced after a hilarious dressing room photo soon went viral after he was snapped naked in the back ground!
Billy and Zoe decided to track down Ayrshire's most infamous naked guy to hear his side of the story.
This morning James from Kilmarnock played the Win It Minute....his aim wasn't to get all 10 question right and win the money...he only set him self the target of 4 correct......
Happy Easter from Billy Kirkwood at Breakfast. This morning Zoe wrote a little Easter song for Billy to sing...(you would never have guessed it was written in 10 mins) haha! Cover your ears......
Well done to Peter Kelly from Largs who won £250 this morning on Billy Kirkwood at Breakfast with the Win It Minute. He correctly answered 10 questions within 60 seconds. Listen back here and see how many you can get right..........
Hear how many you'd have got right on West FM's Win It Minute! We play every morning at 8.10am for your chance to win £250.
Brian from Irvine takes part in West FM's Win It Minute! How many questions would you get right in 60 seconds?
This morning on Billy Kirkwood At Breakfast our Zoe revealed how the back of her head has ended up in the new Trainspotting T2 movie...plus her epic fail behind the scenes! #trainspotting #T2
This morning Alan and Zoe were joined by Ford Kiernan and Sanjeev Kohli aka Jack and Navid from Still Game ahead of the new series on BBC 1, Fridays at 9.30pm. They even took part in Alan and Zoe's game Tuniversity Challenge!
Here are six of the most memorable sounds from 90's technology.....Can you name them all?
Find out what #planes will be at the #Scottish #Airshow on 2nd and 3rd September! West FM is the official radio station of the Scottish International Airshow 2016.
In case you missed it, catch up with the best bits of Colin McArdle In The Morning from last week
It was the final game of Thingummyjiggy until it returns after the summer and it was victorious for the girls!
It was a Rod Stewart related game this morning and ended a draw!
Final scores of the week: Girls - 3 Boys - 1
Well done Girls!!
Zoe was back playing Thingummyjiggy today and we think she has forgotten how the game works!
Amy Highways is in playing for the girls today as Zoe Kelly has a day off. Lets see if she can beat the boys!
Amy was in covering for zoe today. But lets see how well Colin deals with Amy's words ...
It's the final game of the week and its a draw!
However well done to the boys for winning 2 out of 4 games for the week, with the others being draws.
Final game of the week and the girls have done it!
Final scores for the week girls - 2, Boys -1
In case you missed it, listen back to the best bits of Colin McArdle In The Morning from last week.
Final game of the week and the boys get the point, but sadly it wasn't enough to win the week...
They girls win 2-1 !
'Green' yucky pints....porky pies and whistling problems...... If you missed it.....Here are some of the best bits of 'Colin McArdle In The Morning' from last week.
This morning the kids from Pinetrees Nursery in Prestwick took over the Thingummyjiggy song!
Final game of the month and scores are now in! Feb Winners: Week 1 - Girls Week 2- Boys Week 3 - Girls Week 4- Boys
February ends a draw!
As a surprise birthday gift for Colin McArdle, Zoe arranged a special birthday call from his childhood idol.
"Will the boys be kings? ... or will the girls be queens? lets find out because its 08.13" ...
Final game of the week and it was a win to the girls.
Final scores: G- 3 B-1
Well Done Girls
Which will it be today ... a win for the boys? or a win for the girls? ... This is todays Thingummyjiggy game
After Elliot won it for the boys this morning the final scores for the week are:
Boys - 3 Girls - 1
Listen back to some of the best bits of Colin McArdle In The Morning from this week, including when our listener found a 'Lightsaber' in his mums underwear drawer and Colin and Zoe had a Burns inspired rap battle.....
Will it be a win for the boys? or a win for the girls? ... Find out on this morning's Thingummyjiggy.
Its Burns Day! This morning on Colin McArlde In The Morning, Colin and Zoe wanted to do something fun to celebrate Ayrshires most famous son. Instead of citing their favourite Burns poem, they decided to rap it!
It was the final game of the week and it ended up an overall win for the week to the girls thanks to Emma! Its the first time Thingummyjiggy has ever been played live from the train at Glasgow Central Station.
This morning Ayrshires most loved granny was on Colin McArdle In The Morning share her thoughts on this years new batch of Celebrity Big Brother housemates!
Santa popped into the West FM studios for the last time this week before he sets off on his annual duty!
Santa took time out of his busy schedule to pop into West FM and pay Colin and Zoe a visit and phone little Thomas from Mauchline to check if he's been naughty or nice!
Granny Sheila was back on Colin McArdle In The Morning for the last time before Christmas to round up the telly over the weekend.
This morning on Colin Mcardle in the morning Colin and Zoe had a very special guest in the studio...Santa! He will be in the studio all this week calling little boys and girls across Ayrshire.
Kids are back on Colin McArdle In The Morning all this week taking over Thingummyjiggy.
All this week the kids have taken over Thingummyjiggy and we've loved every minute of it!
This morning on Colin McArdle in The Morning, special guest Yoda from Star Wars joined Colin and Zoe in the studio. Yoda’s been very busy these past few weeks promoting his new movie and admitted he still hasn’t finished his Christmas shopping……. So Colin and Zoe recommended a local shop for him to call which might sell what he’s looking for…..
Colin and Zoe spoke to Ayrshires' favourite granny, Granny Sheila, this morning to hear her thoughts on last nights X Factor final!
Final game of the week and after this mornings game the final scores for the week are in!
Boys - 3 Girls -2
Well Done boys!
4th game of the week.....tomorrow is the decider day.......who will win? boys or girls?
Last game of the week well done to Drew winning it for the boys.
Total scores for the week Boys - 1 Girls - 1 Draw - 3
Our Listener David says that every time he hears the new Adele song he can’t stop thinking of Rev I.M. Jolly. This morning on Colin McArdle In The Morning Colin decided to mash some classic Ricky Fulton with Adele’s ‘Hello’ to see if it would work.
This morning on Granny Sheilas Gogglebox, Sheila filled Colin and Zoe in on what she thought of Strictly at the weekend…among other things….
Bloopers happen....especially when Colin and Zoe are on air! Here are the Best Bad Bits of Colin McArdle In The Morning this week.....
A girl has text her ex boyfriend using only Adele lyrics and the screen shots of the conversation between them has gone viral…… this is pretty much how the conversation went…. Colin and Zoe style…..
Ayrshire favourite granny was back on Colin McArdle In The Morning to chat about her weekend telly viewing..... and a general wee blether....
Second game of the week and we sadly said goodbye to our boy Teave, well done to 'On a roll Nicole'!
Bloopers happen...... especially when Colin and Zoe are on air! So why not laugh it off! We've decided to compile the Best Bad Bits of Colin McArdle In The Morning to play out every Friday.
Sadly it was the end of Emma McCullochs winning streak this morning after Teave won it for the boys!
The second game of the week and we have a new gentleman representing the boys of Ayrshire.
Ayrshire favourite granny was back on Colin McArdle In The Morning after her holidays last week to chat about her weekend telly viewing..... and a general wee blether....
Final game of the week and its another draw.
Final scores for week beginning 19th Oct.
Boys 2 Girls 1 Well done boys!
This mornings Thingummyjiggy was broadcast live from Colins old primary school Annick Primary. Its the first time the game has ever been played face to face.
Granny Sheila filled Colin and Zoe in on her weekend telly viewing......which led to a general wee blether.......
Ayrshires favourite granny, Granny Sheila filled Colin and Zoe in on her weekend telly viewing
Final game of the week and its a draw. However its an over all win for the week thanks to our champion Jackie Nelson!
Final game of the week and its a win to the girls....total scores for week beginning 21st Sep:
Boys - 1 Girls - 1
The week has ended a draw!!
As part of Cash For Kids Big Bake Day, Zoe decided to bake Colin some delicious pies and all he had to do was guess the filling.............
Total scores for Thingummyjiggy week beginning 14.09.15
Boys -1 Girls - 3
Well done girls!!
This morning Ayrshires favourite granny was back on the show with Colin and Zoe filling them in on her weekend viewing.
Its a brand new week, we wipe the slate clean.... who will get the first win of the week?
It was the final Thingummyjiggy of the week and its an over all win to the boys. Final scores for the week:
Boys:2 Girls:0 Draw:3
The Marks & Spencer Irvine girls are loving playing Thingummyjiggy this week, but aren't doing too well.....
This morning Ayrshires favourite granny, granny Sheila, was back on Colin McArdle in the morning to give her verdict on this years Strictly Come Dancing.
It was the first game of the week and clearly Colin and Zoes brains still hadn't woken....
This morning Ayrshires favourite granny, granny Sheila, was back on Colin McArdle in the morning to give her verdict from the latest Celebrity Big Brother antics!
Final game of the week and Billy Kenny who was playing for the boys gave us a little blast of his pipes!!
We found out this morning that Billy playing for the boys has a secret talent!! Colins superfan returns!
This morning Colin McArdle's biggest superfan Julie Dillon came on and played Thingummyjiggy, Colin and Zoe decided to switch teams so Julie could be in Colins team..... Colin was trying to describe the world cool...but Julie had other ideas........
Ayrshire's favourite Granny was back on CMITM this morning to talk about what she thinks of this years CBB housemates! We adore Sheila, she just tells it like it is!
This morning Colin and Zoe were joined by special guests Kelly Jones and Richard Jones from the Stereophonics to talk about their up and coming album and tour! They even had some fun playing Thingummyjiggy!
This mornings new lady representing the girls of Ayrshire was Kelly Steven and we think she's the most excited player we've ever had on Thingummyjiggy.
Over the weekend Gordon Sawers from Saltcoats has become facebook famous after a video he posted online went viral and has since had over 360,000 views. In the video Gordon lets off steam by having a rant about Saturdays football match between Killie and Ross County, this morning Colin and Zoe managed to track him down and gave him a call....
This weekend's viral sensation was this man - the raging Killie fan who posted a six minute sweary rant after Killie's 4-0 defeat to Ross County. Hear part of his rant here - then listen as he joins Colin & Zoe on Monday morning's breakfast show!
It was another wet morning across Ayrshire today, so Colin decided to search google for the wettest place on Earth and give them a call to find out if Ayrshire is just as wet....
Alan and Amber are in again for Colin McArdle and Zoe... There was some cheating going on this morning to ensure a win for the boys! Is it a fair win?
Another win for the girls as Alan and Amber sit in for Colin and Zoe... Amber is doing Zoe proud! Can Alan do it for the boys tomorrow?
Alan and Amber are in for Colin and Zoe again and this morning Amber got another win for the girls! Can Colin do better tomorrow?
Alan and Amber are covering for Colin McArdle and Zoe Kelly and Amber got a win for the girls!
Alan and Amber cover Colin McArdle and Zoe Kelly and it's another draw! Who will win tomorrow?
Last game of the week and it was a draw!
Congrats to the girls winning the week 3:1 , with 2 games ending a draw!
This morning Alan covered for Colin McArdle in the morning and did him proud getting a win for the boys
Alan Shaw covers Colin McArldle this week and didn't do so well in looking after the boys..........
Final game of the week which was a win to the boys..... however the week as a whole was a win to the girls who won a total of 2 games out of the week with 2 games ending with a draw.
First Thingummyjiggy for July and its a draw......it almost ended a win to the boys...but the girls put their foot down!
All this week on the run up to end of term were letting the kids loose on Thingummyjiggy!
On the run up to end of term we thought we would do something alittle bit different.... the kids are taking over Thingummyjiggy!!
Since it fathers day on Sunday we thought we would have a Thingummyjiggy 'Dad' special!
First game of the week, wiped the slate clean.... who gets the win? the Girls or the Boys?
Last game of the week, the total final scores this week are:
Boys - 2 Girls - 2
A Draw!!!
Start of a new month and a new week after the boys winner May, we wipe the slate clean.....
This morning on 'Colin McArdle In The Morning' Ayrshires favourite TV critic Granny Sheila was back on breakfast talking about what she thought of last nights Britains Got Tatent Final…. She doesn’t shy away from giving her honest opinion…she likes to tell it like it is….
Granny Sheila was back on Colin McArdle in the morning reviewing last nights Britains Got Talent Semi- Final.
Granny Sheila was back on the show with Colin and Zoe this morning talking about Britains Got Talent, She likes to tell it like it is which is what we love about her!
Earlier this week Zoe Kelly caught up with Alesha Dixon to chat about her up and coming single and test her on how well she knows her fellow judges!
It was a special Superhero Thingummyjiggy this morning and Colin had his very own special superhero up his sleeve!
Zoe caught up with Lawson earlier this week to chat about their up and coming single 'Roads' which is out to buy on May 10th!
Final scores for Thingummyjiggy for the week:
Boys - 3 Girls - 1
Overall the boys have won 2 weeks for the Month of April The girls only won 1 week and the other was a draw.
April winner is the boys - Well done!
This morning was a pretty nervous day if you were sitting your Italian exam. Colin and Zoe thought it would be helpful to give some last minute revision this morning.
Best of luck to everybody sitting exams this month!
This week Alan Shaw covered for Colin McArdle and didn't do a very good job at looking after Colins boys on Thingummyjiggy.
Final Scores: Girls - 3, Boys -0
The girls are having a good run this week, possibly down to Alan being out of practice!
Alan Shaw covers for Colin McArdle this week, and he's abit out of practice at playing Thingummyjiggy!
Thingummyjiggy is getting tense... there have been 3 draws so far this week.... the boys and girls desperately need a win!
The final scores for the week are in - Boys:2 Girls:2 The week ends a draw on Thingummyjiggy
Its the start of a new week we wipe the slate clean and the first win goes to the boys!
Its the final Thingummyjiggy of the week and after a win to the girls the weeks ends a draw between the boys and the girls
It wasn't just a win for the boys on Thingummyjiggy that Colin was celebrating this morning...it was his birthday too!
You can tell its a Monday because the girls were off game this morning. Not that the boys were complaining mind you!
So Julie Beattie has been winning it for the girls since last week...Friday she played against her husband and won... this morning she played against her father...and won! Can the Beattie be beaten?
With the CBB final hours away, Granny Sheila was back on 'Colin McArdle In The Morning' to give her thoughts on tonights final eviction!
The final game of the week ended a draw but the boys still claim the crown for the week after winning the most games!
Colin did his very best to put Zoe off this morning but it still ended up a win to girls!
This morning on Colin McArdle In The Morning, ayrshires favourite granny was back on the show talking about CBB and 'telling it like it is'!
Final game of the week and after a win to the girls, the total tally of scores for the week ended up Boys-2 and Girls -2..... A DRAW!!
This morning Granny Sheila was back on Colin McArdle in the morning with another Celeb Big Brother review!
There was a bit of a debate as to who won this morning. The girls still managed to get the point
The first week of Thingummyjiggy 2015 has ended in a draw between the boys and girls of Ayrshire.
This morning Colin and Zoe caught up with Ayrshires favourite granny Sheila to find out what she had to say on this years Celebrity Big Brother! We think she would definitely give Katie Hopkins a run for her money!
This morning Santa was in the Studio with Colin and Zoe for the last time before Christmas.
This morning the kids played Thingummyjiggy for the final time! Little Ellie played for the girls and Jack played for the boys!
Check out Colin and Zoe's Christmas song which recaps the best bits of this year on 'Colin Mcardle in the Morning'.......WARNING: You may need ear plugs!
This morning Katie Scott and Robi Young took part in kids Thingummyiggy! it was very cute!
Santa was back in to studio this morning with Colin and Zoe and called 3 special little boys to find out if they have been naughty or nice!
This morning on Colin Mcardle in the morning Colin and Zoe had a very special guest in the studio...Santa! He will be in the studio all this week calling little boys and girls across Ayrshire.
This morning the kids took part in Thingummyjiggy! Colin and Zoe found it very cute! Little Issy Wilson played for the girls vs Mason Wilson for the boys!
It was the last adult Thingummyjiggy of 2014 this morning until the kids take over next week and it ended up a win to the boys!
Neither Colin or Zoe did very well this morning! Ended up a draw scoring only 1 point each!
Do you remember Sheila from our Debenhams video? Her reaction was hilarious when she spotted Colin McArdle in a dress at Debenhams! Well....Colin and Zoe have managed to track her down and thought they would give her a ring this morning for a wee blether.....and what a blether it was!
Another win for the boys this morning...although it wasn't enough to win the week. Girls won 3:2.
Has Colin McArdle forgotten how to play Thingummyjiggy? He lost AGAIN to the girls this morning!
The girls are back in the game thanks to Heather from Troon scoring a whopping 8 this morning!
Alan covered Colin McArdle this morning...and failed again to secure a win for the boys!
Alan covers for Colin McArdle again. This morning it was another win to the girls and Alan wasn't happy!
Alan Shaw covered for Colin Mcardle this morning and proved that the lack of success for the boys is all down to Mr MC because he got a win straight away this morning!!
It's official... the boys are loosing it! Colin couldn't even describe a word this morning....... he himself had to use the word 'THINGUMMYJIGGY' !!!
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It was an overall win for the week for the girls on Thingummyjiggy after their third win this morning! the GaGa monsters didnt even put them off!!!
This morning on Colin McArdle in the morning Colin and Zoe got a suprise call from a very special person!
After a succesful 10 days playing Thingummyjiggy Rona Marnoch met her match when she was between by Malcom! Colin and Zoe got a lesson from Jimmy Sparkle on how to sing the theme song since there singing is so bad!
Lord Albert suprised Colin and Zoe this morning with a possible suggestion on what to name Zoes new hat!
This mornings Thingummyjiggy got a little heated when Colin and Zoe debated the 'sugar bowl' and Lord Albert stepped in to defend Colins argument!
This morning on Colin Mcardle in the morning we asked which store you would like to be accidently locked inside......for maureen it wasnt a fantasy lock in...it actually happened!
Thanks to Rona from Ayr it was another win for the girls this morning and an over all win for the ladies for the whole week!
It was a draw between the boys and girls this morning and Colin stepped up to Alans challenge and rapped the Thingummyjiggy theme tune!
It was Alan Shaws last day playing thingummyjiggy before Colin Mcardles return on Monday and the game was a draw between the boys and girls!
Alan covers for colin again this morning and becuase his singing is so bad he decides to rap the Thingummyjiggy jingle! Also another whopping win for the girls!
Alan Shaw covers for Colin Mcardle. First time ever playing the game and he got a win for the boys!!
It was a win to the boys this morning, however the totally weekly score was 3-2 to the girls which means the girls won for the week!
Hear the boys make it three weeks on the trot here, with the girls yet to take a single week
At last it was a win for the boys after six days of defeats! Listen to Billy getting one up on Marie to make it 2-1 to the boys...
Colin McArdle In The Morning spoke to Greggs in Ayr this morning - who have a very unusual daily visitor!
It was another win for the girls! Hear Marie from Stevenston take on Stevie from Killie...
This morning it was Fiona and Frenchie representing the boys and girls of Ayrshire - Fiona proved to be almost as bad as Zoe at describing the words!!
It was yet another win for the boys today on Thingummyjiggy! But it was a close run thing.... take a listen here!
The boys won week one of Thingummyjiggy on Colin McArdle In The Morning! Register to play and you could be on air defending your gender!
Glen from Ayr wins his way to Coronation Street to see Ed Sheeran play live! Well, wins someone else's way to Coronation Street to see Ed Sheeran......