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English accents have never been an issue in Wales where presenters from England have had successful careers in Welsh media.  Kam Kelly was huge in South Wales when he was on the former cross-border Galaxy 101 (now Kiss FM networked from London), he later moved to Red Dragon (now Capital South Wales) where he paired up with his former Galaxy 101 and GWR network co-presenter Sally Bailey.

Heart South Wales still has English presenters on the local drivetime show, Jagger and Woody, while Andrea Byrne has become a household name as a presenter of ITV's Wales at Six.

The difference between Wales and Scotland is that the heritage FM stations still have massive traction north of the border, unlike England where local radio since the addition of extra stations hasn't really worked which led to Global converting them all to Heart, Capital or Smooth in the first place.

Possibly there is also the factor of Scotland having a large and very vocal separatist movement? Just a thought.

Wales also has a very vocal separatist movement and are very passionate about the Welsh language, but that doesn't mean English broadcasters can't have a successful career.  Smooth Scotland will continue to come from London outside of Breakfast, so there isn't the anti-English sentiment that is being used as an excuse to split programming.

In any case, while they're hiring presenters to broadcast from Glasgow, the playlist will be programmed by a music programmer in London along with national advertising still being sold also in London, it's also likely most of the liners will be written by a London based person. It's pure tokenism in an attempt to gain share in a market where Bauer owned local stations which are also networked within Scotland with late shows from Manchester continue to have the lion's share of that market.