Each local commercial radio station in the UK has requirements in respect of its music and local content, such as news, speech levels etc. These requirements are set out in the station "Format", a document issued by Ofcom, the UK's radio regulator.
This Public File contains details of the elements that Ofcom regulate, such as music tracks, local news etc. It is intended to give you a better understanding of our output and what we are doing for our local community.
1. News Bulletin Schedule including which bulletins provide local news and which provide only UK-wide bulletins (together with a note of extended bulletins where relevant to Format)
2tenfm broadcasts news bulletins on the half-hour between 0600 and 0900 and hourly between 0900 and 1900 on weekdays. These bulletins contain a full mix of local, national and world stories, along with sport, weather and entertainment news. On Saturdays, bulletins containing local, national and world news are broadcast on 2tenfm on the half-hour between 0700 and 1030, and on the hour between 1100 and 1300. On Sundays, bulletins containing local, national and world news are broadcast on 2tenfm on the hour between 0800 and 1300. Additional national bulletins are broadcast from 2200 through until 0500 seven days a week.
2. Recent News stories covered on air
Click here to see today's news from 2tenfm
3. Contact details for the News Team
To contact Peter Cooke, News Editor, or any other member of the News Team, click here.
4. The Programme Schedule
2tenfm's programme schedule can be found by clicking here.
5. The average number of hours of automated programming within weekday daytimes and within daytimes on Saturdays and Sundays
There are no automated programmes on 2tenfm during weekday or weekend daytimes.
6. The amount of local programming per day produced by the station
All of 2tenfm's weekday daytime output (0600-1900) and peak time weekend (0700-1900 Saturday, 0800-1600 Sunday) output is produced and presented from our studios in Calcot, Reading. With the exception of the Jeremy Kyle show on Saturday between 1000 and 1400 and the Ryan Seacrest Show on Sunday between 1400 and 1600pm.
Off peak programming (including Music Control, Late Night Love, Music on Demand, Hit40UK is produced at various studios, owned and operated by 2tenfm's parent company GCap Media plc.
7. Ofcom Localness Guidelines and how to complain to Ofcom (or link to the relevant part of Ofcom's website)
Ofcom, the government regulator with responsibilities for local radio, has produced localness guidelines that this station adheres to. These guidelines can be read by clicking here.
In addition all local radio stations have written 'Formats' that they must follow at all times.. If you have a complaint to make about this station, in the first instance you should contact the Programme Controller at the address below. If you are unhappy with the response you have received, you can complain directly to the regulator, Ofcom. Their website has full details about how to do this and can be found by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page.
8. Station Contact Details
2tenfm's Managing Director is Jo Lee, and our address is:
2tenfm
PO Box 2020
Reading
Berkshire
RG31 7FG
Tel. 0118 945 4400
9. Events/charities support or coverage
2tenfm offers publicity to a wide range of local organisations and charities via the Events Calendar on 2tenfm.co.uk.
During 2008 2-TEN FM supported The Crafty Craft Race in Newbury, Rotawalk Charity Walk and the Cancer Research UK Race For Life events throughout the Berkshire and north Hampshire area, and will continue to do so.
We also regularly visit and open charitable fairs, open days and fetes with the 2tenfm Thunders. In the last twelve months, we have attended more than 170 such events in the Berkshire and north Hampshire area.
10. Recent programme and/or news highlights
Strikes taking place at the end of April 2008 were covered from start to finish, with comprehensive listings of school closures, both full and part as well as childcare options and contacts.
Early May saw 2tenfm provide regular, acurate news updates on both a local stabbing of a teenage boy amidst a gang fight as well as a shooting in Caversham.
11. Any other issues or areas of interest likely to impact on localness
There are no current issues that impact on the localness of the station.
12. The Station's Playlist
2tenfm plays music from the past three decades. We sometimes play popular current tracks more frequently than other songs. For details on our current playlist, click here.
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