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.

CONTENTS:
1 News Bulletins
2 Recent News Stories
3 News Team
4 Programme Schedule
5 Automated Programming
6 Local Programming
7 Localness Guidelines
8 Other Issues/Areas Likely to Impact on Localness
9 Events and Charities Support
10 Programme and News Coverage
11 Music Playlist
12 Contact Details
13 How To Complain

1  News Bulletins

Weekdays - Newbury Sound broadcasts news bulletins on the hour and half hour between 6am to 9am, hourly across the day from 9am to 4pm and half hourly from 4pm to 7pm. These bulletins contain national and world stories followed by local news. From 7pm through to 6am a service of national and international news is broadcast.

Weekends - On Saturdays and Sundays, bulletins containing local, national and world news are broadcast between 8am and 1pm. These bulletins contain national and world stories followed by local news. From 2pm through to 7am a service of national and international news is broadcast.

2  Examples of recent local news stories covered on-air

Newbury Sound's most recent local stories can be found by clicking here.

3  News Team

You can contact the Newbury Sound news team on 01635 841555 or email news@newburysound.co.uk

News Editor: Helen Ainsworth - helen.ainsworth@newburysound.co.uk

Journalist: Emily Tolloczko - emily.tolloczko@newburysound.co.uk

4  Programme Schedule

Newbury Sound's programme schedule can be found by clicking here.

5  Automated Programming

The average amount of automated programming on weekday and weekend daytime is usually no greater than 4 hours.

6  Local Programming

All programming on Newbury Sound is produced locally.

7 Ofcom Localness Guidelines

Ofcom, the government regulator with responsibilities for local radio, has produced localness guidelines that this station adheres to. These guidelines can be read here. In addition all local radio stations have written 'formats' that they must follow at all times, see www.ofcom.org.uk for Newbury Sound's format.

8  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.

9  Events & Charities - Support & Coverage

Newbury Sound broadcasts an hourly 'what's on' listing service called The Guide during daytime hours. Through the provision of this service the station supports many community groups and charities across West Berkshire. Click here to view The Guide. We also give regular coverage to charities via our local news bulletins.

10  Recent Programme and/or News Highlights

For news of programmes, events, news and promotions visit our website homepage. If you have any specific questions, then our Contact Us section contains details of how to get in touch with us.

11  Music Playlist

For this weeks music playlist please click here.

12 Contact Details

If you'd like to contact Newbury Sound click here.

13  How to complain to the station or to Ofcom

If you have a complaint to make about Newbury Sound, in the first instance you should write to the Managing Director, Ian Axton at:

Newbury Sound
The Newbury Studios
42 Bone Lane
Newbury
Berkshire
RG14 5SD

If you are unhappy with the response you receive, you can complain directly to the regulator, Ofcom. Their website has full details about how to do this. Click here to visit it.