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Public Information File

Each local commercial radio station in the UK has requirements in respect of its music and local content, such as news etc. These requirements are set out in the station "Format", a document issued by Ofcom, the UK media regulator.

 

The Public File contains details of elements Ofcom regulate over, 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 the community we serve.

The Public File is available as a print out on request. Any comments on the file can be made to us or Ofcom.

News Bulletins

We broadcast news bulletins 24 hours a day on the hour, every hour (except during The Big Top 40 Show or special events).

Weekdays - we provide local news bulletins from 06:00 until 19:00 including half-hour bulletins in breakfast (6/7/8 am) and drivetime (4/5 pm).

Saturday and Sunday - we provide local news bulletins from 08:00 until 13:00

If you have any queries about News, contact one of our journalists via the usual 'Contact Us' details

The Programme Schedule

Click here to see our current programme schedule.

Automation and Local Programming

Sometimes it is necessary to pre-record (sometimes called Automation) programmes on the station. We don't use more than 5 hours of automation during our daytime weekday schedule, or 3 hours at weekends.

All of our programmes are produced locally, apart from the Sunday Big Top 40 show which is networked across the UK from London.

Events and Charities we support

We support many charities across West Sussex every year and always encourage local groups, organisations and individuals needing some publicity and support to contact us.

Music Playlist

We play a broad mix of music from the past 40 years, including the best music around today. In a typical hour on Spirit FM you will hear, on average 6/7 songs from the 70's through to last year, with 4 'current' tracks from within the past few months.

The Format

A BROAD MUSIC AND INFORMATION STATION FOR WESTERN WEST SUSSEX, HIGHLY FOCUSED ON LOCAL ISSUES WITH A STRONG COMMITMENT TO LOCAL NEWS 

Licensed area

Chichester, Bognor Regis, Littlehampton and Midhurst area  (as in Ofcom advertisement)

Frequency

96.6, 102.3 and 106.6 MHz

Service duration

24 hours

Locally-made hours

At least 10 hours a day during daytime weekdays (must include breakfast).

At least 4 hours daytime Saturdays and Sundays.

Local news bulletins

At least hourly at peaktime weekdays and weekends. Outside peak, UK-wide, nations and international news should feature.

Shared arrangements (if applicable)

Co-location

No Arrangements

 

Programme sharing

No Arrangements

 

Definitions

Speech / Music

Excludes advertising, programme/promotional trails & sponsor credits

Peaktime

Weekday breakfast and drivetime, and weekend late breakfast

Daytime

0600 to 1900 weekday and weekend

Locally-made

Production and presentation from within the licensed area

Ofcom Localness Guidelines

Ofcom issue Guidelines defining what "localness" is for a Local Radio station. You can read them on the Ofcom website:

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Contact Us

To contact us click 'Contact us'

How to Complain

If you have any complain about the radio station, for example, something you have heard - an advertisement or news story - in the first instance contact the station using the above details. If you are not satisfied with the response you can contact Ofcom (the industry regulator) on 020 7981 3040 or via their website; Ofcom

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