Public File

Leicester Sound Public File

105.4 fm, DAB digital radio and listen online at www.leicestersound.co.uk

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.

News Bulletin Schedule
Leicester Sound broadcasts bulletins containing a mix of local, UK and world news together with sport, entertainment, and weather information on the hour from 6am to 7pm on weekdays, 7am to 1pm on Saturdays and 8am to 1pm on Sundays.  There are additional updates at 6.30am, 7.30 and 8.30 on weekdays.

Recent News Stories Covered On Air
The latest Leicestershire, UK and world news headlines are available on the news section of our website.

The News Team
You can contact Leicester Sounds News Team on 0116 256 1333
 
News Editor – Yvonne Radley
Journalists – Eleanor Garnier and Sarah Urwin
Travel – Lynsey Masora

The Programme Schedule
Details of Leicester Sound's programmes can be found on the schedule section of the web site. This includes details of all the shows for the coming week as well as quick links to all the DJ pages.

The average number of hours of automated programming within weekday daytimes and within daytimes on Saturdays and Sundays
Only the 1pm hour is automated Monday to Friday.

The amount of local programming per day produced by the station
Leicester Sound broadcasts live ever day from Leicester 6am to 10am and 1pm to 7pm Monday to Friday. On weekends, the stations is live from Leicester between 8am and 12 noon.

Ofcom Localness Guidelines
Ofcom, the government regulator with responsibility 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. You can read ours here.

If you have a complaint to make about Leicester Sound, in the first instance please contact the stations Programme Controller, Colin Paterson. Colin can be contacted on colin.paterson@gcapmedia.com or by telephone on 0116 256 1300.

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 find out more.

Station Contact Details
Leicester Sound, Meridian Business Park, Leicester.

Contact Numbers
Switchboard: 0116 256 1300
Studio phone-in: 0116 20 20 222
Leicester Sound News: 0115 256 1333
Leicester Sound Traffic & Travel: 0116 256 1313
Leicester Sound Studio text number: 8 21 22 (start your message with the word hello)
Leicester Sound Advertising Enquiries: 0116 256 1310

Events/ Charities Support or Coverage
Leicester Sound supports a number of charity events throughout the year. Most notably, Leicester Sound hosts the annual Cancer Research UK ‘Race for Life’ events.  Click on our ‘photo’ section to find out more about this years event.

In addition, the station is also supporting the Special Olympics Leicester 2009. The station is proud that Leicester in the only city to have hosted the event twice.  Recently, Naomi Kent, from Robin Banks at breakfast, hosted the countdown launch in Leicester City centre. There will be further activities throughout the year.

Recent Programme and/or News Highlights
We keep our website up to date with all the latest happenings at Leicester Sound, so if you want to know what we’re up to, then please visit the homepage at www.leicestersound.co.uk.

Leicester Sound has followed the disappearance of Leicestershire girl Madeleine McCann since day one.  We have endouvred to be link to the community through live broadcasts from Leicestershire and Portugal throughout the events.  For more information and for a time line, visit the news section of our web site.

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.

The Station’s Playlist
Our complete playlist can be found here. The playlist is updated weekly on a Monday. Keep up to date with the latest music on the ‘music’ of our web site.

How to complain to the station or to Ofcom
If you have a complaint to make about Leicester Sound, in the first instance please contact the stations Programme Controller, Colin Paterson. Colin can be contacted by email at colin.paterson@gcapmedia.com or by telephone on 0116 256 1300.

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: www.ofcom.org.uk/complain