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Public File

Hereward FM's Public File
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)

Hereward FM broadcasts news bulletins on the half-hour between 0600 and 0900 and hourly from 0900 and 1900 on weekdays. These bulletins contain a mix of local, national and world stories, along with sport, weather and entertainment news. On Saturday, bulletins containing local, national and world news are broadcast on Hereward FM between 0700 and 1300. On Sunday, bulletins containing local, national and world news are broadcast on Hereward FM between 0800 and 1300. Additionally, national bulletins are broadcast from 2200 through until 0500 seven days a week.

2. Recent News stories covered on air:

BLUETONGUE Our reporters were the first on the scene at Peterborough's Milton Estate to cover the outbreak of bluetongue disease in a ram there.
 
PACKAGE Roads in Peterborough were shut down by police and bomb disposal experts when a suspect package was found on Lincoln Road. Our reporter gave the latest information from the scene - local people described watching the bomb squad robots check the package out and destroy it. It turned out to be a harmless power drill.
 
ROADWORKS As an accumulation of roadworks in Peterborough city centre brought some roads in the city to a snail's pace in rush hour, we found lots of local people with a story to tell. One man from Whittlesey told us he would leave his wife and live with his mum for while because the queues of traffic were annoying him. Another man was moved to set up a petition on the 10 Downing Street website.

3. Contact detail for the News team

Ben James - Head of News can be contacted here.

4. The programme schedule

Hereward FM's Programme Schedule can be seen here.

5. The average number of hours of automated programming within weekday daytimes and within daytimes on Saturdays and Sundays. Hereward FM's has no automated programmes at present.

6. The amount of local programming per day produced by the station:

All of Hereward FM's weekday daytime output (0600-1000 and 1300 - 1900) and peak time weekend (0800-1200 Saturdays and Sundays) output is produced and presented from our local studios.

Off peak programming (Kevin Hughes, Wind Down Zone, Dan Wood, Andy Henley, Gaz Wesley, Toni Phillips, Jeremy Kyle Show, Mark Dennison, Jo Russell, hit40uk and Jason Donovan) is produced at various studios, owned and operated by Hereward FM's parent company GCap Media plc.

7. Ofcom Localness Guidelines and how to complain to Ofcom.
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. Ours can be found here.
If you have a complaint to make about this station, in the first instance you should contact the Programme Controller: Chris Suckling. Contact him on 01733 281391 or by email here.

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: ofcom.org.uk/complain


8. Station Contact details:

You can contact Hereward FM at The Queensgate Centre, Peterborough, PE1 1NS.
Main Office number; 01733 460 460
Sales; 01733 281 370
News; 01733 281400
Studio 01733 280 280

9. Events/charities support or coverage

We are proud to support the Great Eastern Run, raising money for local and national charities. We promoted the Run, ran running tips on the lead up to it and then did commentary on the day with traffic updated every 15 minutes for the affected areas of the City that were closed off.

We support the Peterborough Festival which celebrates all the communities in Peterborough for a week each Summer. We promoted the event, provided coverage for all the events happening during the week and hosted the opening and closing weekends at Central Park and the Embankment.

We teamed up with Cancer Research UK to promote and host this years Race For Life. We encouraged women of all ages to come to Ferry Meadows and Burgley House to run for the charity and provided coverage on air to the Races and the runners.

We are supporting and promoting this years Peterborough Dragon Boat Festival which raises money for many charities including Sports Aid. We covered the launch of the Festival in Bridge Street with a special outside broadcast and are encouraging workplaces to get involved this year.
 
We are the main radio media partner for Kidney Research UK, supporting all their fundraising events in the City, including the Santa Abseil before Christmas and The Big Jump in March.
 
We are the main radio media partner for the Peterborough Phantoms and we support all their fundraising events in the City, including the Air The Bear night before Christmas.
 
We are proud to announce the launch of our own charity Hereward FM Kids. It's aim is to make Peterborough a better place for Children to live and grow.

 

10. Recent programme and/or news highlights

* Coverage of the homeless problem in Peterborough
* Coverage of the Pinchbeck Fire
* The problems faced by prostitues in Peterborough following the murder of Zelia Harrison.
* Report on anti social behaviour in Crowland and the problems faced by a local landlord, and how it's affecting local schools

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

Details of the music Hereward FM plays can be seen below.


 
 

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