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Chiltern Radio Public File

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.

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News Bulletins

Weekdays
Chiltern Radio broadcasts news bulletins on the half-hour between 0600 and 0900 and hourly from 0900 and 1900. These bulletins contain a full mix of local, national and world stories, along with sport, weather and entertainment news.

Weekends
Bulletins containing local, national and world news are broadcast on Chiltern Radio between 0700 and 1300. Additional national bulletins are broadcast from 2200 through until 0500 seven days a week.

Contact details for the News team
Huw James, News Editor - 01582 676200 or email here
Andrew Fagg, Journalist - 01234 272400 or email here

Recent news stories:

ENGLISH - A North Bedfordshire teenager's been banned from applying for a traineeship with a Government agency because she is white and English.
RENHOLD - Two large fields will be built on north of Bedford, despite borough-wide opposition.
SCREEN - All GPs in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire have been warned not to give out patient details to private companies.
POLICE - Bedfordshire Police Federation says the force is stretched to the limit because of conflicting Government targets.
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The programme schedule: This can be viewed here

Automated programming: There are no automated programmes for Chiltern Radio during weekday or weekend daytimes.

Local programming: The amount of local programming per day produced by the station: -

Chiltern Radio's weekday output from 0300hrs until 1900hrs, and weekend output from 0500hrs to 1000 and 1200 to 1900hrs on Saturday and from 0600hrs to 1000 and 1200 to 1600hrs on Sunday is produced and presented from our Bedford studios

Off peak programming (Music Control, The Vodafone Live Hour, Late Night Love, Music on Demand, Party Friday, Party Saturday, Hit 40UK, Entertainment Edge and Entertainment Weekly) is produced at various studios, owned and operated by Chiltern Radio's parent company GCap Media plc
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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. You can read ours here

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.

Station Contact details

Chiltern Radio's Programme Controller is Tony Dibbin...He can be contacted by email... Or, if you wish to write, our address is:

Chiltern Radio
5 Abbey Court
Fraser Road
Priory Business Park
Bedford
MK44 3WH
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Charities support or coverage: We support a number of local charities through our Chiltern Radio Biscuit sales. We have supported the Bedford Hospitals Charity with our on-air auction at Christmas. We give a lot of coverage to Race For Life events in our area, supporting Cancer Research. We have an outside broadcast from the main Race in Bedford.

We also regularly visit and open charitable fairs, open days and fetes with the Thunder Crew at weekends.

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Recent programme and/or news highlights: Chiltern Radio also plays an active role in promoting and participating in the bi-annual Bedford River Festival. In 2006, we broadcast 20 hours worth of programmes and news from our outside broadcast studio over the duration of the festival weekend.

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Issues or areas of interest likely to impact on localness: There are no current issues that impact on the localness of the station.

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Chiltern Radio's playlist: The current playlist can be found here