Leicester Sound

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.

1. News
Leicester Sound 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 local and national sport, weather and entertainment news.

At the weekend, bulletins containing local, national and world news and sport are broadcast on Leicester Sound between 0700 and 1300 on Saturday, and 0800 and 1300 on Sunday. Additionally, national bulletins are broadcast from 2200 through until 0500 seven days a week.

Leicester Sound provide local travel bulletins every 15 minutes from 0645 until 0900. There are then local travel bulletins every 15 minutes on Leicester Sound between 1600 and 1830.

2. Recent News stories
Click here to see news currently featured on Leicester Sound.

3. Contact details for the News team
Yvonne Radley, Head of News - 0116 256 1333
Elenor Garnier, Journalist - 0116 256 1333

You can e-mail the news team here.

4. The programme schedule
Leicester Sound's programme schedule can be found by clicking here.

5. The average number of hours of automated programming within weekday daytimes and within daytimes on Saturdays and Sundays:
Leicester Sound takes programming produced at various studios, owned and operated by Leicester Sound's parent company GCap Media plc between the hours of 10am and 1pm. Between 1pm and 2pm the station automated. 

6. The amount of local programming per day produced by the station
Leicester Sound's weekday daytime output 0600-1000 and 13:00 - 19:00 and peak time weekend (0800 - 12:00) is produced and presented from our studios in Leicester.

Off peak programming is produced at various studios, owned and operated by Leicester Sound'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 by clicking here.

In addition all local radio stations have written 'formats' that they must follow at all times. You can read ours by clicking 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 and can be found by clicking here.

8. Station Contact details
Leicester Sound's Programme Controller is Colin Paterson, and our address is:
Leicester Sound
6 Dominus Way,
Meridian Business Park
Leicester, LE19 1RP

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

9. Events/charities support or coverage
Leicester Sound offers publicity to a wide range of local organisations and charity events taking place throughout Leicestershire.

This year Leicester Sound supported former Leicester Tigers player Leon Lloyd during his benefit year to raise money for the Matt Hampson Trust and Sparks.  Leicester Sound’s presenters, hosted the charity match at Welford Road with Tigers legends such as Martin Johnson and raised more than £1000 through a charity raffle.
 
Leicester Sound recently held a charity night at the Leicester Racecourse to raise money for Rainbows Children’s Hospice.  More than 2000 people joined Leicester Sound’s Breakfast show and Leicester Tigers players, Matt Cornwell and Johne Murphy to enjoy a night at the races and to take part in the charity raffle.
 
Leicester Sound, is once again running its Christmas Toy Appeal to benefit underprivileged children across Leicestershire.  The Toy Appeal will benefit local charities such as Rainbows Children’s Hospice; When you wish upon a star; Menphys; Lighthouse Learning; Wishes4Kids; and the NSPCC.  In 2006, Leicester Sound collected almost 5000 new toys through the Toy Appeal for five local charities with the help of local Sainsburys stores.

Leicester Sound are partners with Leicester City Football Club, Leicester Racecourse & Conference Centre and Leicester County Cricket Club.

10. Recent Programming/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. If you have any specific questions, then our Contact Us section contains details of how to get in touch with us. You'll find this here.

11. Any other issues or areas of interest likely to impact on localness
There are no current issues that impact on the localness of Leicester Sound.

12. The station's playlist
Leicester Sound plays a music mix from the past three decades, and sometimes play popular current tracks more frequently than other songs. For details on our current playlist, you can click the Playlist link at the top of any page.