Ashford Local Radio - Ofcom Licensing

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Declaration Applicants are required to conclude their submission by responding to the following question: Do you confirm that, to the best of your knowledge and belief: (i) the applicant is not a disqualified person in relation to the licence by virtue of the provisions of section 143(5) of the Broadcasting Act 1996 (relating to political objects); Yes (ii) no director or person concerned directly or indirectly in the management of the company or the applicant group is the subject of a disqualification order as defined by section 145(1) of the Broadcasting Act 1996; Yes (iii) no person involved in the application has been convicted within the past five years of an unlicensed broadcasting offence and that the applicant will do all it can to ensure that no person so convicted will be concerned in the provision of the service, the making of programmes included in it, or the operation of a radio station if the applicant is granted a licence; Yes (iv) any matters which might influence Ofcom’s judgement as to whether the directors and substantial shareholders involved in the application are fit and proper persons to participate in a radio licence have been made known to Ofcom? Yes www.ashfordlocalradio.com 81
APPENDIX 8 Appendix 8 – Promise of Performance ASHFORD LOCAL RADIO STATION FORMAT– Licence Outline Station Name: ALR 106.7 FM Licence Area: Ashford, Kent and the surrounding areas (as defined in Ofcom’s Measured Coverage Area Map) Frequency: 106.7 MHz Service Duration: 24 hours a day (at least 18.5 hrs locally produced/presented weekdays, 12 hrs weekends) DEFINITIONS Speech “Speech” excludes advertising, programme/promotional trails & sponsor credits, and may be calculated over any twenty-four hours. Music Percentages Any music percentages are calculated as a percentage of the total tracks broadcast in the period specified. Peaktime(s) “Peaktime(s)” refers to Weekday Breakfast and Afternoon Drivetime output, and Weekend Late Breakfast. Daytime “Daytime” refers to 0600 to 1900 weekdays, and weekend output from 0800 to 1400. Locally produced/presented Production and presentation from within the licence area. All requirements for locally produced/presented output must include peaktime. Character of Service Popular hit music from the past 35 years plus relevant information for the people of Ashford that will inform and entertain. Detail All of ALR’s daytime programming is produced and presented locally from studios in the broadcast area. All programming features, local news, and information will be derived through an aggressive policy of listener interaction through interviews, live-reports, talkback, and feedback. Local news and information is locally sourced, produced, and presented from an independent newsroom. All on-air staff contribute to the amassing of local news and information. . Hourly local produced news bulletins are aired weekdays 0600 – 23:00 and on Saturdays 07:00 – 23:00. National news bulletins are featured at other times. ALR subscribes to Independent Radio News for national and international news. ALR is led by the popular hit music of the past 35 years, with no more than 25% of daytime music from the current chart (released 1 year prior to broadcast). Specialist music clearly compliments ALR’s normal music mix and a once weekly non-daytime local music showcase may be featured. Local news, information, sport and features figure prominently throughout the daytime programming with speech not normally falling below 25% of daytime and 15% weekends output.There is a weekly minimum commitment to phone-in/talkback programming of 5 hours. www.ashfordlocalradio.com
Page 1 and 2:
ASHFORD LOCAL RADIO www.ashfordloca
Page 3 and 4:
> > > > > TABLE OF CONTENTS Section
Page 5 and 6:
SECTION 105(A): ABILITY TO MAINTAIN
Page 7 and 8:
NIGEL REEVE Position: Non Executive
Page 9 and 10:
PAUL TORY Position: Non Executive D
Page 11 and 12:
(ii) If there are firm plans to app
Page 13 and 14:
(v) Where a corporate body other th
Page 15 and 16:
SECTION 2 FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS PL
Page 17 and 18:
1. Broadcast Area To help define th
Page 19 and 20:
2.The Current Population The curren
Page 21 and 22:
2. Do you think that the existing r
Page 23 and 24:
2049 3589 Born in the UK 97023 Born
Page 25 and 26:
7. Local Advertising Revenue ALR is
Page 27 and 28:
(e) Funding Detail the sources of f
Page 29 and 30:
(iv) Bank overdraft Not applicable
Page 31 and 32: Advertising Revenue The applicant s
Page 33 and 34: Method Three - Local Demand ALR car
Page 35 and 36: ALR Salary Structure Department Rol
Page 37 and 38: Financial Projections The applicant
Page 39 and 40: TRANSMISSION PROPOSALS (g) Transmis
Page 41 and 42: 32dB Overspill Map (iii) Transmissi
Page 43 and 44: SECTION 105 (B) AND (C): CATERING F
Page 45 and 46: 2. Do you think that the existing r
Page 47 and 48: Putting Local Information First Alt
Page 49 and 50: > Local Sport www.ashfordlocalradio
Page 51 and 52: Programming Staff Schedule And Resp
Page 53 and 54: Catering for the Tastes of the Area
Page 55 and 56: SECTION 5 RESEARCH, DEMAND AND SUPP
Page 57 and 58: 1.The Quantitative Research Objecti
Page 59 and 60: Music Tastes Respondents were asked
Page 61 and 62: The ALR presenters were endorsed as
Page 63 and 64: ALR Finding Local news and informat
Page 65 and 66: ALR Finding The news should focus o
Page 67 and 68: ALR Finding A great deal of interes
Page 69 and 70: Programming Research Conclusions AL
Page 71 and 72: 5. Sales Qualitative Research Objec
Page 73 and 74: EVIDENCE OF SUPPORT ALR believes th
Page 75 and 76: 4. Consultation Lunches Held a seri
Page 77 and 78: 5. Lunchtime Consultation Event Hel
Page 79 and 80: 7. Supported local Charities and Ev
Page 81: SECTION 6 DECLARATION www.ashfordlo
show all

Ashford Local Radio - Ofcom Licensing

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?