Radio Plymouth - Ofcom Licensing

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RADIO PLYMOUTH • Radio Plymouth will look behind the news with follow up interviews and packages resourced, as in our RSLs, by the journalists in our newsroom, freelancers and news aware presenters. We will also build up a file of contacts from each of the city’s wards to give us grass roots reaction to major stories from their areas. Radio Plymouth will broadcast longer bulletins at peak time with a ten minute round up at 13.00 and half an hour at 18.30. • Local involvement & activity : Our OB facility means we will have a strong visual presence at local stories and events. Good local radio for us means getting out with our sleeves rolled up and getting involved. With our fellow citizens, we will participate in the wide variety of activities that a city well placed between the sea, the moors and Cornwall offers. No other radio station currently on-air is doing this. Plymouth Sound, the only other FM station with Plymouth as a major part of its TSA, is essentially music led and aimed primarily at a younger audience. Much of its non-peaktime output is not locally originated. It is successful at what it does but we feel our format can exist happily alongside theirs whilst broadening listener choice, both in music and speech, for the people of Plymouth. Classic Gold has little recent music and the majority of its output is not locally produced. Pirate FM is editorially focused on Cornwall and the vast majority of its music is chosen from the past 25 years. Atlantic FM has said that it will commit to more speech than the other commercial stations but that it will also be Cornwall focused. Radio Plymouth’s typical schedule would look as follows; MONDAY – FRIDAY BREAKFAST 06.00 – 10.00 A crisp and lively wake up delivered in a businesslike way with no meaningless chit chat: our aim is to broadcast the information that listeners need. World, national and local news; weather, tide times and surf conditions, regular time checks; traffic & travel information and the company of an amusing but sharp presenter, leaving room for more music than other stations (up to 11 tracks per hour) and fewer commercials (a maximum of nine minutes per hour). Music style will be bright with a tempo appropriate for a happy and energetic start to the day ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Five minutes of news at 07.00 and 08.00; three minutes at 09.00. 1 minute headlines at 06.30/07.30/08.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Presentation style; slick, witty and concise. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music will make up 70-80% of non-commercial time. 36
MID-MORNING 10.00 – 13.00 RADIO PLYMOUTH A mixture of music and chat with one guest per hour from the day’s news or an ongoing story. Anyone from the chief constable to the hero of a local story could be a studio guest, only when we think it appropriate will we open the phone lines to broaden the debate. Our OB vehicle will often be at major events to inject live inserts and interviews into the programme. Listeners will always be able to contribute via e-mail, fax and text message. Often material from this show will provide cuts for the news and longer snippets for the 13.00 and 18.30 news programmes. Three minute news at 10.00/11.00 and 12 noon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Speech will make up between 30-40% of non commercial time and there will usually be a minimum of 8 music tracks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Presentation style; Challenging, intelligent and informative. THE LUNCHTIME BRIEFING 13.00 – 13.10 A mixture of local, regional, national and world news to date. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 100% Speech AFTERNOON DELIGHT 13.10 – 16.00 Personalities, showbiz and music will be the main features of our weekday afternoon output. This will not have the hard edge of the mid-morning show and will focus on shows and visiting stars at The Theatre Royal, Plymouth Pavilions and other city venues. Good local musicians, new film releases, showbiz stories, colourful characters and local whats-on will all have a place. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Speech will usually make up between 25-35% of non commercial time with a minimum of 8 music tracks which may often be related to the stories or guests featured. Three minute news bulletins at 14.00 and 15.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Presentation style; relaxed, humorous and entertaining. ON THE ROAD AGAIN 16.00 – 18.30 A bright, fast and informative finish to the working day and drive home. Plenty of music to energise and inspire; traffic and travel information every 20 minutes; the day’s news and tonight’s events; tomorrow’s weather prospects. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Speech will normally take up 20-30% of non commercial time with a minimum of 10 music tracks per hour. No guests or interviews. One minute headlines at 16.30 and 17.30; Five minute bulletins at 17.00 and 18.00. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Presentation style; pacey and informative. PLYMOUTH TONIGHT 18.30 – 19.00 The day’s news from around Plymouth, the region and the wider world. A mix of material from our own newsroom, IRN and our day time interviews. Plymouth and city business news and a Footsie update. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 100% speech 37
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