Rother FM - Ofcom Licensing

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1400-1800 Afternoon Show 1800-1900 Interactive Jukebox 1900-midnight Evening Show Midnight-0600 Overnight Show Section 105 (B) and (C): Catering for tastes and interests/broadening choice Presenter C Relaxed to start with, picking up pace as the afternoon goes on. Great music and chat, with all the necessary information later in the programme. The presenter will be aware of “the school run” and ensure that programming is particularly child-friendly. Presenter C A part-automated show, centred on listener requests received through the day. Presenter will be live with information where necessary. Presenter D (freelance) Automated evening show with links specific to the day and time. What’s ons and locally relevant chat, plus a weekly big-name pop interview supplied by the Lincs FM Group. Generic links Back-to-back music from the extensive Rother FM database, with prerecorded station links. 1400, 1500, 1600 – 3 min local/national mix 1700 – 6 min “Report @ Five” 1730 – 2 min headlines/sport Weather every 30 minutes Travel news halfhourly from 1615 to 1745; flashes when necessary 1800 – 5 minute local/national mix Weather every 30 minutes. Travel news at 1815, flashes when necessary. IRN 180 on the hour, followed by 1 min local news summary. The Knowledge – showbiz news at 2015. Weather every 30 minutes. Will go live with news and/or travel when necessary. IRN 180 on the hour. Weather every 30 minutes. Retaining the ability to go live when necessary. 36
ROTHER FM STATION FORMAT Licence outline Station name Rother FM Licensed area Rotherham Frequency 96.1 FM Service duration 24 hours a day (24 hours a day locally produced/presented with the exception of a small number of off-peak networked weekly shows and the occasional syndicated programme, totalling no more than 12 hours per week) Definitions Speech “Speech” excludes advertising, programme/promotional trails and sponsor credits, and may be calculated across daytime or non-daytime. Music 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-made Production and presentation from within the licensed area. All requirements for locally-made output must include peaktime. Character of service A locally-focused music and information service for the Rotherham area, with a strong commitment to local news. The core target audience is 25- 54, but the station will be of broad appeal to all adults as well as children. Detail Rother FM will be built around a high quality news and information service that puts Rotherham first. Speech will account for at least 20% of weekday daytime output and, other than news, will include peaktime travel news, twice-hourly weather forecasts, “what’s on” information and other items of local interest. Bulletins including local news will be broadcast at least hourly between 0700 and midnight on weekdays and 0800-1300 on weekends/public holidays (inclusive), with headlines and sports news on the half-hour at weekday breakfast and drivetime. Outside of these times, national/world news will normally be broadcast hourly except during certain off-peak syndicated shows (such as Hit40UK). Bulletins including local news will be of at least three minutes duration, with longer bulletins at breakfast, lunch and drivetime (including business headlines) on weekdays and an extended bulletin of at least six minutes duration broadcast each weekday afternoon during drivetime. The music output will be a broad and distinctive mix of “Hits and Memories” from the 1960s to the present day, including adult contemporary, rock, R’n’B and other popular music forms. Music other than current/recurrent hits (up to six months old) will account for between 50% and 75% of Rother FM’s musical output. At least 25% of tracks should be more than ten years old. Specialist music that complements the main mix may be broadcast outside of daytime. 37
Page 1 and 2: An application to Ofcom for the loc
Page 3 and 4: General information (a) Name of App
Page 5 and 6: Executive director - Jeff Harwood S
Page 7 and 8: Executive Director - Matt Jones Occ
Page 9 and 10: Lincs FM Group Limited holds the Li
Page 11 and 12: Section 105 (A): Ability to maintai
Page 13 and 14: (b) Funding Section 105 (A): Abilit
Page 17 and 18: 3. Transmission proposals Section 1
Page 21 and 22: Section 105 (B) and (C): Catering f
Page 23 and 24: Target audience Section 105 (B) and
Page 27 and 28: Weather Section 105 (B) and (C): Ca
Page 35: Section 105 (B) and (C): Catering f
Page 39 and 40: Section 105 (D): Evidence of local
Page 41 and 42: Lifestyle Section 105 (D): Evidence
Page 43 and 44: Section 105 (D): Evidence of local
Page 45 and 46: Declaration Rother FM confirms that

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