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ROTHER <strong>FM</strong> STATION FORMAT<br />
Licence outline<br />
Station name <strong>Rother</strong> <strong>FM</strong><br />
Licensed area <strong>Rother</strong>ham<br />
Frequency 96.1 <strong>FM</strong><br />
Service duration 24 hours a day (24 hours a day locally produced/presented with the<br />
exception of a small number of off-peak networked weekly shows and the<br />
occasional syndicated programme, totalling no more than 12 hours per<br />
week)<br />
Definitions<br />
Speech “Speech” excludes advertising, programme/promotional trails and<br />
sponsor credits, and may be calculated across daytime or non-daytime.<br />
Music Any music percentages are calculated as a percentage of the total tracks<br />
broadcast in the period specified.<br />
Peaktime(s) “Peaktime(s)” refers to Weekday Breakfast and Afternoon Drivetime<br />
output, and Weekend Late Breakfast.<br />
Daytime “Daytime” refers to 0600 to 1900 weekdays, and weekend output from<br />
0800 to 1400.<br />
Locally-made Production and presentation from within the licensed area. All<br />
requirements for locally-made output must include peaktime.<br />
Character of service<br />
A locally-focused music and information service for the <strong>Rother</strong>ham area,<br />
with a strong commitment to local news. The core target audience is 25-<br />
54, but the station will be of broad appeal to all adults as well as children.<br />
Detail<br />
<strong>Rother</strong> <strong>FM</strong> will be built around a high quality news and information service that puts<br />
<strong>Rother</strong>ham first. Speech will account for at least 20% of weekday daytime output and, other<br />
than news, will include peaktime travel news, twice-hourly weather forecasts, “what’s on”<br />
information and other items of local interest. Bulletins including local news will be broadcast<br />
at least hourly between 0700 and midnight on weekdays and 0800-1300 on weekends/public<br />
holidays (inclusive), with headlines and sports news on the half-hour at weekday breakfast<br />
and drivetime. Outside of these times, national/world news will normally be broadcast hourly<br />
except during certain off-peak syndicated shows (such as Hit40UK). Bulletins including local<br />
news will be of at least three minutes duration, with longer bulletins at breakfast, lunch and<br />
drivetime (including business headlines) on weekdays and an extended bulletin of at least six<br />
minutes duration broadcast each weekday afternoon during drivetime.<br />
The music output will be a broad and distinctive mix of “Hits and Memories” from the 1960s to<br />
the present day, including adult contemporary, rock, R’n’B and other popular music forms.<br />
Music other than current/recurrent hits (up to six months old) will account for between 50%<br />
and 75% of <strong>Rother</strong> <strong>FM</strong>’s musical output. At least 25% of tracks should be more than ten<br />
years old. Specialist music that complements the main mix may be broadcast outside of<br />
daytime.<br />
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