Southend Radio 105.1 Public File

News Bulletin Schedule

Southend Radio 105.1 broadcasts local news and sport at the following times:-

Weekdays: Hourly from 0600 to 1800.

Weekends: Hourly from 0800 to 1200

Local news is produced in-house and is, in the main, made up of local items but also incorporates the main national/international stories at the time.

Latest News

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News Team

Nick Hull is News & Programmes Editor at Southend Radio, with journalists Martin Harris and Carlo Fiorentino.

The team can be contacted directly on 01702 455061 or emailed directly at news@southendradio.com.

Programme Schedule

To see a copy of the latest Programme Schedule click here.

Automated / Networked Programming

Sometimes, during off peak periods, the output you hear on Southend Radio 105.1 is pre-recorded or automated.

Daily: 2200 - 0600
Plus Saturday: 0600-0800; 1600-2200
And Sunday: 0600-1200; 1600-2200

We also share some live programmes with our sister stations in the Adventure Radio Network:

Weekdays: 0600 - 1000 (Southend Radio, Chelmsford Radio)
Weekdays: 1000 - 1400 (Southend Radio, Chelmsford Radio, Connect FM Northants, Connect FM Peterborough)
Weekdays: 1400 - 1900 (Southend Radio, Chelmsford Radio)
Weekdays: 1900 - 2200 (Southend Radio, Chelmsford Radio, Connect FM Northants, Connect FM Peterborough)
Weekends: 1200-1600 (Southend Radio, Chelmsford Radio, Connect FM Northants, Connect FM Peterborough)

Station Playlist

For all playlist and programming enquiries please contact:

Paul Lovett, Network Programme Controller, email paul.lovett@chelmsfordradio.com

Ofcom Localness Guidelines

To view full details visit: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/car/localness/

Station Contact Details

Southend Radio 105.1
The Icon Building
Western Esplanade
Southend-on-Sea
Essex
SS1 1EE
Tel: 01702 455070
http://www.southendradio.com

Recent Programming Highlights

Southend Radio 105.1 is dedicated to providing entertaining, informative, and local radio for Southend and surrounding areas. Some of the highlights from the past few months have included live coverage of Southend Air Festival, broadcast from locations across the seafront. Tracie's Mystery Voices ran this year with £7500 given away between three lucky winners (run on our sister stations in the Adventure Radio Network). We gave away a brand new Renault Clio with our In It To Win It promotion, where four listeners 'lived' inside the car for a week. Our Battle of the Bands contest attracted thousands of music fans to the seafront over seven weeks, with the final generating more than four thousand votes from the public audience. Our Drietime presenter James O'Neill ran the London Marathon, raising more than £2000 for Havens Hospices, and took part in a four day trek of Iceland for Essex Air Ambulance, raising £3900, and during which he broadcast live from Iceland each day. We have also attempted to break the world record for the most number of women in bikinis in a photograph, which generated nationwide press interest. We also donated thousands of toys to Southend Borough Council's Children & Familes team thanks to a fantastic response to our Christmas Toy Appeal.

Recent News Highlights

Southend Radio's first two years on air have seen us cover thousands of news stories. Within hours of us going on air in 2008 a dead body was discovered washed up on a beach near the radio station.

Other major stories we have covered include the expansion of Southend Airport - and its final go-ahead. We have also covered the City Beach scheme, the future of the Pier, the DP World Thames Gateway Superport and the effect the dredging of a deep channel will have on marine life.

We have continued to cover Southend United - with stories about their on and off-field activities. Their battles and court appearances with HMRC have dominated the past few months and the club's fianncial plight could be made much more severe if they're relegated to League Two.

During our coverage of the 2010 General Election we also broadcast a one hour Election Debate featuring candidates from both main and minority parties who were represented locally.

Station Format

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How To Complain

Any complaints made are logged immediately with an acknowledgement receipt issued to the complainant within 24 hours. The details are then passed on to the relevant department. We will aim to resolve any complaint within 10 working days. If under any circumstances a solution to the complaint can not be agreed, a further complaint can be made with Ofcom. For advertising complaints, if we can not find a solution, the complaint can be taken up with ASA.

People who wish to complain about anything regarding the station or it’s features can do so in the following ways:

1. Submit your complaint direct to Paul Lovett, Programme Controller at the following address:

Southend Radio 105.1
The Icon Building
Western Esplanade
Southend-on-Sea
Essex
SS1 1EE

Or email paul.lovett@chelmsfordradio.com

2. Directly to Ofcom. Visit http://www.ofcom.org.uk for more information