Public File

Updated 2012-04-26 14:16:16

News Bulletin Schedule

The Time 107.5 News team endeavours to provide the definitive news service for the London boroughs of Havering, Barking & Dagenham and Redbridge. Below is the current schedule of our bulletins, though we always break news as it happens so keep listening!

Recent News Stories

Time News is broadcast from our Romford studios hourly during daytime and on the half hour at peak times on 107.5 FM. The main news stories of the day are also featured on this website everyday along with the key sport and weather headlines. 

The News Team

News and speech are important elements of Time 107.5's output. We have a team of freelance broadcast journalists working seven days a week. We also offer work placement schemes with local schools and colleges.

The Programme Schedule

To view the up-to-date Time 107.5 Programme Schedule please click see the Schedule section of this website.

Average Automated Programming

At Time 107.5 we pride ourself on the quality of our programmes. We are committed to as much live programming as is practicable and as such we promise no automated programming during daytime. 

Local Programming

It is our intention that 100% of our programming is locally produced and presented. All programming is  produced by the station. 

Ofcom Localness Guidelines

OFCOM has published guidelines on localness for Independent Local Radio stations. If you would like to read these please click here.

Station Contact Details

At Time 107.5 we are always keen to hear from you. Please contact the appropriate person below - 

Events/Charities Support or Coverage

We support numerous local charities and non-profit making organisations through our "Community Action" spots. We also initiate community campaigns like the Time 107.5 GIVE A CHILD A CHRISTMAS campaign, and the BE A GOOD EGG appeal at Easter each year.

Recent Programme Highlights

The best way to enjoy Time 107.5 is to listen! See other sections of this website for information on events that Time 107.5 has attended and see the News archive section for details of local stories we have covered.

Any other areas of interest likely to impact on localness

Time 107.5 is fully immersed in everything that happens in Havering, Barking & Dagenham and Redbridge. We broadcast the area's most comprehensive "What's Happening" guide, some of which you can view in the Events section of this website. 

The Station Format

Formats have replaced the Promise of Performance as one of the main tools by which a radio station's character of service is set and monitored.

Stations are monitored and regulated to a large degree by the spirit of the output rather than using mathematical equations. One of the criticisms of the old Promises was that there were too many percentages involved and, although many Formats do still include percentages, regulation will be carried out using programming principles rather than calculators.

Ofcom is a light-touch regulator and the Format can be regarded as the signpost for a station direction, leaving sensible flexibility for commercial decisions to be taken. We prefer to regulate with ears rather than slide-rules!

Formats are part of a regulatory regime which allows radio stations to move more freely within the boundaries created at the time of licence award, and to feel comfortable making programme changes within those boundaries. For example, Bank Holiday or special event programming changes had, under the Promise of Performance, to receive special sanction. Now, as long as the programming is still aimed at the target audience, such programming is seen as a boon to the listener.

Within the Formats are some phrases such as "full news programme" and "hits from across the years" which we know can be interpreted in different ways by different people. Our interpretation will be shaped by a variety of matters, including the overall performance of the particular station, contact with station management, technical considerations as well as the wording of the station Format.

Formats can be changed by agreement with Ofcom if the changes do not fall foul of the Broadcasting Act 1990. They are in place to ensure stations fulfil their remit to the listener.

To view the Time 107.5 FORMAT click here

How to complain

If you are unhappy with anything you have heard on Time 107.5 then, in the first instance, please contact the Station Director by writing to Peter Stremes, Time 107.5, Lambourne House, 7 Western Road, Romford, RM1 3LD.

Peter will do his utmost to resolve you complaint or dispute. 

Where appropriate he will advise you of your options to proceed further with OFCOM, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) or Telecommunications Adjudicator.

For further details concerning complaints and disputes click here.