Advertisements
Mercury FM Public File
Each local commercial radio station in the UK has requirements in respect of its music and local content, such as news, speech levels etc.
These requirements are set out in the station "Format", a document issued by Ofcom, the UK's radio regulator.
This Public File contains details of the elements that Ofcom regulate, such as music tracks, local news etc. It is intended to give you a better understanding of our output and what we are doing for our local community.
----------------------
News Bulletin Schedule:
Mercury Fm broadcasts news bulletins on the half-hour between 0600 and 0900 and hourly from 0900 and 1900 on weekdays. These bulletins contain a full mix of local, national and world stories, along with sport, weather and entertainment news. At the weekend, bulletins containing local, national and world news are broadcast on Mercury FM between 0700 and 1300 on Saturdays, and 0800 and 1300 on Sundays. Additional national bulletins are broadcast from 2200 through until 0500 seven days a week.
Contact detail for the News team
Gareth Davies, Head of News - 01293 636030...or email here
Petrina Hope, Journalist - 01293 636030...or email here
Louise Martin, Journalist - 01293 636030...or email here
-------------------------
The programme schedule: Mercury Fm's programme schedule can be found here
The average number of hours of automated programming : There are no automated programmes for Mercury FM across the daytime period on weekdays or at weekends
The amount of local programming per day produced by the station :
Mercury FM's weekday output from 0600 to 1000 and 1300 to 1900, and weekend output from 0800 to 1200 is produced and presented from our Crawley studios
Other programming is produced at various studios, owned and operated by Mercury FM's parent company GCap Media plc
---------------------
Ofcom Localness Guidelines and how to complain to Ofcom
Ofcom, the government regulator with responsibilities for local radio, has produced localness guidelines that this station adheres to. These guidelines can be read here
In addition all local radio stations have written 'formats' that they must follow at all times. You can read ours here
If you have a complaint to make about this station, in the first instance you should contact the programme controller at the address below. If you are unhappy with the response you have received, you can complain directly to the regulator, Ofcom. Their website has full details about how to do this:
Station Contact details:
Mercury FM's Programme Controller is Andrew Dancey. You can email Andrew direct...or if you prefer to write, our address is:
Mercury FM
The Stanley Centre
Kelvin Way
Crawley
West Sussex
RH10 9SE
-------------------------
Events/charities support or coverage
Mercury FM operates its own registered charity and runs events throughout the year, including Operation Santa, to raise money to help charities and voluntary groups in our transmission area.
We publicise local events on our website and broadcast the same every Saturday morning, this provides free publicity to charitable and non profit making local events and organisations.
We also aim to support 80 percent of the major events in our area and are key partners in Cancer Research's Race For Life events in our area.
We also regularly visit and open charitable fairs, open days and fetes with our Thunder Crew at weekends.
----------------------
Any other issues or areas of interest likely to impact on localness: There are no current issues that impact on the localness of the station.
The station's playlist: Our playlist can be seen here
Bookmark this page with: