OFCOM

 COMMERCIAL RADIO STATION FORMAT

CITY FM 102.5

Character of Service

A LONDON ORIENTED HITS AND NEWS STATION, FOCUSING ON BREAKING NEWS, WITH A STRONG COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF LONDON.

Licensed area	LONDON  (as in Ofcom advertisement)
Frequency	102.5 MHz
Service duration	24 hours
Locally-made hours	At least 10 hours a day during daytime weekdays (must include breakfast). At least 4 hours daytime Saturdays and Sundays.
Local news bulletins	At least hourly at peaktime weekdays and weekends. Outside peak, UK-wide, nations and international news should feature.

Shared arrangements (if applicable)

Co-location	No Arrangements
Programme sharing	No Arrangements

Definitions

Speech / Music	Excludes advertising, programme/promotional trails & sponsor credits
Peaktime	Weekday breakfast and drivetime, and weekend late breakfast
Daytime	0600 to 1900 weekday and weekend
Locally-made	Production and presentation from within the licensed area

Notes

This Format should be read in conjunction with Ofcom’s published Localness Guidelines as updated with additional text from “The Future of Radio : The Next Phase” (2007)                         AGREED FEB 2008