Public File
Radio stations in the UK are regulated by law and GMG Radio is committed to ensuring full and complete compliance to all licensee requirements. The statutory regulator for all UK radio broadcast is OFCOM which awards licences and regulates content in accordance with the Broadcast Code.
All GMG Radio stations strive to operate within the conditions of its licence and the Code at all times and welcomes comments about its output. Should you wish to make any comments on any aspect of our output, please click the appropriate link below. We endeavour to respond to all correspondence when required within a minimum of seven working days.
OFCOM also requires that we maintain this Public File which contains information about the provision of the Licensed Services in accordance with guidelines drawn up and from time to time revised by OFCOM. This Public File is available via our website or by post, in hard copy to any member of the public upon reasonable request.
Company Name: Smooth Radio London
Registration Number: 1627850
Place of registration: Manchester
Registered Office: 1 Scott Place, Manchester, M3 3GG
Station Director: Paul Fairburn
You can contact the Station Director by using our contact us page.
News
Bulletin Schedule:
Mon - Fri ~ 06:00, 06:30, 07:00, 07:30, 08:00, 08:30, 09:00 hourly until - 17:00, then 17:30, 18:00, 19:00 -[a Local/National/World Mix] /20.00 - 05.00 [National/World Mix]
Saturday & Sunday ~ 00:00 - 09:00 [National/World Mix] / 10:00 - 12:00 [Local/World Mix] / 13:00 - 06:00 [National/World Mix]
News Team:
Head of News - Bill Overton
Journalists include Nick Hatfield and Sue Mansfield
Some of the recent stories covered on air are Latest news is available here.
Programming
You can view our Programme Schedule here.
The average number of daytime hours of automated programming:
- Weekdays: One hour per week
- Saturdays: Two hours
- Sundays: Three hours
The amount of local programming per day produced by the station.
- Weekdays: Fourteen hours per day
- Saturdays: Nine hours
- Sundays: Six hours
Station Playlist:
You can view the songs current in our playlist here.
OFCOM Localness Guidelines:
You can view OFCOM's guidelines on localness via this link.
Station Format:
You can view our Station Format on the OFCOM site.
Programming Team:
Station Director: Paul Fairburn
Head of Presentation: Dave Brown
Head of News and Features: Bill Overton
You can contact the Programming Team by using our contact page.
Contact Information
If you wish to contact the station you can do so by any of the methods listed on our contact page
You can view our Contact Details here.
Highlights
Events and Charity Support
We often publicise events for charities on air and on our website. Specific support was given last year to Help For Heroes, with a special day of Broadcasting on November 9th 2009. A similar day of fundraising will take place in November 2010. Find out more
Smooth Radio london’s adopted charity for 2010 is Breast Cancer Care . Support is given throughout the year for example through our Starlight Supper in February. Find out more
Programming
- 102.2 Smooth Radio is a station playing music from the present day, right back to classics from the 60s.
- The Mark Goodier Morning Show from 10am until 1pm continues to attract the guests from the worlds of music, movies and TV.
- London broadcasting legend Graham Dene presents the weekday Breakfast Show between 6 and 10am
- Nationally known presenter, Andy Peebles, presents both weekday evenings and his specialist Soul Train on Saturdays
- Other famous names at the weekend include Tony Blackburn and Pete Waterman
- Smooth Radio London offers news coverage from our own Newsroom. and using the resources of our parent company GMG Radio, and Independent Radio News.
Complaints
Should you wish to complain about the station or anything related to its output please contact the Station Director with the details of your complaint. Your complaint will be acknowledged and a resolution will be sought within 10 days. You can make a further complaint if a resolution is not reached to OFCOM and/or the ASA (where applicable).
OFCOM (Office of Communications) is the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries, with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services. Information for consumers and information regarding this station is available on their website www.ofcom.org.uk
