STATION CONTACT DETAILS
KCFM 99.8
Planet House
Hedon Road
Hull
HU9 1NU
Telephone: 01482 333999
REGISTERED OFFICE
Planet Broadcasting Co Ltd
Witham Park
Waterside South
Lincoln
LN5 7JS
Company Number 05219149
KEY CONTACTS
Executive Chairman: Michael Betton
Sales Manager: Sam Brennan
Programme Manager: Shaun Tilley
Admin Manager – Ann Marie Pearcey / Liz Cowan
Senior Journalist: Richard Madden
Marketing & Events Manager: Julie McLaren
Finance Director: Nick Rawlins
KCFM 99.8 is the local radio station for Hull and East Yorkshire, and 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, it is relevant only to KCFM 99.8, Planet House, 2 Woodhouse Street, Hedon Road, Hull, HU9 1RJ. You can also listen to us on-line 24 hours a day at http://www.kcfm.co.uk/
Ofcom
Ofcom, the 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. Ofcom Localness Guidelines can be accessed by clicking here, they also have a website at http://www.ofcom.org.uk/
Format
All local radio stations have written ‘formats’, laid down by Ofcom, that they must follow at all times. You can view ours here.
Operational information
Transmission: KCFM is available on 99.8FM across Hull and East Yorkshire. You can also listen to us on-line. Local production: KCFM is locally produced 24 hours a day.
News Bulletin Schedule
Local News bulletins are broadcast Monday to Friday hourly 6am – 7pm, with headlines and sport at 6.30, 7.30, 8.30am and 4.30, 5.30 & 6.30pm. At relevant times additional news bulletins may be broadcast. Bulletins between Midnight and 6am are syndicated and provided by IRN.
At weekends Local Bulletins are broadcast from 7am - 2pm with sport at 7.30 and 8.30.
Local travel information is broadcast between 6am-10am and 3pm-7pm Monday to Friday, with additional updates throughout the day as and when necessary.
The News Team
You can contact the KCFM newsroom on 01482 486086, or email news@kcfm.co.uk.
The Programme Schedule
KCFM’s programme schedule is here
Events/ Charities Support or Coverage
KCFM supports the charity “The Smile Foundations” To contact the Smile Foundation please contact andy.barber@kcfm.co.uk
Recent programme and/or news highlights
For a rundown of recent programme/news highlights please refer to our homepage at here. We welcome any comments or questions you may have. For details on how to get in touch please refer to our contact us page here
Our Playlist
Information about the music we play – please look at the music page on our website http://www.kcfm.co.uk/
Complaints
KCFM is part of the Lincs FM Group and operates a complaints procedure which refers all complaints to the Group Director of Programming for investigation.
If you have a complaint to make about something heard on KCFM 99.8, you should contact the Administration Manager at the above address or email kcadmin@lincsfm.co.uk
If you are unhappy with the response you receive, you can complain directly to the regulator, Ofcom at http://www.ofcom.org.uk/