Public File

News Bulletin Schedule

Recent News Stories

Time 106.6 news is broadcast from our studios hourly during the daytime and on the half hour at peak times. The main news stories of the day are also featured on this website everyday along with the key sport and weather headlines. Click here for the latest stories that matter to East Berkshire, South Bucks, North Surrey and the Heathrow area of London.

The News Team

News and speech are important elements of Time 106.6's output. We have a full time News Editor, Sabrina Radmore who can be contacted by phone on 020 8843 5303 or by email at news@time1066.com.

The Programme Schedule

To view the up-to-date Time 106.6 Programme Schedule please click here.

Average Automated Programming

At Time 106.6 we pride ourselves on the quality of our programmes. We are committed to as much live programming as is practicable.

Local Programming

It is our intention that 100% of our programming is locally produced and presented.

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

Events/Charities Support or Coverage

At Time 106.6 we actively encourage members from local charities to use the radio station as a method of promotion. If you'd like to feature your charity event, email all the details at least two weeks before the event to the studio at studio@time1066.com, and if you would like the details to be added to our website, email our Webmaster Steve Rockford at steve@time1066.com.

Recent Programme Highlights

The best way to enjoy Time 106.6 is to listen! For a few highlights you can always check the following:

 

For an overview of some of our on-air activity click here (audio coming soon).

 

For an overview of some of our news coverage click here (audio coming soon).

 

For an overview of some of our promotions activity click here (audio coming soon).

Any other areas of interest likely to impact on localness

Time 106.6 is fully immersed in everything that happens in East Berkshire, South Bucks, North Surrey and the Heathrow area of London.

We broadcast and publish online the area's most comprehensive "What's Happening" guide, some of which you can view here.

the station's Playlist (Core tracks or Specific Output)

We play a mix of genres from the 70's to today. You'll hear artists such as Take That, Madonna, Avril Lavigne, Keane, Pixie Lott, David Bowie, Prince and Queen on Time 106.6.

 

Here's a recent hour of output:

IS THIS LOVE   /   Bob Marley

WORK   /   Ciara f/t Missy Elliot

CHASING CARS   /   Snow Patrol

AINT THAT JUST THE WAY   /   Lutricia McNeal

WHEN YOU’RE GONE   /   Avril Lavigne

WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR A GIRL   /   Madonna

BETTER THAN THIS   /   Keane

SEVENTEEN FOREVER   /   Metro Station

NEVER BE LONELY   /   The Feeling

WAITING FOR TONIGHT   /   Jennifer Lopez

SHOW ME WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR   /   Carolina Liar

15 MINUTES   /   Yeah You's

HE WASN'T MAN ENOUGH   /   Toni Braxton

FAST LOVE   /   George Michael

LITTLE LIES   /   Fleetwood Mac

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.

 

Click here to view the station format.

How to complain

If you are unhappy with anything you have heard on Time 106.6 then, in the first instance, please contact the Programme Controller by writing to Paul Owens, Time 106.6, Radio House, Southall, Middlesex, UB2 4AT.  We will do our upmost to resolve you complaint or dispute as quickly as possible.  Where appropriate, we will advise you of your options to proceed further such as contacting:

 

OFCOM

 

Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)

 

Telecommunications Adjudicator

 

 

For further details concerning complaints and disputes click here.