Ocean FM

Ocean 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

Ocean broadcasts news bulletins every half-hour between 6am and 9am and hourly from 9am and 5.30pm on weekdays. Additionally an extended 5 minute bulletin runs each weekday at 6pm. These bulletins contain a 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 Ocean half-hourly between 7am and 9am and hourly from 9am to 2pm. Outside the above times national bulletins are broadcast at 7pm, 10pm and 12am Monday to Thursday, 7pm, and 10pm on Fridays, 6pm and 10pm Saturday and, 4pm, 7pm and 10pm Sunday.

Recent news stories covered on air
Click here for Ocean's online news coverage

The News Team
You can find out more Ocean News Team here. The news team can also be contacted on 01489 587650

The Programme Schedule
Ocean's programme schedule can be found here. This includes details of all the shows for the coming week as well as quick links to all the DJ pages.

The average number of hours of automated programming within weekday daytimes and within daytimes on Saturdays and Sundays
Ocean FM carries no automated programmes during weekday or weekend daytime hours. Off peak programming (Alice Cooper) is produced at various studios, owned and operated by Ocean FM’s parent company GCap Media plc.

The amount of local programming per day produced by the station
All of Ocean output (12am-12am Monday to Sunday) is produced and presented from our local studios with the exception of Alice Cooper (Saturday 10pm-1am, Sunday 9pm-Midnight)

Ofcom Localness Guidelines
Ofcom, the government regulator with responsibilities for local radio, has produced localness guidelines that Ocean FM adheres to. These guidelines can be read here: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/car/localness/

In addition all local radio stations have written ‘formats’ that they must follow at all times. You can read ours here: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/radiolicensing/amfm/analogue-main.htm

If you have a complaint to make about Ocean FM, in the first instance you should contact the programme controller at the address below.  If you are unhappy with the response you receive, you can complain directly to the regulator, Ofcom. Their website has full details about how to do this: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/complain/

Station Contact details
If you’d like to contact Ocean FM for any reason click here for contact details.

Events/charities support or coverage

Ocean's own charity, Help a Local Child, launched in 2003 with a commitment to helping local children and young people up to the age of 18, who experience the negative effects of poverty, abuse, neglect, homelessness, violence, crime, illness and disability in the area.

In February 2008, grants made to local projects included: 1st Southbourne Sea Scouts , No Limits - Southampton and Home-Start Meon Valley.

In addition to our own charity, Ocean FM  have been working in partnership with the V Project to award 9 local organisations over £60,00 to drive forwrad their volunteering projects, our staff have also been visiting the projects to update the station on progress. Ocean FM has also supported REED employments Easter Egg mountain appeal, the Parent Network with their recent Nearly new Sale and supported Breast Cancer Care’s Bra Amnesty – with the highest amount of bras collected in the UK!

Breakfasts' Rick Jackson, and presenters David Perry , Warren Hayden, Jimmy Ball, and travels Dave Trumper are all running the Bupa Great South Run this year to raise funds for HALC

Ocean’s Summer Schools Tour celebrated its third year with us visiting and co-hosting many local school fairs and fetes.

If you are unhappy with the response you receive, you can complain directly to the regulator, Ofcom. Their website has full details about how to do this: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/complain/