News Bulletin Schedule:

Broadcast Monday - Friday: 06:20, 06:50, 07:20, 07:50, 08:20, 08:50, 15:50, 16:50, 17:50
Broadcast weekends & Bank Holidays: 08:50, 09:50, 10:50

Recent news stories covered on air:

If your rubbish is normally collected today, it might not be - 'cos of a 2 day strike by council workers. And it's also affecting over a hundred schools in the Midlands - plus libraries and sports centres... But, on the flip side - it means lots of traffic wardens won't be working.


A 2 year old girl's died, after a fire at a house in Coventry. The baby managed to get out, and she was found unconscious by paramedics at a hairdresser's nearby - but she died later in hospital.


People living on an estate in Birmingham, are so worried about knife crime - they're having their own amnesty. It's being organised by Netherton Community Centre - and knives are being collected this week, no questions asked, with the help of the police.


The mum and stepdad of a 7 year old girl from Birmingham, who allegedly starved to death, are back in court later. Khyra Ishaq was found in her home in Handsworth, back in May... Angela Gordon and Junaid Abuhamza are up on more child cruelty charges - to do with, Khyra's 5 brothers and sisters.

Birmingham News Team

Kevin McGrath
Marie Christopher
Claire Warren
Plus support from LBC & Sky Radio News

Programme Schedule:

To see a copy of the latest Galaxy Schedule click here

Automated Programming:

None

Amount of local programming each day produced by station:

Galaxy Birmingham's programming is locally produced and presented for 7 hours per day Monday-Friday, 11 hours across each weekend, totalling 46 hours of locally produced programming per week.

Ofcom Localness Guidelines:

To view full details visit: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/car/localness/

Station Contact details:

Address: Galaxy Birmingham, 1 The Square, 111 Broad Street, Birmingham, B15 1AS

Tel: 0121 695 0000

Website: www.galaxybirmingham.co.uk/contact-us

Events/Charities support or coverage:

May June July

We are supporting OSCAR's summer ball. The aim is to raise money for the Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia trust. We're giving them air time and we're sending staff down on the night to help with the entertainment side of things.

We're proud to be associated with The Probation sertvices' inclusion scheme. We work alongside them providing aspirational talks and a view into the industry.

We send members of staff to several local college campus' to lecture on radio.

Throught the year we provide goody bags to local charities and organistations that are raising money.

Recent Programme and/or news highlights:

Curryoke! We've taken the breakfast team out to various locations in our TSa to meet the locals, have a sing, a beer and a curry.

Love Music...we've sent listeners all over the world to see the likes of Kanye, Kylie and Alicia Keys live in concert.

Other areas with impact to localness:

Mediafly Radio training (Click here for full details)

The Station's Playlist:

For a full version of the current playlist simply click here. For further enquiries regarding the Galaxy playlists please contact:

Programme Controller/Head of Music - Neil Greenslade - 0121 695 0000

Station format:

To view the station format click here.

How to complain:

Any complaints made are logged onto the system on submission, with details being passed onto the relevant department. We aim to deal with complaints immediately and will respond to acknowledge receipt of the complaint as soon as it is received by the relevant department. If under any circumstances a solution to the compaint cannot be agreed, a further compaint can be made with OFCOM. For advertising complaints, if we cannot find a solution the complaint can be taken up with the ASA.

People who wish to complain about anything regarding the station, or its features, can do so in the following ways:

1. Submit your complaint direct to Galaxy.

Online: click here

Post: Galaxy Birmingham, The Square, 111 Broad Street, Birmingham, B15 1AS

Tel: 0121 695 0000

2. If the matter cannot be resolved with us, then you can submit your complaint through Ofcom. Visit http://www.ofcom.org.uk/ for more information.