News Bulletin Schedule:

Broadcast Monday-Friday 06:30, 07:00, 07:30, 08:00, 08:30, 09:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00, 17:00, 18:00
Broadcast weekends & Bank Holidays: 07:00, 08:00, 09:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00.

Recent news stories covered on air:

An investigation's underway to find out how a massive fire at a paint warehouse in the centre of Birmingham started last night. No one was hurt but it took up to 100 firefighters to stop the fire on Cecil street which damaged a load of factory buildings.

A West Midlands Police officer who was incharge of a child abuse investigation unit is facing a string of child sex charges. Glen Boulton from Solihull's accused of 6 offences involving 2 girls under the age of 16 between 1977 and 1982.

Cheryl Cole and Will-i-am are in Birmingham tonight. Cheryl's back at the LG Arena supporting the Black Eyed Peas.

Coventry City's Richo Arenas been chosen as one of the venues for the London 2012 games. It'll be used for football which means Birminghams villa park misses out because of the planned building work.

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 226 5700

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.

We’re running an ACLT open day here at the station on July 10th

Recent Programme and/or news highlights:

May
Stylehunt - Galaxy were on the hunt for the most fashionable girls across the country. Girls applied and then went through an elimination process which was held online. Listeners had to vote for the girl they wanted to remove. The winner got £5000 and a trip to New York

May
Summertime Ball - Galaxy sent you to see some of the world's biggest artists at London's Wembley Stadium including Usher, Rihanna, Cheryl Cole and Ke$ha.

May/June
Bobby Dazzler - World Cup song England Forever - Listeners were invited to get involved in the track and be part of the music video

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 226 5700

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 226 5700

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.