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. 

News stories covered on air:

The Prime Minister's been asked to speak to Facebook bosses about removing a page dedicated to Raoul Moat. Thousands of people have signed up to the site to express sympathy and criticise the police over the way they handled the situation.

Unemployment's gone up in the north east again. 121 thousand people are out of work in the region now. The figures actually went down in most other regions.

Cheryl Cole's goning have to miss the boot camp stage of the X factor. She's cancelled her appearance at the V festival as well while she recovers from malaria.

If you live in Darlington you're being warned thieves might be ripping into your rubbish bags at night. The council thinks they're looking for personal information for identity fraud.

Louise Robertson,
Marie Christopher,
Anna Baker
Fiona Miller
Plus support from LBC & Sky Radio News

Contact - 0191 444 2500

Programme Schedule:

To see a copy of the latest Galaxy schedule: click here.

Automated Programming within each weekday and daytimes on Saturdays & Sundays:

No automated programming across the Galaxy Network.

Amount of local programming each day produced by station:

Galaxy North East's programming is locally produced and presented for 7 hours per day Monday-Friday, 8 hours across each weekend, totalling 43 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 Radio, Kingfisher Way, Silverlink Business Park, Wallsend, Tyne & Wear, NE28 9NX.

Tel: 0191 444 2500

www.galaxynortheast.com/contact-us

Events/Charities support or coverage:

Charities we have donated raffle prizes/goody bags/free presenter appearences to include:-

Childrens Foundation
Learning and Skills Council
Greenacre
Blythman Veterinary

Recent Programme and/or news highlights:

Programme highlights: 

March - June
Steve and Karens World Cup Super Group - Over the course of 3 months, the breakfast team asked listeners to apply to part of a 'band.' They then took them to Gateshead college to record a song and shoot a video all in time to release it online free before the world cup. The team had to try and beat the number 1 single based on digital downloads for the W/C 31st May

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

Other areas with impact to localness:

Global Radio - The Global Academy (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 – James Brown - 0191 444 2500 

Station format:

To view a copy of 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 compaint 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.

1. Submit your complaint direct to Galaxy.

Online: click here

Address: Galaxy Radio, Kingfisher Way, Silverlink Business Park, Wallsend, Tyne & Wear, NE28 9NX.

Tel: 0191 444 2500 

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