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, 11:50

News stories covered on air:

A Teeside couple are gonna be questioned later after a toddler swallowed what's thought to be cannabis. The 18 month old from Hartlepool was rushed to hospital yesterday and is still seriously ill. The man and woman, who are both in their 20s, will be questioned by police later on.

Police are trying to track down a young lad who kicked a baby sheep to death near Middlesborough for a laugh. The lamb was paralysed by the attack, so it had to be put down. Officers are checking out some camera phone footage of the incident, which happened in some playing fields.

A man's had part of his ear bitten off in a fight in Newcastle. The 23 year old, who's from Killingworth, also lost a couple of teeth in the bust up outside a Jesmond pub. Meanwhile, one person was assaulted at the Evolution festival in Gateshead yesterday. 10 people were arrested in total, 8 of them for being drunk and disorderly and 2 on suspicion of theft.

There's confusion over the police car crash that killed a Newcastle teenager. 16 year old Hayley Adamson was hit by the patrol car in the Scotswood area on Monday night, but it's not yet clear if the car was using it's emergency lights and sirens. Police say they're trying to figure out how quick it was going.

North East News Team:

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

Contact - 0191 206 8133

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 206 8000  

www.galaxynortheast.co.uk/contact-us

Events/Charities support or coverage:

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

Tyneside Womens Health
District Of Easington Council
Cragside School
Learning and Skills Council
Greenacre

Recent Programme and/or news highlights:

Programme highlights:

Nightlife

Galaxy are making it easier to find the best in nightlife culture in the region.  Nightlife picks the best Bars, Clubs, Clothes Shops etc each month and lists them online to make choosing where to go out in the North East even easier.

Tombola on Tour May 08

Steve and Karen (Breakfast Presenters) are taking the early morning feature back on the road to Pearl Bar, Quayside, Newcastle. The Tombola on Tour pits 10 teams against one another in a test of general knowledge to find out who is worthy of wearing the Tombola on Tour T-shirts. Teams register online to play.

Film Club

The Galaxy Film Club allows VIP members to see the latest films first and for free.  The next screening is "Iron Man" at Cineworld Middlesbrough on 30 April 2008.  Listeners sign up online.

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 – Richard Spencer  - 0191 206 8000

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 206 8000 

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