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All commercial radio stations in the UK are required to provide a Public File
to inform listeners about the station and what they can expect of it. This is
Two Lochs Radio's Public File.
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1 What is the purpose of this Public File?
Each UK commercial radio station has a licence commitment in terms of the
general nature of its service and what music and local content it will provide.
This commitment is specified in the Station Format document published by the
industry regulator Ofcom.
Each station is also required to maintain a Public File that gives listeners
clear information about the specific ways in which the station meets it format
commitments and serves its community of listeners.
This document is Two Lochs Radio's Public File. Please contact us if you have any queries about the content
of this file or need a printed copy.
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2 News Bulletins
We broadcast local news bulletins at least once an hour during our live local
programming on weekday mornings and afternoons, and Saturday mornings. We also
carry hourly bulletins of national and international news from national providers
during weekday daytime hours.
The nominal times of our regular bulletins are:
Monday to Friday:
Local news: 07:33, 08:03, 08:30, 17:06, 18:06
National news: Hourly on the hour between 08:00 and 19:00 inclusive
Saturday:
Local news: 08:03, 09:03, 10:03
National news: Hourly on the hour between 08:00 and 11:00 inclusive
Sunday:
No news service
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3 Recent News
To view a sample of typical local news stories from Two Lochs Radio click here.
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4 The News Team
Our current regular News Team is Jackie Wilson and Ron Cole (reporters and
occasional duty editor), and Alex Gray (senior editor).
If you have any news to report or story ideas, e-mail us at 
For help with any queries about broadcast bulletins or news policy, contact
the Station Manager using the contact details at the bottom of this page.
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5 The Programme Schedule
In general we broadcast at least 30 hours per week of locally-originated programmes,
plus up to 6 additional hours per week produced elsewehere in the Highlands
and Islands and other Celtic areas (for example our live relay on Saturday evenings
from Portree, Gaelic programmes from Cape Breton and Barra, and occasional programmes
produced on Lewis).
At other times when we are not broadcasting locally-originated material, we
relay 'sustaining services' from other providers. These are generally music-led
stations, aimed at a general daytime audience (eg Smooth Radio Glasgow ), and
a service aimed at our night time audience (eg Magic FM).
To view our current full Programme Schedule click here.
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6 Automation & local programming
Some radio stations use computer-controlled automated programme generation
of music programmes without live presenters. At present we do not use any automation of this sort locally. However during our 'non-local' hours we relay the broadcasts of other 'sustaining services', and those services may themselves use automation at certain times, particularly in the early hours of the night. We plan in the future to introduced some automation outside of our current local hours to replace some of the sustaining service by a more locally-oriented music mix.
Our regular breakfast and drivetime weekday shows, and Saturday and Sunday
morning shows are always presented live from our studio in Gairloch. Other locally-produced
or commissioned shows may be played out from pre-recordings according to presenter
availability and editing requirements.
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7 Local events & good causes we
support
Two Lochs Radio is itself a non-profit voluntary organisation, so the extent
of our direct fundrasing for other bodies is naturally limited. However
we support other good causes and fundraisers in the area with general publicity,
What's On information, and interviews offering the chance for more information
and news from these organisations to be broadcast. We provide substantial publicity for a major local annual charitable event, the Great Wilderness Challenge, and also assisted with its production of an anniverssary fundraising DVD. We also provided publicity and support for the production of a fundrasing music CD by a local school, fundraising for extra activities for residents of a local care home, and for the locla branch of An Comunn Gaidhealach. We participate in the annual Macmillan Cancer Big Coffee Morning, and we broadcast appeals from the Disasters Emergency Committee which coordinates major appeals through commercial radio stations.
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8 Coverage Highlights
Two Lochs Radio participates in, and provides radio coverage of, many local
events, including live outside broadcasts from events such as the Gairloch Highland
Show and the Aultbea Fun Day, Hogmanay ceilidhs and other events. We also cover
events and activities by local schools, societies, public services and tourism
operators. These including some audio coverage from the schools and hotels,
presentations by school staff and pupils at the radio studios, and interviews
with representatives of a wide range of community organisations and visitors.
An annual highlight is coverage of the Royal National Mod in conjunction with
the Radio Mod service. We also broadcast a live relay of Saturday night traditional
Scottish dance music originated at Cuillin FM in Portree.
You can read more about general developments at Two Lochs Radio in our Annual Review of 2008.
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9 Music Playlist
Two Lochs Radio does not operate any kind of formal playlist of specific items
to be played. Presenters are responsible for their own selection of music within
guidelines as to the general nature and mixture of music to be achieved in breakfast and drivetime (morning and late afternoon) programming.
The mix is wide and is intended to reflect the diverse range of backgrounds
and tastes of the local community, with a much stronger emphasis on Scottish
and Gaelic music than might be found on a larger city station.
Other programmes in the evening and at weekends are themed to more specific
genres and topics, and among these there are entire programmes devoted to individual
genres such as Celtic, Dance, Country, Folk, Classical, Musical, or specific
artists.
To give you a feel for the range of music we play in our general listening
programmes, here is a sample from a couple of hours in October 2006
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Runrig
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Harvest Moon
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Bucks Fizz
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Making your mind up
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Hank Ballard
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The Twist
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Tom Alexander
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Flying Scotsman
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Pussy Cat Dolls
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I don't need a man
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Marianne Faithful
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Ballad of Lucy Jordan
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Lily Allen
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LDN
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Blink 182
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Another girl, another planet
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Fiona MacKenzie
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On the shores of Loch Ewe
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Jerry Lee Lewis & Bruce Springsteen
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Pink Cadillac
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Ian Tonkan MacDonald
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Banjo breakdown
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Mud
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Oh Boy!
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Snow Patrol
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Chasing cars
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Munros
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Wild mountain thyme
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Pet Shop Boys & Elton John
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In private
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Kenny Rodgers
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The last ten years
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Kathleen MacInnes
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Tuireadh Bard Thurnaig
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Beach Boys
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Sloop John B
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Paolo Nutini
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Jenny don't be hasty
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Baccara
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Yes sir, I can boogie
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Runrig
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Abhainn an t-Sluaigh
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Helen Reddy
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Angie baby
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Evanescence
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Call me when you're sober
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Wick Scottish Dance Band
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Scandinavian barn dance
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10 The Format document
This is the document published by Ofcom which specifies the format that Two
Lochs Radio is expected to follow. You can find it on the Ofcom website at http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/radiolicensing/formats/al282-1.doc.
Note that this is in the form of a Microsoft Word document, and you may
need that software to view it. If you have difficulty with this, please ask
us or Ofcom to help.
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11 Ofcom Localness Guidelines
Ofcom issues Guidelines defining what it terms "localness" for the local radio
stations it licenses. You can read them on the Ofcom website at this address:
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/car/localness/
or download them as a PDF file from here.
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12 Contact Us
Details of how to get in touch with Two Lochs Radio are at the bottom of this page.
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13 How to Complain
If you want to make a complaint about something you have heard on the station,
or something you understand the station is planning to do, in the first instance
please raise the matter with the Station Manager using the details at the bottom of this page.
If you are not satisfied with our response and wish to take the matter further,
you can contact the regulator Ofcom on 020 7981 3040 or via the complaints
page on the Ofcom website.
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