Every radio station in the country is required to hold a public file. Moorlands Radio Ltd aims to operate within the terms and conditions of its licence at all times and welcomes comments about its output and website.
Company Name: Moorlands Radio Limited
Registration Number: 5612521
More information on the Public File can be found at the Ofcom website. The Office of Communication is the independent regulator and competition authority for the communications industry within the UK. It has responsibilities for radio, television, telecommunications and wireless communications services.
As a station licensed by Ofcom, we are required to abide by a number of Key Commitments. These can be viewed by clicking here.
CONTACT DETAILS
You will find our general contact information on our Contact Us page.
COMPLAINTS
If you have a complaint about something you have heard on Moorlands Radio you should, in the first instance, contact Station Manager, Verity Hilton via email or telephone on 01538 382010. If you are not satisfied with the response to your complaint, you may take it to the regulator, Ofcom, via their website.
AUTOMATION AND LOCAL PROGRAMMING
The vast majority of our programmes are produced and presented locally from our studios in Leek. Our broadcasting is predominantly live with an automated music playout broadcast overnight from 9pm until 7am the next morning. The Big Club Anthems (Fri 7pm-9pm) is recorded remotely; however this show is exclusive to Moorlands Radio and is not syndicated elsewhere. Our live and local hours exceed those required by our Key Commitments.
SPECIALIST PROGRAMMING
Moorlands Radio offers specialist programming covering a variety of musical genres from 7pm until 9pm each weeknight. More information can be found from our schedule pages.
LOCALNESS AND FORMAT
Moorlands Radio is a local radio station catering for its community. Focusing on the interests and issues affecting the Staffordshire Moorlands - from travel news to what’s on, local anecdotes to public service information and regularly updated weather forecasts. We welcome listener and community involvement in all aspects of our programming and are happy to receive comments and responses to programmes broadcast. Music from local artists is heavily emphasised in both our daytime and specialist programming.
NEWS INFORMATION
Moorlands Radio provides news bulletins (supplied by IRN) containing national and international news, with local weather updates, every hour from 7am to 9pm. Local news bulletins are provided six times a day on weekdays in peak times, at 07.30, 08.30, 09.30, 16.30, 17.30 and 18.30. At weekends, we provide local news at 07.30, 08.30 and 09.30. We aim to cover a wide variety of issues affecting local people in our news bulletins and topics regularly broadcast include local politics, culture, rural issues, employment, environment and education.
Outside news bulletins, Moorlands Radio prides itself on providing significant local speech content — including interviews, features and discussions about local issues.
Printed copies of this Public File are available on request via post or from the Moorlands Radio reception.