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Public File
Public File
Each local commercial radio station in the UK has requirements in respect of its music and local content, such as news, speech levels etc. These requirements are set out in the station "Format", a document issued by Ofcom, the UK’s radio regulator.
This Public File contains details of the elements that Ofcom regulate, such as music tracks, local news etc. It is intended to give you a better understanding of our output and what we are doing for our local community.
News Bulletin Schedule
Red Dragon FM broadcasts news bulletins on the half-hour between 6am and 9am, and 5 and 7, with hourly bulletins from 6am and 7pm on weekdays. These bulletins contain a full mix of local, national and world stories, along with sport, weather and entertainment news. At the weekend, bulletins containing local, national and world news are broadcast on Red Dragon FM between 7am and 1pm. These bulletins are produced and broadcast from our studios in Cardiff.
Recent News Stories
Red Dragon FM updates news online throughout the day, 7 days a week. Find out the latest here
Contact Details For The News Team
Tim John, Head of News tim.john@reddragonfm.com
02920 942940
Lauren Jones Journalist lauren.m.jones@reddragonfm.com
02920942940
The Programme Schedule
Red Dragon’s programme schedule can be found here.
Red Dragon FM is automated weekdays between 2300 – 0600. This is produced and delivered locally by Red Dragon FM.
All of Red Dragon FM’s weekday daytime output and weekend output is produced and presented from our local studios.
The only programme not produced and broadcast from our studios in Cardiff Bay is the Big Top 40 show. This is produced at studios, owned and operated by Red Dragon FM’s parent company Global Radio.
Ofcom Localness Guidelines and how to complain
Ofcom, the government regulator with responsibilities for local radio, has produced localness guidelines that this station adheres to. These guidelines can be read here:
In addition all local radio stations have written ‘formats’ that they must follow at all times. You can read ours here
If you have a complaint to make about this station, in the first instance you should contact the Programme Controller at the address below. If you are unhappy with the response you have received, you can complain directly to the regulator, Ofcom. Their website has full details about how to do this: www.ofcom.org.uk/complain/
Station Contact Details
Red Dragon FM's Managing Director is Sally Oldham.
Red Dragon FM’s Programme Controller is Colin Paterson: colin.paterson@reddragonfm.com
and our address is:
Red Dragon FM
Red Dragon Centre
Cardiff
CF10 4DJ
Events/charities support or coverage
Red Dragon FM regularly attends local events to help support the community.
Red Dragon FM will be at events across South Wales this summers. Listen on 103.2 and 97.4fm to find out more.
This year, Red Dragon FM was the official radio station for all of the Cancer Research UK Race for Life events in South East Wales. There were for Race for life events during the summer and a 10k event in Cardiff in October. In all, over 10,000 people took part in these races this summer. We are delighted that we are once again the official partner for all of the 2010 events.
Red Dragon FM has its own charity, Help a South Wales Child. We are currently in 'Kam and Sally's Big Give' which aims to raise money to support children across South Wales. You can find out more about the work we do and how to get involved here.
In terms of events, over 5,000 people joined Red Dragon FM in June for Ponty's Big Weekend. Thanks to RCT Council, The Sugababes played live in Ponty with Red Dragon. In 2010, Red Dragon FM is once again the official station for Ponty's Big Weekend and this year double Brit Award winners JLS will be headlining the concert.
Red Dragon FM has supported hundreds of other events across the year including the Mens Health Run 10k, The Stereophonics at Cardiff Castle, all of the major fireworks displays for 2009 and all of the major Christmas lights switch on's, including Cardiff and Newport city centres.
Recent Programme Highlights
You can hear Kam and Sally at breakfast on Red Dragon FM every weekday morning between 6am and 10am. Recent guests have included Dr Who star David Tenent, X Factor star Rhydian, pop icon Lady Ga Ga, Robbie Williams, Alexandra Burke, Peter Andre, Katie Price, JLS and Cheryl Cole.
We're proud to support sport in South Wales. Our coverage of the RBS Six Nations has included outside broadcast from all over Cardiff on rugby days.
Our recent Welsh Icons promotion saw people from across Wales voting for the person or place they though best represented Wales. The winning icon was the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
Welsh language
Although we do not broadcast Welsh speaking programmes, some of our commercials are broadcast in Welsh and we occasionally produce Welsh speaking content for our web site.
Red Dragon FM Playlist
Red Dragon FM's playlist is available here
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