Public File - Scotland

RADIO

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

Capital FM broadcasts news bulletins hourly between 0600 &1800 on weekdays and between 0800 & 1200 on weekends. These bulletins contain a mix of local, national and world news, alongside sport, weather and entertainment news. UK wide news bulletins produced by our national news team may feature at other times.

Click here for current news featured on Capital FM

News team 

Head of Global’s Newsroom: Tim John

Regional News Editor: Corrie Martin (corrie.martin@global.com)

Email: scotland.news@global.com

Telephone (Global Switchboard): 020 7766 6000

Programme Schedule:

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

Automated Programming within each weekday and daytimes on Saturdays & Sundays:
None

Amount of local programming each day produced by station:
Capital Scotland's programming is locally produced and presented for 13 hours per day Monday-Friday, and 3 hours per day Saturday-Sunday.

Ofcom Localness guidelines:
To view full details visit: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand/information-for-industry/radio-broadcasters/localness

Station contact details:

Address: Capital Scotland, 1 West Regent Street, G2, 1RW 

Tel: 03452 777 106
Website

For news enquiries : 0141 566 6106  

Events / charities support or coverage
Capital FM supports Global's Make Some Noise, an appeal operated by Global Charities is a registered charity in England & Wales (1091657) & Scotland (SC041475).

All information can be found here.

Recent Programme and/or news highlights:
This website covers many of the highlights covered by Capital FM - for full details please look through our on air and photo section and Events section in which many of the activities are featured.
We also regularly visit and open charitable fairs, open days and fetes with the Capital FM Street team.

Other areas with impact to localness:
Presenters who are Scotland born and bred, passion for local life and social activity.

The Station's Playlist:
For a full version of the current playlist simply click here. For further enquiries regarding the Capital playlist please contact:

Content Director – Matt Lissack - matt.lissack@communicorpuk.com

Station format:
To view a copy of the station format click here.

Comment or complain about the station

If you would like to comment or make a complaint about Capital, please email customer.support@global.com, or call 0333 200 2000 (Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm) providing details of your comment or complaint, and our programming team will help with your enquiry.

If you are unhappy with the response you receive, you can complain directly to the regulator, Ofcom https://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand/how-to-report-a-complaint.

Capital may from time to time offer viewers the opportunity to enter competitions using Premium Rate Telephony Services.

If you think there is a problem with our Premium Rate Services or would like to make a complaint, please call our customer service line on:

03333 212196

Alternatively, you can write to us.  Please send your query to: Premium Rate Manager, Global, 30 Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7LA.

Global, the parent company of Capital TV is registered with the Premium Rate Services regulator, PhonepayPlus. Our registration number is: ORG832-96388-41101.