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

Heart Colchester broadcasts locally produced news bulletins hourly between 0600 and 1900 weekdays, and 6am and 12pm at weekends. In addition to these, news containing nationally produced content is broadcast at 5am weekdays.

News stories: Today's Headlines

The Heart Colchester News Team

Contact details for the News team

Our journalists are:

News Editor: Robin Davies

Senior Journalist: Ashleigh Carroll

Journalist: David Paramore

Email: news.essex@heart.co.uk

Telephone: 01245 524550

Fax: 01245 524559

The Heart Colchester Programme Schedule

The latest programme schedule can be found here . This includes details of all the shows for the coming week as well as quick links to all the DJ pages.

Programme Automation
Friday evenings between 1900 and 2100 is pre-recorded
Saturday afternoons between 1700 and 2100 is pre-recorded

The amount of local programming per day produced by the station
Heart Colchester’s weekday output from 6am-10am, 4pm to 7pm and weekends from 1pm until 5pm (Saturday) and 12pm until 4pm (Sunday) is produced and presented from our local studios, based in Chelmsford. Off-peak programming (such as Toby Anstis, Nick Snaith, Club Classics, The Late Show, Emma Bunton, Margherita Taylor, Jason Donovan, and The Big Top 40 Show is produced at various studios owned and operated by Heart Colchester's parent company, Global Radio Holdings Limited.

Ofcom Localness Guidelines

Ofcom, the government regulator with responsibilities for local radio, has produced localness guidelines that this station adheres to. These guidelines can be read here: http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/radio/localness/localness-guidelines

In addition, all local radio stations have written 'formats' that they must follow at all times. You can read ours here: www.ofcom.org.uk/static/radiolicensing/amfm/analogue-main.htm

Events / Charities support

Have a Heart  is Heart’s own charity whose aim is to make life better for disadvantaged children.  Working with charity partners, it makes a direct impact on the lives of these children living in the areas that Heart broadcasts to. In previous years we have supported Starlight Children's Foundation, Children's Hospices UK & ChildLine.  Please see the Have a Heart section of this website for details of who Have a Heart is currently supporting.

Have a Heart raises money through a variety of means, including the Have a Heart Appeal each Spring, overseas challenges, on-air fundraising initiatives and one-off events.

We also act as media partner and supporter Cancer Research's Race for Life .  Cancer Research UK is the world's leading charity dedicated to beating cancer through research. We promote Race for Life across each of our Heart radio stations, supporting almost 200 events and 500,000 participants.

Heart Essex works closely with a number of local charities including Essex Air Ambulance, participating in the ‘Strictly Air Ambulance’ event each February and hosting the St Clare Hospice Midnight Walk in Harlow and the St Helena Hospice Midnight Walk in Colchester.

Heart Essex’s Playlist

Station Format

A locally oriented contemporary and chart music and information station for under 44s in the Colchester area.

Read Ofcom's Station Format (PDF file)

Station Contact Details

Studio Telephone Number 01245 52 52 52

Station Contact Number 01245 524 500

Traffic & Travel Number 01245 52 45 55

Text Number 821211

Text Messages: Start your message with ESSEX 

News Contact Number 01245 524 550

Sales Contact Number 01245 524 500

PC Contact Number 01245 524 500

 Heart TV

Heart TV is licensed and regulated by the Office of Communications (Ofcom) under Television Licensable Content Service License No. 1658.

The licensee operating Heart TV is Global Music Television Ltd, which is a subsidiary of Global Radio UK Ltd.  Both companies are based at 30 Leicester Square, London WC2H 7LA.

Heart TV can be contacted in the following ways:

•    via post at 30 Leicester Square, London WC2H 7LA

•    via email at tv@heart.co.uk

•    or via telephone number: 020 7766 6000

Ofcom can be contacted via post as follows:

Ofcom
Television Broadcast Licensing (5th Floor)
Riverside House
2a Southwark Bridge Road
London
SE1 9HA

In addition, viewers can correspond with Ofcom via its website at:

http://ask.ofcom.org.uk/

Heart TV 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:
 
0844 372 2300
 
Calls to this number will be charged at 5p per minute from a BT landline plus any network extras.  Calling this number from a mobile phone may cost considerably more. Global Radio Ltd do not make any profit from calls to this number.
 
Alternatively, you can write to us.  Please send your query to: Premium Rate Manager, Global Radio Limited, 30 Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7LA.
 
Global Radio, the parent company of Heart TV is registered with the Premium Rate Services regulator, PhonepayPlus. Our registration number is: ORG832-96388-41101.

Comment or Complain about the station

If you would like to comment or make a complaint about Heart Essex, please email james.keen@heart.co.uk 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. Their website has full details about how to do this: www.ofcom.org.uk/complain/