News Bulletin Schedule:

Broadcast Monday-Friday 06:20, 06:50, 07:20, 07:50, 08:20, 08:50, 15:50, 16:50, 17:50
Broadcast weekends & Bank Holidays 08:50, 09:50, 10:50, 11:50

News stories covered on air:

A Hindu spiritual healer from Newcastle's won the right to be cremated on a traditional open fire when he dies. 71-year old Davender Ghai took his case to the Court of Appeal after the council said it couldn't happen. He wants to be burned outdoors in a remote part of Northumberland when he goes

A man from East Cleveland's been up in court and denied killing his ex - wife. 63 year old Brian Jones from Marske's accused of murdering Katrina as she was getting ready to have a divorce party. He'll go on trial in April

Police have found cannabis plants worth about half a million pounds in some raids in the north east. Officers went into 6 places in South Tyneside, Gateshead and Middlesbrough - 7 people have been arrested including a 16 year old boy...

Some human remains have been found in a garden in Northumberland. Someone found a jaw bone at the weekend at the place between Matfen and Stamfordham. Police have found more in the last few days...tests are being done to work out how long they've been there

A dad's been up in court on Teeside accused of poisoning and smothering his baby. He's not being named for legal reasons. It’s been claimed in court he deliberately made the baby ill so he could stay with his son and his mum at her house...

1,600 people on Teeside are going to be out of work by the end of the week. The Corus steel factory at Redcar's finally closing down, three weeks after it was originally meant to. Bosses blame it on the fact they lost a big ten year contract

Louise Robertson,
Marie Christopher,
Plus support from LBC & Sky Radio News

Contact - 0191 444 2500

Programme Schedule:

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

Automated Programming within each weekday and daytimes on Saturdays & Sundays:

No automated programming across the Galaxy Network.

Amount of local programming each day produced by station:

Galaxy North East's programming is locally produced and presented for 7 hours per day Monday-Friday, 8 hours across each weekend, totalling 43 hours of locally produced programming per week.

Ofcom Localness guidelines:

To view full details visit: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/car/localness/

Station contact details:

Address: Galaxy Radio, Kingfisher Way, Silverlink Business Park, Wallsend, Tyne & Wear, NE28 9NX.

Tel: 0191 444 2500

www.galaxynortheast.com/contact-us

Events/Charities support or coverage:

Charities we have donated raffle prizes/goody bags/free presenter appearences to include:-

Childrens Foundation
Learning and Skills Council
Greenacre
Blythman Veterinary

Recent Programme and/or news highlights:

Programme highlights: 

Feb
Galaxy and the Brits will give away 2 pairs of tickets to the Brit Awards - listeners have to register their vote for Best British Single to be entered into the competition. Galaxy will then select entrants from the votes and ask them to play a game on-air to win the tickets.  

March
Love Music Love Mondays - Galaxy have a prize per week to send one lucky listener to see an A-list artist somewhere in the world. This will run each Monday in March.  

Other areas with impact to localness:

Global Radio - The Global Academy (click here for full details)

The Station's Playlist:

For a full version of the current playlist simply click here. For further enquiries regarding the Galaxy playlists please contact:

Programme Controller – James Brown - 0191 444 2500 

Station format:

To view a copy of the station format click here.

How to complain:

Any complaints made are logged onto the system on submission with details being passed onto the relevant department. We aim to deal with complaints immediately and will respond to acknowledge receipt of the compaint as soon as it is received by the relevant department. If under any circumstances a solution to the compaint cannot be agreed, a further compaint can be made with OFCOM. For advertising complaints , if we cannot find a solution the complaint can be taken up with the ASA.

1. Submit your complaint direct to Galaxy.

Online: click here

Address: Galaxy Radio, Kingfisher Way, Silverlink Business Park, Wallsend, Tyne & Wear, NE28 9NX.

Tel: 0191 444 2500 

2. If the matter can not be resolved you can submit your complaint through Ofcom. Visit http://www.ofcom.org.uk/ for more information.