The table below provides a list of recent Format change requests submitted to Ofcom, with details about the changes requested, and Ofcom’s decision on the requests.
Date | Station | Details |
|---|---|---|
| October 2019 | The Beach (Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft) (PDF, 241.4 KB) | Change to local hours and approved area |
| October 2019 | North Norfolk Radio (PDF, 221.1 KB) | Change to local hours and approved area |
| October 2019 | Dream 100 (Tendring) (PDF, 220.2 KB) | Change to local hours and approved area |
| October 2019 | Radio Norwich (PDF, 220.3 KB) | Change to local hours and approved area |
| October 2019 | The Breeze (Andover) (PDF, 221.8 KB) | Change to local hours, approved area and programme sharing arrangements |
| October 2019 | The Breeze (Basingstoke) (PDF, 221.7 KB) | Change to local hours, approved area and programme sharing arrangements |
| October 2019 | The Breeze (Bath) (PDF, 221.7 KB) | Change to local hours, approved area and programme sharing arrangements |
| October 2019 | The Breeze (Bridgwater & West Somerset) (PDF, 222.2 KB) | Change to local hours, approved area and programme sharing arrangements |
| October 2019 | The Breeze (Bristol) (PDF, 221.8 KB) | Change to local hours, approved area and programme sharing arrangements |
| October 2019 | The Breeze (Cheltenham) (PDF, 234.4 KB) | Change to local hours and approved area |
| October 2019 | The Breeze (Newbury) (PDF, 221.8 KB) | Change to local hours, approved area and programme sharing arrangements |
| October 2019 | The Breeze (Reading) (PDF, 221.8 KB) | Change to local hours, approved area and programme sharing arrangements |
| October 2019 | The Breeze (Shaftesbury) (PDF, 222.4 KB) | Change to local hours, approved area and programme sharing arrangements |
| October 2019 | The Breeze (Torbay) (PDF, 220.0 KB) | Change to local hours, approved area and programme sharing arrangements |
| October 2019 | The Breeze (Warminster) (PDF, 222.1 KB) | Change to local hours, approved area and programme sharing arrangements |
| October 2019 | The Breeze (Weston-super-Mare) (PDF, 222.6 KB) | Change to local hours, approved area and programme sharing arrangements |
| October 2019 | The Breeze (Yeovil) (PDF, 221.7 KB) | Change to local hours, approved area and programme sharing arrangements |
| September 2019 | Silk FM (Macclesfield) (PDF, 253.4 KB) | Change to local hours and local news requirements |
| September 2019 | Dee 106.3 (Chester) (PDF, 266.6 KB) | Change to local hours and local news requirements |
| September 2019 | Sun FM (Sunderland) (PDF, 264.6 KB) | Change to local hours |
| September 2019 | Smooth Radio (East Midlands) (PDF, 299.2 KB) | Change to programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| September 2019 | Connect FM (Peterborough) (PDF, 178.7 KB) | Change to character of service, local hours and co-location and programme sharing arrangements |
| September 2019 | Connect FM (Kettering, Corby and Wellingborough) (PDF, 190.8 KB) | Change to character of service, local hours and co-location and programme sharing arrangements |
| September 2019 | High Peak Radio/Ashbourne Radio (PDF, 195.0 KB) | Change to local hours and co-location arrangements |
| August 2019 | Alpha Radio (Darlington) (PDF, 195.8 KB) | Change to local hours and co-location arrangements |
| August 2019 | Durham FM (Durham) (PDF, 195.6 KB) | Change to local hours and co-location arrangements |
| August 2019 | Sam FM (Solent) (PDF, 211.7 KB) | Change to local hours |
| July 2019 | Star Radio (Cambridge and Ely) (PDF, 188.6 KB) | Change to studio location arrangements |
| July 2019 | Smooth Radio (Glasgow) (PDF, 193.6 KB) | Change to local hours |
| July 2019 | Smooth Radio (Kendal and Windermere) (PDF, 263.0 KB) | Change to local hours |
| July 2019 | Smooth Radio (West Midlands) (PDF, 189.3 KB) | Change to local hours |
| July 2019 | Smooth Radio (Northampton) (PDF, 248.9 KB) | Change to character of service and programme sharing arrangements |
| July 2019 | Smooth Radio (Peterborough) (PDF, 248.9 KB) | Change to character of service and programme sharing arrangements |
| July 2019 | Radio Borders (Borders) (PDF, 220.0 KB) | Change to local hours, localness requirements, co-location and programme sharing arrangements |
| July 2019 | Radio City (Merseyside) (PDF, 199.7 KB) | Change to 'character of service', local hours, co-location and programme sharing arrangements |
| July 2019 | Hallam FM (South Yorkshire) (PDF, 214.0 KB) | Change to 'character of service', local hours, co-location and programme sharing arrangements |
| July 2019 | Radio Aire (Leeds) (PDF, 214.8 KB) | Change to 'character of service', local hours, co-location and programme sharing arrangements |
| July 2019 | Viking FM (Humberside) (PDF, 214.9 KB) | Change to 'character of service', local hours, co-location and programme sharing arrangements |
| July 2019 | Hits Radio (Manchester) (PDF, 236.1 KB) | Change to 'character of service', local hours, co-location and programme sharing arrangements |
| July 2019 | Metro Radio (Tyne and Wear) (PDF, 212.0 KB) | Change to 'character of service', local hours, and co-location arrangements |
| July 2019 | TFM (Teesside) (PDF, 211.6 KB) | Change to 'character of service', local hours, and co-location arrangements |
| July 2019 | Rock FM (Preston and Blackpool) (PDF, 215.6 KB) | Change to 'character of service', local hours, co-location and programme sharing arrangements |
| July 2019 | Clyde 1 (Glasgow & West Central Scotland) (PDF, 214.9 KB) | Change to local hours, co-location and programme sharing arrangements |
| July 2019 | Forth 1 (Edinburgh) (PDF, 213.5 KB) | Change to local hours, co-location and programme sharing arrangements |
| July 2019 | West FM (Ayr) (PDF, 213.6 KB) | Change to local hours, co-location and programme sharing arrangements |
| July 2019 | Westsound FM (Dumfries and Galloway) (PDF, 212.5 KB) | Change to local hours, co-location and programme sharing arrangements |
| July 2019 | Tay FM (Dundee and Perth) (PDF, 211.8 KB) | Change to local hours, co-location and programme sharing arrangements |
| July 2019 | Northsound 1 (Aberdeen) (PDF, 212.6 KB) | Change to local hours, co-location and programme sharing arrangements |
| July 2019 | Moray Firth Radio (Inverness) (PDF, 213.2 KB) | Change to local hours, co-location and programme sharing arrangements |
| July 2019 | Free Radio (Birmingham) (PDF, 235.6 KB) | Change to local hours, co-location and programme sharing arrangements |
| July 2019 | Free Radio (Wolverhampton) (PDF, 216.4 KB) | Change to local hours, co-location and programme sharing arrangements |
| July 2019 | Free Radio (Hereford and Worcester) (PDF, 234.4 KB) | Change to local hours, co-location and programme sharing arrangements |
| July 2019 | Free Radio (Coventry) (PDF, 241.2 KB) | Change to local hours, co-location and programme sharing arrangements |
| June 2019 | Bob FM (Hertford) (PDF, 218.3 KB) | Change to local hours, local news requirements, co-location and programme sharing arrangements |
| June 2019 | Heart (St. Albans and Watford) (PDF, 283.9 KB) | Change to local hours and programme sharing arrangements |
| May 2019 | The Breeze (Portsmouth) | Change to local hours |
| May 2019 | The Breeze (Southampton) | Change to local hours |
| May 2019 | The Breeze (Winchester) | Change to local hours |
| May 2019 | KCFM (Kingston-upon-Hull) (PDF, 211.4 KB) | Change to local hours and local news requirements |
| April 2019 | The Breeze (Alton & Haselmere) (PDF, 219.8 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Panjab Radio (North London) (PDF, 227.3 KB) | Change to character of service |
| February 2019 | Love Sport (Greater London) (PDF, 227.3 KB) | Change to character of service |
| February 2019 | 2BR (Blackburn) (PDF, 249.0 KB) | Change to Character of Service, local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | 2BR (Burnley) (PDF, 243.7 KB) | Change to Character of Service, local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | 2BR (Preston, Leyland & Chorley) (PDF, 243.6 KB) | Change to Character of Service, local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Capital (Birmingham) (PDF, 218.5 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Capital (Brighton & Hove) (PDF, 219.6 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Capital (Caernarfon) (PDF, 211.1 KB) | Change to local hours |
| February 2019 | Capital (Cardiff & Newport) (PDF, 735.8 KB) | Change to local hours |
| February 2019 | Capital (Central Scotland) (PDF, 736.3 KB) | Change to local hours |
| February 2019 | Capital (Greater Manchester) (PDF, 218.3 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Capital (Leicester) (PDF, 219.5 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Capital (Liverpool) (PDF, 218.2 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Capital (North East) (PDF, 231.9 KB) | Change to local hours |
| February 2019 | Capital (North Wales Coast) (PDF, 211.1 KB) | Change to local hours |
| February 2019 | Capital (Nottingham & Derby) (PDF, 219.6 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Capital (Wrexham & Chester) (PDF, 211.5 KB) | Change to local hours |
| February 2019 | Capital (Yorkshire) (PDF, 211.3 KB) | Change to local hours |
| February 2019 | Capital / Heart (South Hampshire) (PDF, 222.9 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (Barnstaple) (PDF, 280.4 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (Bedford & Luton) (PDF, 221.9 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (Bournemouth) (PDF, 279.8 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (Brighton, Eastbourne & Hastings) (PDF, 221.6 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (Bristol & Bath) (PDF, 221.6 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (Cambridge & Newmarket) (PDF, 237.5 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (Central Scotland) (PDF, 211.2 KB) | Change to local hours |
| February 2019 | Heart (Colchester) (PDF, 237.2 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (Cornwall) (PDF, 222.1 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (Crawley & Reigate) (PDF, 221.7 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (Exeter & Torbay) (PDF, 222.1 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (Gloucester & Cheltenham) (PDF, 221.3 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (Harlow) (PDF, 237.0 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (Ipswich & Bury St Edmunds) (PDF, 237.5 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (Maidstone, Medway & East Kent) (PDF, 221.3 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (Milton Keynes) (PDF, 221.1 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (Morecambe Bay) (PDF, 239.5 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (North Wales) (PDF, 735.8 KB) | Change to local hours |
| February 2019 | Heart (North West England) (PDF, 218.7 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (Northampton) (PDF, 222.2 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (North-East England) (PDF, 212.7 KB) | Change to local hours |
| February 2019 | Heart (Norwich & Great Yarmouth) (PDF, 237.4 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (Oxford & Banbury) (PDF, 221.9 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (Peterborough) (PDF, 237.4 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (Plymouth) (PDF, 222.3 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (Reading, Basingstoke & Andover) (PDF, 222.0 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (South Hams) (PDF, 222.2 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (South Wales) (PDF, 211.3 KB) | Change to local hours |
| February 2019 | Heart (Southend & Chelmsford) (PDF, 258.6 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (Swindon & West Wiltshire) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (Taunton & Yeovil) (PDF, 221.8 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |
| February 2019 | Heart (West Midlands) (PDF, 232.0 KB) | Change to local hours |
| February 2019 | Heart (Yorkshire) (PDF, 736.7 KB) | Change to local hours |
| February 2019 | Smooth Radio (East Midlands) (PDF, 736.1 KB) | Change to local hours |
| February 2019 | Smooth Radio (North East England) (PDF, 736.3 KB) | Change to local hours |
| February 2019 | Smooth Radio (North West England) (PDF, 736.3 KB) | Change to local hours |
| January 2019 | Greatest Hits Radio (Coventry) (PDF, 219.1 KB) | Change to local hours, programme sharing and co-location arrangements |