Public File

News Bulletin Schedule

Dream 100 broadcasts local news at the following times:-

6am
6.30am
7am
7.30am
8am
8.30am
9am
10am
11am
12pm
1pm - Dream Reports, 5 mins local news programme
2pm
3pm
4pm
4.30pm
5pm
5.30pm
6pm - Dream Reports, 5 mins local news programme
7pm
8pm
9pm
10pm
11pm

Local news is produced in-house and is, in the main, made up of local items but also incorporates the main national/international stories at the time.

Latest News

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News Team

Angharad Thomas - Regional News Editor
Alexa Rowe - Senior Journalist
Tom Horn - Journalist
Verity Wilde - Journalist
Susie Brodrick - Journalist
Sarah Buxton - Journalist

Programme Schedule

To see a copy of the latest Programme Schedule Click here.

Automated Programming

Monday - Friday (12am - 6am automated daily)
Saturday 12AM - 8AM is automated
Saturday 6PM - Sunday 8AM is automated
Sunday 7PM - Monday 12AM is automated

Station Playlist

To view the latest playlist click here.

For all playlist enquiries please contact:

David Rees
Regional Programme Director
Tindle Radio
Radio House
Orion Court
Great Blakenham
Ipswich IP6 0LW

Ofcom Localness Guidelines

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

Station Contact Details

Dream 100
Northgate House
St. Peters Street
Colchester
Essex CO1 1HT
Tel: 01206 764466
http://www.dream100.com

Recent Programming Highlights

Chris Sturges will be out and about joining local schools for lunch, Chris's School dinners will encourage schools to get involved and be part of this promotion.

Clacton is getting ready for Easter, Clacton Town Centre management and Dream 100 will be part of Clactons best dressed Easter window display.

Dream win a wedding is giving one coulple the chance to win the whole wedding package including the Honeymoon to Paris.

Recent News Highlights

Colchester United - the U’s were relegated to League 1 and also played their last game at Layer Road. Dream 100 ran a series of specials interviewing backroom staff at the club on their time at Layer Road. These featured over a week

Travel Lodge in Clacton - with the announcement a new travel lodge would open in Clacton Dream 100 got tonnes of public reaction to the news and broadcast extended pieces as it really hit a nerve.

PCT special - a week long special on how North East Essex PCT were going to make health services better for us was broadcast on Dream 100. Journalists tailored the pieces to make sure they really targeted the listener. These were ran throughout one week in breakfast bulletins.

Afghanistan - the last Essex troops to be deployed to Afghanistan left the county - Dream 100 was there to interviews the soldiers before they flew off

Cyprus sentencing - 2 young men from Essex were sentenced for manslaughter after a supreme court in the country over turned a verdict without a retrial. Dream 100 spoke to journalists in Cyprus and campaigners back home

A12 inquiry - An inquiry into the A12 started. Dream 100 was at the start of it and had interviews with the man chairing the inquiry (Sir David Roland) and voxes of commuters

Station Format

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How To Complain

Any complaints made are logged immediately with an acknowledgement receipt issued to the complainant within 24 hours. The details are then passed on to the relevant department. We will aim to resolve any complaint within 10 working days. If under any circumstances a solution to the complaint can not be agreed, a further complaint can be made with Ofcom. For advertising complaints, if we can not find a solution, the complaint can be taken up with ASA.

People who wish to complain about anything regarding the station or it’s features can do so in the following ways:

1. Submit your complaint direct to:

Dream 100
Northgate House
St. Peters Street
Colchester
Essex CO1 1HT
Tel: 01206 764466
http://www.dream100.com

2. Directly to Ofcom. Visit http://www.ofcom.org.uk for more information