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:

Police say, a man stabbed to death at a pub in Bolton was knifed in his chest and his shoulder... Paul Gilligan died at the Pepper alley pub, yesterday - and a 19 year old man's been arrested.


There's been an outbreak of TB at Man Met Uni... 23 people have tested positive - and a hundred ex students might've ended up with it too.


It's the first of Kylie's 6 shows in in Manchester tonight - she's bringing her "KylieX2008" tour to the MEN... She does a ballad version of "I Believe In You" as part of it - plus "Kids" and "I Should Be So Lucky."


A 22 year old woman's been charged with murdering a man in Salford. Gary White, who was 33, died from head injuries on Monday after a domestic assault a week ago. Jayne Poole, who's from Eccles, is due up at Salford Magistrates later.

Manchester News Team:

Kevin McGrath,
Marie Christopher,
Claire Warren,
Plus support from LBC & Sky Radio News

Phone: 0161 279 0333

Programme Schedule:

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

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

None

Amount of local programming each day produced by station:

Galaxy Manchester'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 Manchester, 5th Floor, The Triangle, Hanging Ditch, Manchester, M4 3TR

Tel: 0161 279 0300

http://www.galaxymanchester.co.uk/contact-us.

For news enquiries : 0161 279 0333

Events/Charities support or coverage:

Charities we have donated air time/ events/ raffle prizes/ goody bags to include:-
The New Manchester Children's Hospital Appeal
Cancer Research UK
Marie Curie Cancer Care
Macmillan Cancer Relief
Christie's Hospital
The Kirsty Howard Appeal
Royal National Institute for the Deaf

Recent Programme and/or news highlights:

The Triangle Promotion - April
On and off air we gave away Triangle Platinum Cards. These cards were essentially a pass to the final event at the Triangle Shopping Centre on Saturady May 3rd. Everyone that managed to get a card was invited to the final where one lucky winner would walk away with a brand new limited edition platinum Toyota Aygo.

The Devil Wears Lar-da - March
Controvertial pictures of breakfast show host Wingman were unveiled at an event in the centre of Manchester. This was a guestlist only event.

Dave Kelly Event - March
Dave Kelly invited listeners to a venue in Stockton Heath, everyone was welcome and Dave dished out a few drinks.

Facebuck$ - January
A grid of listeners is put online and distributed around the Greater Manchester area. It is then up to the listeners to phone up through the day, ask a question about the grid of listeners in an effort to narrow it down to the chosen one. If the listener guesses correctly they win some cash.

Other areas with impact to localness:

Mediafly Radio training (click here for full details)
Presenters who are Manchester born and bred, passion for local nightlife and social activity.

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 Brownlow - 0161 279 0300
Playlist Contact - Brent Tobin - 0113 213 0105

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

Post: Galaxy Manchester, 5th Floor, The Triangle, Hanging Ditch, Manchester, M4 3TR

Tel: 0161 279 0300

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