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:

Bosses at Strathclyde police are thinking about using taser stun guns to stop thousands of officers being assaulted every year...

They’re taking plans for a pilot scheme to try them to the police authority next month.

On average 4 thousand police officers are attacked every year.......

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A quarter of Scots admit they've tried drugs...

Most often its cannabis – that’s come out in a survey for the Scottish government

Men are more likely to take drugs than women as well

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The shelves of cigarettes we're used to seeing behind the counter in shops could soon be a thing of the past…

It looks like the law to make it illegal to display them like that is going to be passed.

Most of Scotland’s MSPs are supporting the bill that’s also going to ban cigarette vending machines and make retailers get a special licence to sell them.

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Glasgow's trying to become one of Europe's greenest cities within the next ten years....

A new project's starting to try and cut carbon emissions in the city by 30 per cent by 2020 - its hoped it'll create some new jobs as well…

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Susan Boyle says she's fine - after she walked into her house in Blackburn last night to find an intruder there....

He ran away as soon as she opened the front door

She'd been down in London recording the Helping Haiti charity single

Scotland News Team:

Louise Robertson,
Fiona Miller,
Plus support from LBC & Sky Radio News

Phone: 0141 566 6106

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 Scotland'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 Scotland, Four Winds Pavilion, Pacific Quay, Glasgow, G51 1EB

Tel: 0141 566 6106 

http://www.galaxyscotland.com/contact-us.

For news enquiries : 0141 566 6106 

Events/Charities support or coverage:

Charities we have donated air time/ events/ raffle prizes/ goody bags to include:-
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:

Oct-Dec 2009 

Manhunt 2010 - Galaxy has been on the hunt for the 12 hottest guys in Scotland. Listeners have been submitting their photos - voting and registering for their Manhunt 2010 Calendars - click here for more 

Nov 2009

Love Music Live – Galaxy held Love Music Live in November as part of the 1st Birthday celebrations. See all the action from Love Music live with The Saturdays, Taio Cruz, Pixie Lott and N-Dubz here 
 

Other areas with impact to localness:

Presenters who are Scotland born and bred, passion for local nightlife and social activity.

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 – Stuart Barrie - 0141 566 6106 
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 Scotland, Four Winds Pavilion, Pacific Quay, Glasgow, G51 1EB

Tel: 0141 566 6106 

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