News
Weekday News
Weekday news bulletins will be at:
7am (Mixed)
8am (Mixed)
9am (Mixed)
10am (Sky followed by Local)
11am (Sky followed by Local)
Midday (Sky followed by Local)
2pm (Sky)
3pm (Sky)
4pm (Sky followed by Local)
5pm (Sky followed by Local)
6pm (Sky)
7pm (Sky)
There are headlines at 7.30am, 8.30, 4.30pm and 5.30.
Sports desk
News bulletins should carry major events and results for Cambridge United, Cambridge City and Histon. In addition, the IRN Sports Wrap is broadcast at
7.30am,
8.30am
5.30am (Weekdays)
Sky News is broadcast between shows from 7pm and throughout the night.
The News Intro is included in the News Ident and will play when the countdown on the clock screen has completed.
Online, On Digital and on FM. This is Cambridge 105 Radio”
For local news, the presenter will begin with:
From the Cambridge News Desk at XX (the time, eg: 7)”
When broadcasting local news on location, the presenter will begin with:
It’s X o’clock, Live from [the Cambridge Folk Festival] (the time, eg: 7)”
In Sky News, the newsreader will begin with:
From The Sky News Centre at XX (the time, eg 7)”
For local news, the presenter will end with:
[Given the time delay on Digital, there’s no need for half minutes, just go to the next!]That’s the latest, it’s X past Y”
When you’re handing over to another presenter or show follow the Sky style
That’s the latest, I’m Barry Weir”
The presenter should come out of the bulletin and read the weather forecast. When there is a sponsor credit there is no need to introduce the bulletin, just go straight in with the forecast.
[Do delete references to the coast – the forecast is for East Anglia, though the temperatures are for Cambridge]At the start of the Headlines the newsreader will say
Our Headlines on Cambridge 105 Radio
The newsreader will end the bulletin with
There’s more from the Cambridge Newsdesk/Sky News Centre at X. The weather…
The Headline Weather Script is found at News/Weather Extras/Weather with Headline
Weekend News
Saturday news bulletins will be at:
8am (Sky followed by Local)
9am (Sky followed by Local)
10am (Sky followed by Local)
11am (Sky followed by Local)
Midday (Sky)
Sky News is then broadcast on the hour until 4pm, then between shows.
On Sunday News is broadcast on the hour until 6pm and then between shows
Travel
The travel is introduced as part of the sponsor credit, so there is no need to say ‘here is the travel’.
End the bulletin with
Outro: “Cambridge 105 Radio, Your next travel update at (time)”.
Weekdays
Weekday travel bulletins will be at:
6:40am
7:20am
7:40am
8:20am
8:40am
9:20am
10:20am
11:20am
1:20pm
4:20pm
4:40pm
5:20pm
5:40pm
Advert breaks will follow the travel bulletin at :20 & :40 and ahead of the news at the top of the hour.
There are updates on Breakfast and Drive before the news at 7am, 8, 9, 4pm, 5 and 6.
Travel bulletins should include:
- Roads
— Incidents
— Roadworks
— Advanced Roadworks - Railway delays
- Buses
- Cambridge Car Park status (Saturday only)
Please use the Inrix Road and Rail tabs, Travel Alerts and Twitter Travel Sources. There is no need to call out individual train services outside of Breakfast. NB If there’s a replacement bus service, the National Rail website will say ‘trains’ are running normally.
Weekends
Weekend travel bulletins will be at:
8:20am
8:40am (Saturday only)*
9:20am
9:40am (Saturday only)*
10:20am (Saturday only)*
10:40am (Saturday only)*
11:20am (Saturday only)*
11:40am (Saturday only)*
* If there is an important event happening in the city on a Sunday which requires road closures etc, more bulletins should be added as necessary.
Community Desk & What’s On Bulletins
Will occur at the following times on weekdays:
7:45am (Cambridge Juice)
10:30am (What’s On; three items)
12:30pm (Community Desk)
1:30pm (What’s On)
and will occur at the following times at weekends:
8:30am (What’s On)
9:30am (Community Desk)
What’s On bulletins are to be read from the website what’s on pages.
Community Desk bulletins are to be compiled using the Community Desk Google Doc on the Chrome screen.
Guests
Guests or pre recorded interviews/features should be broadcast at least at:
10:30am
12:30
17:30