The Pirate FM Public File
It is a regulatory requirement that commercial radio stations in the UK hold a Public File.
The information and links below comprise the Public File for Pirate FM, more information about the Public File obligation can be found at www.ofcom.org.uk
Format: Formats are regulatory documents issued to Ofcom licence holders, they outline what is required of each radio station's programming. The format for Pirate FM is available on the Ofcom website, and can be viewed by clicking here.
Contact Details:
Address:
Pirate FM, Wilson Way, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3XX.
Registered Office: Carn Brea Studios, Barncoose Industrial Estate, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3RQ
Registered in England & Wales: 2552870
Telephone: Main Switchboard: 01209 314400
Studio/competition Line: 01209 313900
Managing Director: Beverley Warne 
Programme Director: Bob McCreadie
News Editor: Tristan Hunkin
Operational Information :
Transmission: PIRATE FM broadcasts on 102.8 from the Carn Brea transmitter site near Redruth and on 102.2 from Caradon Hill near Liskeard. Pirate FM is also available on DAB, Digital Radio. We cover the whole of Cornwall using these two transmitter sites.
For coverage map please click here.
Automation: Pirate FM automates some of its programming using computer technology. One such feature is "Doing the Decades", and some automation may occur during significant public holidays.
Local production: All programming on Pirate FM is produced and presented locally from our studios in Redruth apart from the Big Top 40 Show which is a network show run by the biggest commercial radio stations around the UK.
Programme Schedule:
Monday to Friday
- Midnight to 5am - More Music
- 5am to 10am - Neil Caddy at Breakfast
- 10am to 2pm - James Martin
- 2pm to 3pm - Doing The Decades
- 3pm to 7pm - Drivetime with James Dundon
- 7pm to midnight - More Music Evenings
Saturday
- Midnight to 6am - More Music
- 6am to 10am - Ian Starling on the More Music Weekend Breakfast
- 10am to 2pm - Dom James
- 2pm to 7pm - James Martin
- 7pm to midnight - More Music Saturday Night
Sunday
- Midnight to 8am - More Music
- 8am to 12pm - Dom James
- 12pm to 4pm - James Dundon
- 4pm to 7pm - The Big Top 40 Show
- 7pm to midnight - More Music Sunday Night
Local Information and Support:
The charitable arm of Pirate FM is called The Pirate Trust, across the year we are running our Cornwall In Need Appeal which raises cash for individuals and organisations in need of financial support in the Duchy.
Regular traffic news and weather reports are on air throughout daytime hours. We also provide our Helpdesk and our What's On Guide as additional services to our listeners.
News Contact Information:
News Editor Tristan Hunkin. If you have a news story for us call 01209 314314 or email Tristan:
See our latest stories.
We have locally generated news bulletins on the hour from 6am to 6pm Monday to Friday with headlines at 6.30am, 7.30am, 8.30am and 5.30pm.
At weekends our local bulletins run from 7am to 1pm. At all other times we carry national and international news on the hour from Sky News.
Ofcom:
Ofcom, the Office of Communications are the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communication industry with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services.
For more info on Ofcom click here If you have a complaint about something you have heard on Pirate FM in the first instance you should contact our Programme Director, Bob McCreadie. Tel: 01209 314400 or email Bob:
You can also complain to Ofcom. To do this visit the Complaints Area on the Ofcom website
Music: Pirate FM plays a melodic adult contemporary style of music which allows us to play a big variety of songs. There are categories that represent music from the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's and the 2000 decades, as well as recurrent songs and the latest ‘playlisted' music which highlights the most popular music of today.
An example of a workday hour follows:
Song 1 U2 - With or Without You Song 2 Adele - Set Fire to the Rain Song 3 Madonna - Vogue Song 4 Janet Jackson - When I Think of You Song 5 Take That - Shine Song 6 Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind Song 7 Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup Song 8 One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful Song 9 Guns 'n' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine Song 10 Shakespears Sister - Stay Song 11 Michael Buble - Haven't Met You Yet Song 12 Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song Song 13 Lady Gaga - Born This Way Song 14 ELO - Mr Blue Sky
Pirate FM Soundcheck: Pirate FM recognises that playing the favourite music of our listeners is paramount to the success of our music mix. For this reason, we have a Soundcheck to which listeners can join via the website by clicking here. On a regular basis, listeners who have signed up will be invited by an email to take part in a music survey where they get to hear the ‘hooks' of a selection of songs. A member of the Soundcheck has the chance to say whether it is a song they love, like or dislike and are also asked as to whether they feel the songs are heard too much or too little. We react accordingly by using this data to decide whether certain songs should be played or not, or whether their rotation should be reduced, or indeed in some instances, increased. | 
