Statement of Programme Policy and Speech Content Assessment

Summary

The requester asked for the Statement of Programme Policy, Speech Content Assessment, and a detailed breakdown of a Manx Radio Breakfast Show. The Communications Commission provided the policy and schedule documents but stated it did not hold the specific show breakdown, directing the requester to Manx Radio, while noting the speech assessment is in the 2018/19 Annual Report.

Key Facts

• The Communications Commission does not hold a detailed breakdown of the programming schedule for the Breakfast Show.
• The Statement of Programme Policy was introduced in April 2019.
• Manx Radio updated its Programme Schedule in October 2019.
• The Speech Content Assessment is contained within the 2018/19 Annual Report under Section 2.
• The requester was advised to contact Manx Radio directly for the missing schedule breakdown.

Data Disclosed

• 1128625
• 2020-01-10
• 2020-01-15
• 2020-02-11
• April 2019
• October 2019
• 2018/19
• Section 2
• 2 hour
• +44(0)1624 677022
• IM1 2SF

Exemptions Cited

• Information not held by the authority

Original Request

Please provide the Statement of Programme Policy for the current Manx Radio schedule, as implemented in October 2019, and the last Speech Content Assessment. Also can you provide a breakdown of content of a typical 2 hour Breakfast Show broken down by time taken by adverts (including item sponsorship and jingles), time taken by songs and the time left for everything else.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Chief Executive: Ivan Kiely Ground Floor, Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas Isle Of Man, IM1 2SF Tel: +44(0)1624 677022 Fax: +44(0)1624 626499

Our ref: 1128625 15 January 2020

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 10 January 2020, which states:

"Please provide the Statement of Programme Policy for the current Manx Radio schedule, as implemented in October 2019, and the last Speech Content Assessment. Also can you provide a breakdown of content of a typical 2 hour Breakfast Show broken down by time taken by adverts (including item sponsorship and jingles), time taken by songs and the time left for everything else." While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Communications Commission does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find some of the information that you have requested. The Communications Commission does not hold a more detailed breakdown of the programming schedule, but you may wish to contact Manx Radio directly for this information. I have enclosed copies of the Statement of Programme Policy which was introduced in April 2019. However, in October 2019 Manx Radio did update its Programme Schedule and so I have included a copy of this. The latest Manx Radio Annual Report covers the period 2018/19 and contains the speech content assessment. Please see Section 2, called “Programming”. You can access the Annual Report from the Manx Radio website under “About Us”. However, I have printed a copy of this report and enclosed it for you, as I can see you have requested correspondence by post. Please quote the reference number 1128625 in any future communications.

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I will now close your request as of this date.

Yours sincerely