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Programming

The 96.5 Bolton FM programming schedule is updated regularly, should you have any questions, you can contact our programming team on 01204 375408.

Ofcom, the government regulator with responsibilities for community radio, has produced community radio guidelines that this station adheres to. Read the Ofcom Guidelines

Format

News
News Bulletin Schedule
96.5 Bolton FM broadcasts bulletins from the Sky News Centre (IRN) containing UK and world news together with sport and entertainment on the hour from:

Monday: 7:00am to midnight
Tuesdays: 7:00am to 10pm
Wednesdays: 7:00am to 10pm
Thursdays: 7:00am to 10pm
Fridays: 7:00am to midnight
Saturdays: 7:00am to midnight
Sundays: 7:00am to midnight

Station Contact Details

You can write to 96.5 Bolton FM at...

96.5 Bolton FM
Office 6
Bolton Market
Off Ashburner Street
Bolton
BL1 5TQ

You can call the studio by ringing 01204 375408, texting 07538 733 052 or emailing us at admin@boltonfm.com
You can also send us a fax, simply call 01204 529107

If you wish to advertise with 96.5 Bolton FM, simply call our sales team on 01204 375408.

Key Contacts

The key contacts for the station are...

Station Manager – Kevan Williams
Programme Manager - Carl Hartley

If you have a complaint to make about 96.5 Bolton FM, in the first instance you should contact the Programme Manager, Carl Hartley, at the address above. If you are unhappy with the response you receive, you can complain directly to the regulator, Ofcom. Its website has full details about how to register a complaint to Ofcom.

Competition Rules

General Terms and Conditions for Competitions on 96.5 Bolton FM
1. These rules apply for all competitions where the prize has a perceived value.
2. Unless otherwise stated on air all contestants must be over 18 years of age.
3. Unless otherwise stated on air contestants can enter each competition only once.
4. Unless otherwise stated on air all contestants chosen are those who have contacted 96.5 Bolton FM during the competition period and are chosen at random by the presenter in line with the advertised promotion of the competition.
5. The competition will run until the competition has been completed, this will be advertised on air. 96.5 Bolton FM reserves the right not to give away any prize if no winner is found.
6. Unless otherwise stated on air, there is only one prize per competition and all prizes are offered in good faith. It is recognised that at times genuine mistakes can occur. If a mistake has occurred, then the management, in its sole discretion can either award the prize to the person(s) who in their view was the original winner of the competition or alternately ask the contestants to play again on a ‘head to head’ basis. When instances like this occur, 96.5 Bolton FM will not provide a runner up prize.
7. Prizes offered by this 96.5 Bolton FM are in most cases provided to the company by a third party or sponsor. At the end of the competition the liability passes from the radio station to the sponsor for the deliverance of the prize offered. If the sponsor or third party thereafter cannot deliver the product or prize due to liquidation or similar, 96.5 Bolton FM IS NOT liable for its provision.
8. Volunteers, employees, relatives and partners of 96.5 Bolton FM, any parent or associated companies or any of the co-sponsors of the competition are not eligible to enter any competition.
9. 96.5 Bolton FM reserves the right to alter or amend these rules at any time and to suspend the competition or cancel the competition at any time without prior notice.
11.Unless otherwise stated on air there is no cash alternative to the advertised prizes and any prize is strictly non-transferable.
12. Failure to gain access to competitions due to technical difficulties, engaged phone lines or for any other reason is not the responsibility of 96.5 Bolton FM.
13. Copyright in the on-air broadcast and any photographs or images or audio of winners remains the property of 96.5 Bolton FM.
14. By entering competitions all contestants agree to be used in publicity, on air promotion and by any means deemed fit for the promotion of 96.5 Bolton FM.
15. No person or members of their immediate family who has won a competition which has a deemed value in excess of £500 is permitted to enter another 'major' station promotion for a period of six months.
16. No person or members of their immediate family who has won any competition with a value less than £500 is permitted to enter another station promotion for a period of 30 days.
17. No correspondence will be entered into regarding competitions. The radio station's representative’s decision is final.
18. Any contestant entering competitions on 96.5 Bolton FM, giving false or misleading information will be disqualified and any prizes won will be withdrawn. This includes, but is not limited to, name, address, telephone numbers and details of previously won prizes.
All participants in any competition on 96.5 Bolton FM will be deemed to have understood these rules, and to be bound by them. All participants in the competition shall accept and enter into the competition subject to these terms and conditions

96.5 Bolton FM Playlist

Registered Address

Office 6
Ashburner Street
Bolton
BL1 1TQ

Registered Company Name: Bolton FM CIC
Company Registration Number: 6352549

To contact a member of staff at 96.5 Bolton FM simply send an email to firstname.lastname@boltonfm.com or contact us on 01204 375408.