Section 355 Review of Output: Juice 107.2
(Brighton)
When a local commercial radio licence undergoes a change of control (this includes licence
transfer), Ofcom is required, under section 355 of the Communications Act 2003 (the Act), to
undertake a review of the effects or likely effects of the change of control in relation to:
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the quality and range of programmes included in the service;
the character of the service, and;
the extent to which Ofcom’s duty under section 314 of the Act is performed in relation
to the service. Ofcom’s duty under section 314 of the Act relates to securing the
inclusion of an appropriate amount of local material, and a suitable proportion of
locally-made programmes in the service.
Under section 356 of the Act, where it appears to Ofcom from its review that the change of
control would be prejudicial to any of the three matters listed above, then it must vary the
licence, by including such conditions as it considers appropriate, with a view to ensuring that
the relevant change of control is not so prejudicial. In doing so, any new or varied conditions
must be such that the licence holder would have satisfied them throughout the three months
immediately before the change of control. Ofcom is required to publish a report of its review,
setting out its conclusions and any steps it proposes to take under section 356. Where
Ofcom proposes to vary the licence, it is required to give the licence holder a reasonable
opportunity to make representations about the variation.
In July 2015, a change of control took place at Brighton & Hove Radio Limited (‘BHRL’),
which holds a local commercial FM licence for the Brighton and Hove area (AL211). 50.5%
of all the shares in BHRL are now held by UKRD Group Limited, which previously had no
shareholding. The company’s previous six shareholders remain, but now hold a stake in the
order of half the size as before the change of control. BHRL had two directors Daniel Nathan
and Ryan Heal, who remain and are joined by three directors from UKRD: William Rogers,
Andrew Preece and Timothy Watson.
Ofcom has now carried out its review under section 355 in relation to the Brighton and Hove
analogue service Juice 107.2. In doing so, it has reviewed the output of Juice 107.2 in the
three months prior to the change of control taking place, 1 and considered information
provided to it with regard to the future programming on the station.
1
At Ofcom’s request, BHRL supplied Ofcom with recordings of the station’s output between 23-25 July 2015
Ofcom’s assessment of the output of Juice 107.2 (prior to the change of
control)
The Character of Service of the station is:
A LOCALLY ORIENTED MAINSTREAM POPULAR MUSIC AND INFORMATION
STATION, WITH FEATURES REFLECTING THE CULTURE...PARTICULARLY THE
YOUTH CULTURE…OF THE AREA
The station’s Format is shown in Annex 1. Annex 2 is the licensee’s completed Review of
Output, which summarises the output of this service.
In reviewing the station’s output prior to the change of control, it was noted that the licensee
was required to broadcast locally-made programming, including local material, for at least 10
hours during each weekday daytime 2 and for at least four hours during daytime on each of
Saturday and Sunday morning. The output from Juice 107.2 when monitored exceeded this
requirement. All of Juice 107.2’s output with the exception of a single overnight specialist
programme was broadcast from studios in the Brighton and Hove licensed area.
The Format also required the station to provide local news bulletins at least hourly at
peaktime 3 throughout the week. Juice 107.2 exceeded this requirement, broadcasting
bulletins of around 2.5 minutes containing mostly local news stories on the hour throughout
weekday daytimes and additional half-hourly headlines during breakfast. Similar duration
bulletins were broadcast on Saturdays between 07:00 and 10:00. Bulletins comprised fullyformed stories that were directly relevant to and reflective of, the interests and concerns of
listeners in the Brighton and Hove area. On Sundays, Juice 107.2 broadcast locally-focused
information and news during the late breakfast period, but an hourly bulletin service was not
in evidence 4.
All local news bulletins were produced and presented from the station’s Brighton studios and
were unique to Juice 107.2. A team of four journalists (three on weekday shifts and one
covering the weekend shift) were engaged by the broadcaster.
Other local material broadcast by Juice included local traffic and travel bulletins broadcast at
peak times (weekdays), an entertainment guide broadcast three times daily (Monday to
Saturday), a local live music gig guide (once daily Monday to Thursday), comprehensive
local weather updates; weekly interviews with local charitable and other organisations and
local business news.
As noted above, Juice 107.2’s Format requires it to broadcast “mainstream popular music”
reflecting, in particular, youth culture. Among the songs played on this station those listed
below met these twin requirements.
Artist
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
Rita Ora
Naughty Boy feat. Emeli Sandé
Tinie Tempah feat. Jess Glynne
Little Mix
Hozier
Fifth Harmony feat. Kid Ink
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Title
Uptown Funk
Poison
Lifted
Not Letting Go
Black Magic
Someone New
Worth It
0600 to 1900
Weekday breakfast and drivetime, and weekend late breakfast
4
The station plans to start providing hourly bulletins during Sunday late breakfast.
3
Maroon 5
Rudimental
Gotye
American Authors
Sugar
Never Let You Go
Somebody That I Used To Know
Best Day Of My Life
Juice 107.2 broadcast 11 specialist/themed programmes over a week (62 hours, mostly offpeak). These included specialist music programmes ranging from house and electronica to
folk music and hard rock; a Saturday sports programme (14:00 to 18:00) and a speech-led
creative performance arts programme broadcast Monday to Thursday 22:00 to 00:00. Full
details are set out the broadcaster’s Review of Output questionnaire and programme
schedule (Annex 2).
The new owner’s plans
UKRD Group Limited proposes little change to Juice 107.2 according to the new owner’s
plans shown at Annex 3. With the exception of three to four hours per week, all programmes
will be produced in the Brighton and Hove licensed area.
News bulletins including local news stories will be produced by a local news team. These will
be of approximately 2.5 minutes duration, and will be broadcast between 06:00 and 19:00.
Saturday bulletins will be broadcast hourly between 07:00 and 10:00. See also footnote 4
above.
No change is proposed in the categories of local material that will be broadcast, although the
new owner did not specify the scheduling or duration of this local material. The range of
specialist programmes, mostly music but also including a Saturday sports programme and a
creative performance arts programme, will remain as part of the new owner’s plans.
Recommended variations to the licence
Based on our assessment of the station’s output in the three months prior to the change of
control, we do not believe that Juice 107.2 was broadcasting any programming not already
reflected in the existing requirements of the station’s Format which would, in our view, have
a significant impact upon:
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the quality and range of programmes included in the service;
the character of the service; and,
the extent to which local material and locally-made programmes are included in the
service.
Therefore, we are not proposing any variations to the licence.
January 2016
Annex 1
ANALOGUE COMMERCIAL RADIO STATION FORMAT
Service name
JUICE 107.2
Licence number
AL211
Licensed area
Brighton & Hove
MCA population
236,204
Frequency
107.2 MHz
Character of Service
A LOCALLY ORIENTED MAINSTREAM POPULAR MUSIC AND INFORMATION
STATION, WITH FEATURES REFLECTING THE CULTURE...PARTICULARLY THE
YOUTH CULTURE…OF THE AREA.
Service duration
24 hours
Locally-made
programming
Studio location:
Locally-made programming must be produced within the licensed area.
Locally-made hours:
At least 10 hours per day during daytime weekdays (must include breakfast).
At least 4 hours daytime Saturdays and Sundays.
Programme sharing:
No arrangements.
Local news
Definitions
Speech
Peak-time
Daytime
At least hourly during peak-time weekdays and weekends.
At other times UK-wide, nations and international news should feature.
Excludes advertising, programme/promotional trails & sponsor credits
Weekday breakfast and drive-time, and weekend late breakfast
06.00 to 19.00 weekdays and weekends
Notes
This Format should be read in conjunction with Ofcom’s published Localness Guidelines
Last amended: September 2015
Annex 2
Review of output questionnaire
Date of review:
Station Name:
Licensed area and licence
number:
Licensee company:
29 July 2015
Juice 107.2
Brighton & Hove, AL000211BA/1
Submitted by (name and
position):
Daniel Nathan - Chairman
Brighton & Hove Radio Ltd
Existing Format
Character of Service
“A LOCALLY-ORIENTED CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
AND INFORMATION STATION, WITH FEATURES,
REFLECTING THE CULTURE … PARTICULARLY THE
YOUTH CULTURE … OF THE AREA”
Programme sharing and/or
co-location arrangements
N/A
Locally-made hours and/or
local news bulletins
Local production 24/7
Station output questions
Please answer, as fully as possible, the following questions regarding the station’s broadcast
output (the ‘station’s output’ being defined as that being broadcast regularly prior to any
change of control taking place at the licence-holding company).
Ofcom also reserves the right to ask additional questions regarding the station’s output that
may be specific to the particular licence.
1. Please provide details of the content, scheduling and duration of any specialist or
themed programming (music-based or speech-based, and including sports shows)
broadcast regularly by the station in the three months prior to the change of control.
Mon-Thurs 7-10pm: The Mixtape with Tony Marks – Alternative (ie non-playlist) indie, hip-hop, electronic, folk
music and interviews) 75% music.
Mon-Thurs 10pm-Midnight: Brighton Nights with Boogaloo Stu - interviews with creative artists performing in
Brighton’s live entertainment venues. 50% speech
Saturday 2-6pm: Sport Saturday - interviews and live score updates from Brighton & Hove Albion / Sussex
County Cricket Club and other sporting events.
Monday Midnight – 2am: The Indie After Party – New and classic indie music.
Tuesday Midnight – 2am: Every Little Thing – Underground electronica.
Wednesday Midnight – 2am: Midnight Campfire – Folk music
Thursday Midnight – 2am: Strictly Business – underground hip hop.
Friday Midnight – 2am: New Noise – Hard Rock.
Friday 8pm – 3am: Juice’s urban music strand covering hip-hop, RnB, garage, reggae, dub, funk & soul etc.
Saturday 8pm – 4am: Juice’s dance music strand covering house, electronica, drum and bass, techno, trance
etc.
Sunday 7am – Midnight: A day of specialist music from Juice’s sister station TotallyRadio.com covering soul,
disco, funk, jazz, African, electro-swing etc.
2. Please confirm, in the three months prior to the change of control, the hours and
scheduling of all locally-made programming on the station, and where this is broadcast from.
Where applicable, please list any other stations the locally-made hours are shared with.
With the exception of a single weekly overnight specialist show, Juice 107.2’s output is entirely
locally produced - in Brighton & Hove.
3. Please list, as fully as possible, the amount and type of local material (excluding local
news bulletins) broadcast by the station in the three months prior to the change of control.
Examples could include what’s on information, travel news, local weather, phone-ins, sports
coverage, guest interviews, local music programmes etc.
The Juice Guide to What’s On in Brighton & Hove – Entertainment listings 3 times daily Mon-Sat.
Gig Guide – Local live music listings once daily Mon-Thurs.
Brighton Nights – Nightly show dedicated to local performance arts Mon-Thurs 10pm-midnight
Totally Brighton – Weekly show dedicated to the local live music scene Sun 8-10pm
Local weather updates – Hourly Mon-Fri 6am-6pm & Saturday 7am-1pm
Sport Saturday – Sport show with a focus on local teams/events Sat 2-6pm
Spirit Of The City – weekly interviews with local charitable/not for profit organisations (during Drive
Time show on ad-hoc basis)
Business Briefs – Local business news 4 times daily Mon-Fri
4. Please confirm, in the three months prior to the change of control, the scheduling and
approximate duration of all local news bulletins. Please state whether these bulletins were
‘unique’ to this licence or shared with any other stations. Please also
describe the arrangements in place for the compilation, production and presentation of local
news (for example, the number of journalists employed, and any sharing of resources with
other radio stations, local newspapers, news agencies or other sources).
All news bulletins are 100% unique to Juice 107.2. We have a news team of four journalists (3 per
day Monday-Friday and 1 on Saturday), with all news being produced in-house and no resources
shared.
Monday – Friday: Bulletins on the hour (approx 2mins 30”) 6am-6pm, hourly headlines on half-hour
6.30-8.30am.
Saturday: Bulletins on the hour (approx 2mins 30”) 7-10am
5. Please attach to this document a copy of the station’s programme schedule (prior to the
change of control taking place).
Monday
00:00 – The Indie After Party with Rifa – New and classic indie music.
02:00 – Non Stop Juice – Back to back hits.
06:00 – The Juice Breakfast Show with Dan Gasser – Morning banter with the breakfast team.
09:00 – Nothing But 90s – Dan Gasser presents the biggest tunes of that decade.
10:00 – Juice Daytime with Talia French – Big hits & entertainment news.
15:00 – Juice Drive with Guy Lloyd – More tunes from 90s/00s & today.
19:00 – The Mixtape with Tony Marks – New music & alternative classics.
22:00 – Brighton Nights with Boogaloo Stu – with guests from the live performance scene.
Tuesday
00:00 – Every Little Thing with DJ Eames – Underground electronica.
02:00 – Non Stop Juice – Back to back hits.
06:00 – The Juice Breakfast Show with Dan Gasser – Morning banter with the breakfast team.
09:00 – Nothing But 90s – Dan Gasser presents the biggest tunes of that decade.
10:00 – Juice Daytime with Talia French – Big hits & entertainment news.
15:00 – Juice Drive with Guy Lloyd – More tunes from 90s/00s & today.
19:00 – The Mixtape with Tony Marks – New music & alternative classics.
22:00 – Brighton Nights with Boogaloo Stu – with guests from the live performance scene.
Wednesday
00:00 – The Midnight Campfire with Chris T-T – Folk from across the spectrum.
02:00 – Non Stop Juice – Back to back hits.
06:00 – The Juice Breakfast Show with Dan Gasser – Morning banter with the breakfast team.
09:00 – Nothing But 90s – Dan Gasser presents the biggest tunes of that decade.
10:00 – Juice Daytime with Talia French – Big hits & entertainment news.
15:00 – Juice Drive with Guy Lloyd – More tunes from 90s/00s & today.
19:00 – The Mixtape with Tony Marks – New music & alternative classics.
22:00 – Brighton Nights with Boogaloo Stu – with guests from the live performance scene.
Thursday
00:00 – Strictly Business with Black Belt Jones & Tyni – Underground hip-hop
02:00 – Non Stop Juice – Back to back hits.
06:00 – The Juice Breakfast Show with Dan Gasser – Morning banter with the breakfast team.
09:00 – Nothing But 90s – Dan Gasser presents the biggest tunes of that decade.
10:00 – Juice Daytime with Talia French – Big hits & entertainment news.
15:00 – Juice Drive with Guy Lloyd – More tunes from 90s/00s & today.
19:00 – The Mixtape with Tony Marks – New music & alternative classics.
22:00 – Brighton Nights with Boogaloo Stu – with guests from the live performance scene.
Friday
00:00 – New Noise with Nats Spada – Hard rock
02:00 – Non Stop Juice – Back to back hits.
06:00 – The Juice Breakfast Show with Dan Gasser – Morning banter with the breakfast team.
09:00 – Nothing But 90s – Dan Gasser presents the biggest tunes of that decade.
10:00 – Juice Daytime with Talia French – Big hits & entertainment news.
15:00 – Juice Drive with Guy Lloyd – More tunes from 90s/00s & today.
18:00 – The Brighton Breakout with Jonno Cox – Party favourites to kick-start the weekend.
20:00 – Friday Night with Mike Panteli – The best in urban music
22:00 – Sound Of Urban Life with DJ Outbreak – More of the best in urban underground
Saturday
00:00 – Roots Garden – Roots & reggae
02:00 – The Dugout with Tom Simpson – Hip-hop, funk & Jazz
03:00 – Non Stop Juice – Back to back hits.
07:00 – Saturday Breakfast with Talia French – music for the early risers.
10:00 – Saturday Daytime with Rose Gaskell - More tunes from 90s/00s & today.
14:00 – Sport Saturday with Ben Holt – With live updates from Brighton & Hove Albion.
18:00 – The Brighton Breakout with Jonno Cox – Party favourites
20:00 – Saturday Night with Ant Nichols – The biggest club floorfillers.
22:00 – Seamus Haji’s Big Love – new club tunes and exclusive remixes.
Sunday
00:00 – Sequence – Deep house from the Shimster and Fomo
02:00 – Solid Steel – Beats and breaks from coldcut and Friends
04:00 – Chilled Juice – laid back Sunday morning grooves.
06:00 – The Sunday Soul Breakfast with Ambrose Harcourt – New and classic soul
09:00 – Morning Glory with Lost Idol – Mellow vibes.
10:00 – Sweet Grooves with Mike Panteli – Soul & rare groove.
12:00 – SoulShyne with Mick Fuller – Old skool soul, funk & disco.
14:00 – The Sunday Social – Russ Dewbury’s dancefloor jazz mix.
16:00 – Afrobase – Afro-latin rhythms.
18:00 – Freshly Squeezed – Electro swing.
20:00 – Totally Brighton – Representing the Brighton music scene.
22:00 – Unfold with Rob Luis – Jazz, funk, soul & more from the Tru-Thoughts collective.
Version 1 – June 2011
Annex 3
Section 355 Review: Future plans questionnaire
Station name and licence number: Juice 107.2
AL000211BA/1
Please answer, as fully as possible, the following questions regarding the licensee’s plans
for the future output of the station. Some of these may have already been implemented since
the change in control took place; others may be future plans requiring a Format Change
Request and would therefore be subject to Ofcom approval. This information will remain
confidential to Ofcom and will not be published without the licensee’s consent.
Ofcom also reserves the right to ask additional questions regarding plans for the station that
may be specific to the particular licence.
If no changes are planned (in comparison with the output of the station in the three months
prior to the change of control), simply answer “No change from previous output” under each
relevant question.
1. Please provide details of the content, scheduling and duration of any specialist or themed
programming (music-based or speech-based, and including sports shows) which the station
plans to broadcast regularly, following the change of control.
No change from previous output
Mon-Thurs 7-10pm : The Mixtape with Tony Marks – Alternative (ie non playlist) indie hiphop, electronic, folk music and interviews) 75% music
Mon- Thurs 10pm to midnight : Brighton Nights with Boogaloo Stu – interviews wth creative
artists performing in Brightons live entertainment venues. 50% speech approx.
Saturday 2-6pm : Sport Saturday – interviews and live score updates from Brighton and
Hove Albion/Sussex County Cricket Ground and pther sporting events
Monday Midnight-2am : The Indie After Party – New and classic indie music
Tuesday Midnight -2am : Every Little Thing – Underground electronica
Wednesday Midnight – 2am : Midnight Campfire – Folk music
Thursday Midnight – 2am : Strictly Business – underground hip hop
Friday Midnight – 2am : New Noise – Hard rock
Friday 8pm – 3am : Juice Urban music strand covering hip hop, RnB, Reggae, garage, dub,
funk & soul, trance etc
Saturday 8pm - 4am : Juice dance music strand : house, electronica, drum and bass, techno
and trance etc
Sundays : 10am – Midnight : Juice “Lazy Sundays” specialist music
2. Please outline your plans with regard to locally-made programming arrangements and
hours on the station. Where applicable, please list any other stations the locally-made hours
will be shared with.
No change from previous output
Juice 107.2’s output, with the exception of potentially three to four hours a week will be
entirely locally produced – in Brighton and Hove
3. Please list, as fully as possible, the amount and type of local material (excluding local
news bulletins) that the station plans to broadcast following the change of control. Examples
could include what’s on information, travel news, local weather, phone-ins, sports coverage,
guest interviews, local music programmes etc.
No change from previous output
The Juice Guide to What’s On in Brighton and Hove
The Juice Gig Guide
Brighton Nights – Nightly show dedicated to local artists/performances
Local Weather Updates
Sports Saturday – local sports information/reports etc
Local news bulletins
Spirit of the City – weekly interviews with local charitie/not for profits etc
Business Briefs – local business news
Totally Brighton – Sunday 8-10pm celebrating Brighton’s live & local music scene
4. Please confirm the planned scheduling and approximate duration of all local news
bulletins following the change of control. Please state whether these bulletins will be ‘unique’
to this licence or shared with any other stations. Please also describe the arrangements that
will be in place for the compilation, production and presentation of local news (for example,
the number of journalists employed, and any sharing of resources with other radio stations,
local newspapers, news agencies or other sources).
No change from previous output
All news bulletins are 100% locally delivered and produced by the local news team. Bulletins
are generally approximately 2.5 minutes in length between the hours of 6am and 7pm. On
Saturdays, bulletins are hourly between 7am and 10am