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NATIONAL COMMERCIAL RADIO STATION FORMAT

NAME OF SERVICE:    TALKSPORT (INR3)

                                                      CHARACTER OF SERVICE

1.           The licensee will broadcast a service for 24 hours each day as defined below on 1053 kHz and 1089 kHz and any other frequencies in the MF waveband detailed in this licence.  The service will be called talkSport designed to appeal to a variety of tastes and interests of listeners throughout the United Kingdom. 2.              2.           In any three consecutive hours of broadcasting at least 75% of broadcast output (excluding advertising minutage, programme or promotional trails and sponsor credits) will be devoted to speech*.  This will include regular news bulletins and weather forecasts.   Speech content will be primarily sports-related programming.  Music will usually only form part of speech-based programming or be illustrative (*apart from certain agreed out-of-daytime weekend shows). Over a 24-hour period at least 90% of broadcast output will be devoted to speech. More generally as appropriate throughout each week talkSport will broadcast interviews, reviews, previews, features, competitions, phone-ins and discussions on a wide variety of news, business, consumer, entertainment and other matters both light and serious. 3.             Live football commentary may be broadcast over the London (at present Brookmans Park) transmitter as opt-out programming at weekends or weekday evenings for a maximum duration of  two hours extended only in exceptional circumstances (extra time etc, or if matches for which the station has commentary rights are scheduled following each other). talkSport may also 'split' its Moorside Edge transmitter in the North-West and Droitwich transmitter in the West Midlands for around 35 football games a season. 3.              A sports show targeted at Scotland may be broadcast over the Scottish/Northern Irish transmitters for a maximum of three hours (1600 to 1900) weekdays. 22nd July 1994 Amended 27 March 1996 (name change) Amended 10 January 1997 (news bulletins flexible for sport) Amended 15 October 1997 (Sport  added) Amended 12 December 1998 (speech adjustment over three-hour period to allow more illustrative music) Amended 6 January 2000 to allow name change and sports focus. Amended 1 December 2000 to allow football commentary on London transmitter. Amended 1 July 2001 to allow weekday Scottish sports show. Amended 8 November 2001 to allow for possible ‘bunching’ of commentary matches Amended 8 November 2002 to allow a Saturday evening music based programme Amended 8 December 2004 to allow limited regional ‘opt-outs’.