Below are the commitments made to our regulator Ofcom about the nature and content of our service:
Licence number: CR000090
Service name Mix 96.2
Licence area St. Albans (as shown in the licensed coverage area map)
Frequency 92.6 MHz
Description of character of service
Mix 96.2 is a service for the residents of St. Albans. It enables local people to become radio broadcasters,
and helps local community, charitable, social and voluntary organisations to promote themselves and
attract new volunteers. Output is designed to appeal to listeners of all ages and backgrounds living in the
St. Albans area.
The service broadcasts:
- Music. The main types of music broadcast over the course of each week is: popular music from the
1960s to the present day. Specialist music also features. - Speech. The main types of speech output broadcast over the course of each week are: local news,
weather, traffic and travel, community and event information, interviews, and discussions. - Over the course of each week, programming is broadcast in English, with some segments aimed at
under-represented communities such as ethnic minorities and older people. - The service provides original output1
for a minimum of 40 hours per week. - The service provides locally-produced output2
for a minimum of 91 hours per week.
The studio is located within the licensed coverage area.
The service provides a range of community benefits (social gain objectives mandated by statute) for the
target community, both on-air and off-air, and in doing so, achieves the following objectives: - the facilitation of discussion and the expression of opinion,
- the provision (whether by means of programmes included in the service or otherwise) of education or
training to individuals not employed by the person providing the service, and - the better understanding of the particular community and the strengthening of links within it.
Members of the target community contribute to the operation and management of the service.
The service has mechanisms in place to ensure it is accountable to its target community.
[June 2007. Revised November 2011; August 2016; October 2016; December 2017; May 2022]
1 Original output is output that is first produced for and transmitted by the service, and excludes output that
was transmitted elsewhere before. Original output can be live or voice-tracked. Repeat broadcasts of original
output do not count towards the minimum requirement.
2 Locally-produced output is any output made and broadcast from within the service’s licensed coverage
area. It may include all types of local production.
