Public File

Automation and Local Programming

Monday to Friday Signal 2 is locally programmed for 21 hours a day and automated from 7 to 10pm. From 10pm to 1am we take programming from the UTV network.

Saturdays Signal 2 is locally programmed

Sundays Signal 2 is locally programmed apart from 10 to 1am & 5am to 8am when it joins the UTV network. Its automated from 2 pm to 10pm.

Charity Support

Every year -Help a Signal Child-, our own fundraising appeal, raises thousands of pounds for local children's charities and appeals throughout Staffordshire and Cheshire. We raise money with a number of events throughout the year. We have our annual 'On Air Auction' with items that money just can't buy, 'Bring a Pound to Work' and the 'Walkathon' a local 10 mile walk which has raised thousands over the past decade and continues to do so.

News Bulletin Schedule: Local, National and Extended Bulletins

Monday Friday

6.00am: 2 Minutes (Local)

6.30am: Headlines 40 secs,Sport 1 min (Local)

7.00am: 2 Minutes (Local)

7.30am: Headlines 40 secs, Sport 1 min (Local)

8.00am: 2 Minutes (Local)

8.30am: Headlines 40 secs, Sport 1 min (Local)

9.00am: 2 Minutes (Local)

10.00am: 2 Minutes (Local)

11.00am: 2 Minutes (Local)

12.00pm: 2 Minutes (Local)

1.00pm: 2 Minutes , Sport 40 secs (Local)

2.00pm: 2 Minutes (Local)

3.00pm: 2 Minutes (Local)

4.00pm: 2 Minutes (Local)

5.00pm: 2 Minutes (Local)

5.30pm: Headlines 40 secs, Sport 1 min (Local)

6.00pm: 2 Minutes (Local)

6.30pm: Headlines 40 secs, Sport 1 min (Local)

7.00pm: 2 Minutes (National: Source SKY NEWS)

10pm to 5am: 2 Minutes (National: Source SKY NEWS)

Saturday and Sunday

8.00am: 2 Minutes. Sport 1 min (Local)

9.00am: 2 Minutes, Sport 1 min (Local)

10.00am: 2 minutes, Sport 1 min (Local)

11.00am: 2 minutes, Sport 1 min (Local)

12.00pm: 2 Minutes (Local)

1.00pm 2 Minutes

Saturday Only 1.00pm: 2 Minutes, Sport 1 min (Local)

2pm - 6pm : 2 Minutes (Source SKY NEWS)

10pm - 8am: 2 Minutes (National: Source SKY NEWS)

Sunday only

7, 8, 9pm: 2 Minutes (National: Source SKY NEWS)

Recent news

News Team

Simon Humphreys

Simon Humphreys joined the Signal news team in 1994 as a freelance and came on board full time 2 years later.

He combines news and sport, reporting Premier League matches for our sister station Talksport. He still turns out for five-a-side games even though he's not as fit as he once was and organises charity 11 a side games. He's a Potteries boy through and through but has just moved to Cheshire to see how the other half live.

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Ian Hodge

Ian currently lives in Newcastle Under Lyme, he was brought up in the Midlands moving between Nottingham and Leicester for most of his childhood.

Ian went to University in Lancaster for 3 years studying English Language and Literature, but throwing myself into as much student radio as possible. Ian trained as a Broadcast Journalist in Preston for a year before heading into work

Before coming to Signal Ian worked at various stations across the North West in places like Manchester, Preston and Blackpool.