106 Jack FM (Oxfordshire)

JACKfm (UK)
Broadcast area Oxford
Slogan "Playing What We Want"
Frequency DAB,106.4, 106.8 MHz (Oxfordshire only) and online
First air date 1:06 PM BST on 18 October 2007
Format Contemporary
Owner Passion Radio (Oxford) Limited, part of OXIS Media.
Website http://www.jackoxfordshire.co.uk/

JACKfm is an adult hits format radio station that broadcasts on 106.8 MHz FM in Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom and on DAB in Oxfordshire, Surrey and parts of Hampshire. The station is branded as JACKfm. It shares premises with its sister stations JACK 2 and Union JACK in Summertown, Oxford.

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The station is owned by Passion Radio Oxford Ltd. The radio station is the most awarded Local Radio Station in the United Kingdom, having secured 23 industry award wins in just 5 years on air. The breadth of awards won by the station range from Imaging right through to news, programming and the most coveted Station of the Year awards.

Based on an American model, JACKfm runs with a strapline of "Playing What We Want" and mostly has no DJs across daytimes. The music is played out on an automated system interspersed with witty soundbites voiced by former Blake's 7 actor Paul Darrow, referred to on the station only as The Voice of JACK.[1]

In 2010, JACKfm became the first radio station in the United Kingdom to broadcast live from Afghanistan for a week-long series of breakfast broadcasts in conjunction with the M.O.D from Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. The station returned to Bastion and Kandahar again in 2012 for another series of broadcasts and Father's Day special.[2]

The only live show on the station is JACK's Morning Glory, hosted by Trevor Marshall. Past shows include The Sunday Roast and The Big Banana, a live sports show centred on live commentary from Oxford United matches. It was hosted by the station's sports guru Andrew 'Selfy' Self who also commentated live along with Andy Roberts with punditry and opinion from Kev Jordan.[3]

The radio station runs live local news every hour from 6am till 7pm weekdays, and from 8am till 6pm on weekends with live traffic reports from 6am till 7pm.[4]

Awards for Jack FM

Winner Gold Presenter of the Year (under 2m TSA) (Trevor and Caroline) Winner Gold Station Imaging Winner Bronze Unsung hero

Winner Gold Presenter of the Year (under 2M TSA) (Trevor and Caroline) Winner Silver Breakfast show of the year (under 2m TSA)

Winner Specialist Programme of the Year - The Sunday Roast with Caroline

Silver JACK in Afghanistan The Return

Finalist Caroline Verdon News Journalist

Finalist Station of the Year

Winner Station Imaging Winner Station of the Year 300,000 to 1 Million TSA Winner Trevor Marshall Presenter of the Year 300,000 to 1 Million TSA Finalist Breakfast Show of the Year 300,000 to 1 Million TSA

Winner Gold 2 Strangers and a Wedding Best Competition Winner Bronze News Journalist of The Year Winner Bronze The Sunday Roast Best News and Current Affairs Programme Finalist Best Station Imaging

Winner Newcomer of the year Jessica Parker Finalist Best Newsteam/Newsroom <750,000

Winner Station of the Year 300,000 to 1 Million TSA Winner Social Action Initiative of the Year JACK in Afghanistan Winner Trevor Marshall Presenter of the Year 300,000 to 1 Million TSA Finalist Feature(s) of the Year JACK in Afghanistan Finalist Station Imaging

Winner Bottle PR Social Media Award

Winner Gold Jack in Afghanistan Social Issues / Current Events

Finalist Breakfast Show of the Year Finalist Community Programming JACK in Afghanistan Finalist Programmer Award Ian Walker

Winner Silver Social Issues/Current Events Ali’s Cancer Diaries

Winner Gold Station Imaging Winner Silver Best Community Programming Ali’s Cancer Diaries Finalist Station of the Year

Winner Best Special Programme Ali’s Cancer Diaries Winner Best Imaging Finalist Station of the Year Finalist Best Promotional / Advertising Campaign Save JACK Finalist Trevor Marshall Presenter of the Year

Finalist Best Imaging

Winner Bronze Best Comedy Special Around the World in 80 Phone Calls

Winner Best Station Sound

Silver Best Station Imaging Bronze Best Themed Programming Afghanistan Oxfordshire's Forgotten Army Best News Journalist of the Year JACKfm Newsteam

Winner - Silver Best Station Imaging

Ali Booker

In 2009, JACKfm News presenter Ali Booker began documenting her life with cancer via audio diaries which were broadcast on 106 JACKfm (Oxfordshire) [6] In May 2010 Ali was awarded the Silver Sony award. A few weeks later the diaries also won Ali commercial radio’s top award – a Radio Academy Gold Arqiva. Ali's diaries were featured in The Sunday Times on 27.6.2010 and The Independent on 1.7.2010. MP Ed Vaizey also paid tribute to Ali in the House of Commons. Ali died on July 1, 2010 from breast cancer.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://jackfmoxfordshire.co.uk/content/jack-voice Jack's Voice
  2. ↑ http://afghanistan.jackfm.co.uk/
  3. ↑ http://jackfmoxfordshire.co.uk/content/jacks-big-banana Jack's Big Banana
  4. ↑ http://jackfmoxfordshire.co.uk/content/public-file Jack FM's Public File
  5. ↑ http://commercialradioawards.org/archive.html
  6. ↑ http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/archive/2010/06/21/8229757.Radio_diary_wins_award/ Radio diary wins award
  7. ↑ http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/archive/2010/07/01/8249965.DJ_Ali_Booker_loses_cancer_battle/ Oxford Mail

Coordinates: 51°46′41″N 1°16′14″W / 51.777965°N 1.270548°W / 51.777965; -1.270548

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