Blast 106

Blast 106

Belfast, Northern Ireland
Broadcast area	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Frequency	FM: 106.4fm
Programming
Format	News, Music, Sport
Links
Website	www.blast106.com

Blast 106 is a FM radio station broadcasting to Greater Belfast on 106.4 FM. It serves the student & youth community of Greater Belfast, Northern Ireland. The station is fully licensed by the regulator Ofcom to broadcast across Greater Belfast on 106.4FM.

Blast 106 offers a variety of programming catered for the student and youth community of Belfast, with a focus on contemporary hits throughout the day with regular news, sport, entertainment and travel updates. The weekday evening schedule shifts focus to more specialised shows such as The Scene and Through The Wall, which both focus on the local music scene and provides an outlet for local artists to have their music heard. Other specialist shows include; The Pit, Urban Heat and Friday Night Blast which focus on mainstream rock, urban and commercial dance respectively. The station primarily competes with rival commercial station Cool FM.

Mission Statement

“Blast106 is a radio station for students & young people living, working or studying in Greater Belfast. The station will Educate, Inform, Entertain and Represent the entire student and youth community with programmes that reflect their tastes and interests.”

Schedule Monday - Friday

Time/Day	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
7 am - 10 am	The Morning Mess	The Morning Mess	The Morning Mess	The Morning Mess	The Morning Mess
10 am - 1 pm	The 10 to 1 Show	The 10 to 1 Show	The 10 to 1 Show	The 10 to 1 Show	The 10 to 1 Show
1 pm - 4 pm	Blast Interactive	Blast Interactive	Blast Interactive	Blast Interactive	Blast Interactive
4 pm - 7 pm	The Jam	The Jam	The Jam	The Jam	The Jam / Blast From The Past
7 pm - 9 pm	The Scene	The Pit	Through The Wall	Urban Heat	Full-On Fridays
9 pm - 12 am	The Lock In	The Lock In	The Lock In	The Lock In	Non-Stop Blast
12 am - 1 am				Mark Knight Toolroom Knights	Hardwell On Air
1 am - 3 am				Judge Jules Global Warm Up	Nicky Romero Protocol Radio

Schedule - Saturday

Time/Day	Saturday
8 am - 11 am	Saturday Breakfast
11 am - 2 pm	What's Happenin'
2 pm - 5 pm	Blast Hits @ The Weekend
5 pm - 7 pm	DJ Tez & Jon Boi
7 pm - 10 pm	Saturday Night Blast / Curtis McCosh
10 pm - 1 am	Saturday Night Blast /Connor Coates
1 am - 2 am	Saturday Night Blast / Tiesto
2 am - 4 am	Saturday Night Blast / Armin Van Buuren

Schedule - Sunday

Time/Day	Sunday
8 am - 11 am	Sunday Breakfast
11 am - 1 pm	Non-Stop Blast
1 pm - 4 pm	Blast Hits @ The Weekend
4 pm - 7 pm	Blast Hits @ The Weekend
7 pm - 9 pm	#TheClinic with Vinny Hurrell
9 pm - 12 am	The Lock-In

Blast 106 Presenters

• Shane Pearce (Station Manager) - "The Morning Mess"
• Neil Curran - "The Lock In"
• SJ Wilson - The Jam / Blast From The Past
• Connor Coates - "Blast Interactive / Saturday Night Blast"
• Curtis McCosh -"The 10-1 Show / Saturday Night Blast"
• James Magill - "Through The Wall"
• Chris Barber - "The Scene"
• Alister Dowey - "The Pit / Sunday Breakfast"
• Vinny Hurrell - "The Clinic"
• DJ Tez - "Urban Heat / Saturday Night Blast"
• DJ Jon Boi - "Saturday Night Blast*
• Philip Reynolds - "What's Happenin'?"
• DJ Col - "Friday Night Blast / Saturday Breakfast"
• Will Metcalf - "Sunday Evening"

Blast Xtra Presenters

• Sarah McKinley/Spellman
• Matthew Bohill - "Earcandy"
• Brendan Marshall
• Ed Goodall
• Andrea Cox
• Nathan McClintock
• Rosie Barrett
• Ray Mullan
• Lauren McAtamney
• Kerry Rooney
• Sinéad McCool
• Anos Nkambule

Licence Breach

In August 2013 the station was found in breach of its licence. Communications regulator Ofcom found that the station was not meeting its licence obligations.

The Ofcom report said: "During the three days in January 2013 and two days in November 2012 when we monitored output, we heard no local student news, coverage of student sports events, documentaries, or coverage of student politics."

The station responded by explaining that the days that Ofcom performed monitoring were exceptions to normal output, however following a subsequent monitoring period the station was again found to be under delivering its key commitments. The report concluded;

"As set out above, we have taken into account the following matters"

• The combination in ‘daytime’ output of a high volume of music (more than 90%) with very little speech of specific relevance to the target community;

• A very modest amount of speech output of direct relevance and interest to the primary target community, broadcast in the evenings only;

• A lack of variety in the music output except in specialist programmes; and

• Certain speech material not being featured in output for much of the year.

External links

• Website