News and Sport
A team of five broadcast journalists produce news bulletins every hour, on the hour, between 6 am and 7 pm weekdays, and between 7 am and 2 pm at weekends. A late night bulletin is broadcast at 10pm every night. At peak times (breakfast and drive) on weekdays, supplementary news headlines are broadcast on the half hour. A five-minute bulletin entitled Live at Five is broadcast at 5pm each weekday.
Dedicated sports bulletins are broadcast at 8.30am, 1pm and 5.30pm, alongside reports within the hourly news bulletins and a scores & results service during Saturday afternoons.
Other bulletins include a nightly business round-up at 6pm on weeknights and the Energy Zone weekdays at 7.30am for the North-East's oil & gas and renewables sectors.
Traffic and travel bulletins are broadcast during peak travel times (breakfast and drivetime), accompanied by 'Jambuster' reports when there is major congestion at any time.
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