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Are they breaking any rules by combining their station ident
announcement with a car servicing advert: 'This is Classic FM, get your
car serviced at...'?
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TOJ

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On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 18:52:35 +0000, The Other John <nomail@here.org>
wrote:

Are they breaking any rules by combining their station ident
announcement with a car servicing advert: 'This is Classic FM, get your
car serviced at...'?

Interesting question, but I thought sponsorship was now allowed.
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On 2025/10/27 18:54:40, Scott wrote:

On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 18:52:35 +0000, The Other John <nomail@here.org>
wrote:

Are they breaking any rules by combining their station ident
announcement with a car servicing advert: 'This is Classic FM, get your
car serviced at...'?

Interesting question, but I thought sponsorship was now allowed.

I think the question is not so much whether sponsorship is allowed, but
whether the station identity is being made less clear. Unless the words "sponsored by" or very close are actually spoken, and in close
proximity, then I'd have thought a knuckle-rap would be in order.
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:27:14 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver"
<G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:

On 2025/10/27 18:54:40, Scott wrote:

On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 18:52:35 +0000, The Other John <nomail@here.org>
wrote:

Are they breaking any rules by combining their station ident
announcement with a car servicing advert: 'This is Classic FM, get your >>> car serviced at...'?

Interesting question, but I thought sponsorship was now allowed.

I think the question is not so much whether sponsorship is allowed, but >whether the station identity is being made less clear. Unless the words >"sponsored by" or very close are actually spoken, and in close
proximity, then I'd have thought a knuckle-rap would be in order.

I see that, but I just wondered whether 'get your car serviced at ...'
is much different to 'brought to you by ...'. I suppose the
distinction is between sponsoring an individual programme (wasn't
Chris Evans sponsored with no ads on Virgin Radio?) and purporting to
sponsor the entire station?
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Scott wrote:

wasn't Chris Evans sponsored with no ads on Virgin Radio?

Times Radio came on air boasting no adverts, but with things like
"business news sponsored by XYZ", that didn't last, they now have
adverts *and* "savings in association with ABC"

Now they have an afternoon slot where a bank puts forward a favoured
customer for the presenter to ask ultra-soft questions such as "why do
think RST bank are brilliant?"

That said, it's my chosen station 90% of the time, they keep attracting
good presenters (and did well to loose Matt Chorley) I even like Ayesha Hazarika, who used to wind me up when she was on LBC.
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On 27/10/2025 18:52, The Other John wrote:

Are they breaking any rules by combining their station ident
announcement with a car servicing advert:-a 'This is Classic FM, get your car serviced at...'?

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TOJ

I don't know if they read this newsgroup or if someone has complained,
but listening this afternoon and evening I haven't heard any car service adverts, maybe they only do it at the weekend.
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TOJ
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On 2025/10/29 19:12:31, The Other John wrote:

On 27/10/2025 18:52, The Other John wrote:

Are they breaking any rules by combining their station ident
announcement with a car servicing advert:-a 'This is Classic FM, get your >> car serviced at...'?

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TOJ

I don't know if they read this newsgroup or if someone has complained, > but listening this afternoon and evening I haven't heard any car service
adverts, maybe they only do it at the weekend.

I don't think the objection - it was more an observation/question,
really - wasn't to the adverts, more a matter of was the station
identity being confused.
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On Wed, 29 Oct 2025 19:12:31 +0000, The Other John <nomail@here.org>
wrote:

On 27/10/2025 18:52, The Other John wrote:

Are they breaking any rules by combining their station ident
announcement with a car servicing advert:a 'This is Classic FM, get your
car serviced at...'?

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TOJ

I don't know if they read this newsgroup or if someone has complained,
but listening this afternoon and evening I haven't heard any car service >adverts, maybe they only do it at the weekend.

Could it be that the car service company sponsors a specific
programme? Do you remember in the old days: 'Timex time, Radio
Luxembourg time, it's 8 o'clock'?
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On 30/10/2025 08:43, Scott wrote:

Could it be that the car service company sponsors a specific
programme? Do you remember in the old days: 'Timex time, Radio
Luxembourg time, it's 8 o'clock'?

Yes I remember that. By the way I heard Classic doing it again
yesterday and today at 18:10 on the same programme.
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TOJ
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On Fri, 31 Oct 2025 18:59:04 +0000, The Other John <nomail@here.org>
wrote:

On 30/10/2025 08:43, Scott wrote:

Could it be that the car service company sponsors a specific
programme? Do you remember in the old days: 'Timex time, Radio
Luxembourg time, it's 8 o'clock'?

Yes I remember that. By the way I heard Classic doing it again
yesterday and today at 18:10 on the same programme.

Based on Good TiminA, song by Jimmy Jones (1960).

I'll listen out on Classic FM. I have certainly not heard it on 'Calm Classics'.
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