Swansea Bay Radio
Encyclopedia
Bay Radio is an Independent Local Radio
station broadcasting in Swansea and South West Wales. The station launched as Swansea Bay Radio on 5 November 2006 with Take That
's Back for Good
as the first song played.
The station plays soft adult-contemporary and easy listening music, along with hourly local news bulletins, regular weather forecasts and travel bulletins. Bay Radio broadcasts to south-west Wales from the Kilvey Hill
transmitter in Swansea.
-
Nation Radio
, 97.1 Radio Carmarthenshire, 97.5 Scarlet FM, 102.5 Radio Pembrokeshire, 106.3 Bridge FM
and Radio Ceredigion
.
Independent Local Radio
Independent Local Radio is the collective name given to commercial radio stations in the United Kingdom. The same name is used for Independent Local Radio in Ireland.-Development of ILR:...
station broadcasting in Swansea and South West Wales. The station launched as Swansea Bay Radio on 5 November 2006 with Take That
Take That
Take That are a British five-piece vocal pop group comprising Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams. Barlow acts as the lead singer and primary songwriter...
's Back for Good
Back for Good
"Back for Good" is a song by the British pop group Take That. It was released in 1995 as the second single from the band's third studio album, Nobody Else and achieved great success in many countries, including Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Spain and the UK where it topped...
as the first song played.
The station plays soft adult-contemporary and easy listening music, along with hourly local news bulletins, regular weather forecasts and travel bulletins. Bay Radio broadcasts to south-west Wales from the Kilvey Hill
Kilvey Hill
Kilvey Hill is a hill in Britain. It rises in south Wales, to the east of Swansea city centre. Kilvey Hill is high and is classed as a Sub Marilyn...
transmitter in Swansea.
Management
The station is owned in its entirety by Town & Country Broadcasting Ltd which also operates six other radio stations in WalesWales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
-
Nation Radio
Nation Radio
Nation Radio launched on 16 June 2008 as a regional radio station broadcasting to the South Wales area from Neath.Nation Radio took over the Ofcom broadcasting licence held by Xfm South Wales when GCap Media sold the station to Town and Country Broadcasting for an unspecified fee on 30 May 2008....
, 97.1 Radio Carmarthenshire, 97.5 Scarlet FM, 102.5 Radio Pembrokeshire, 106.3 Bridge FM
106.3 Bridge FM
Bridge FM is the local commercial radio station broadcasting in south Wales' Bridgend County Borough and the surrounding areas on a frequency of 106.3 MHz....
and Radio Ceredigion
Radio Ceredigion
Radio Ceredigion is a bilingual local radio station that serves the Welsh county of Ceredigion.-History:From its launch on 14th December 1992, the station broadcast a bilingual schedule with roughly half-and-half proportion of English and Welsh output, much of it community-oriented, from studios...
.
Presenters
- Tommo (Breakfast 7am - 11am)
- Lee Jukes (Weekdays 11am - 2pm)
- Ben Stone (Afternoons 2pm - 7pm)
- Karen Vincent (Evenings 7pm - 10pm)
- Helen Enser Morgan (Sunday Afternoon)
See also
- Nation RadioNation RadioNation Radio launched on 16 June 2008 as a regional radio station broadcasting to the South Wales area from Neath.Nation Radio took over the Ofcom broadcasting licence held by Xfm South Wales when GCap Media sold the station to Town and Country Broadcasting for an unspecified fee on 30 May 2008....
- Scarlet FMScarlet FMScarlet FM is a local radio station covering the Llanelli, Burry Port and Pembrey areas of south Carmarthenshire in west Wales. It plays contemporary and classic songs...
- Radio PembrokeshireRadio PembrokeshireRadio Pembrokeshire is an independent local radio station located in Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Wales.- History :The prelude to Radio Pembrokeshire was Haven FM, which broadcast on 107.0 MHz from a small makeshift studio at Bethany Chapel in Pembroke Dock during the summer of 1999...
- 106.3 Bridge FM106.3 Bridge FMBridge FM is the local commercial radio station broadcasting in south Wales' Bridgend County Borough and the surrounding areas on a frequency of 106.3 MHz....
- Radio CarmarthenshireRadio CarmarthenshireRadio Carmarthenshire is a British Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to Carmarthenshire county on 97.1 and 97.5 FM from studios in Narberth, Pembrokeshire in South Wales. It launched on 13 June 2004...
- Radio CeredigionRadio CeredigionRadio Ceredigion is a bilingual local radio station that serves the Welsh county of Ceredigion.-History:From its launch on 14th December 1992, the station broadcast a bilingual schedule with roughly half-and-half proportion of English and Welsh output, much of it community-oriented, from studios...