Tudno FM
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Tudno FM is a community radio
station serving the area around Llandudno
in Conwy County Borough, north Wales
, broadcasting on 107.8 FM locally and via the station's website. Tudno FM is owned and operated by Llandudno Community Radio and is a non-profit, non-commercial radio station broadcasting seven days a week.
The station's schedule consists largely of music and talk programming along with national news bulletins, local features, specialist music programming and Welsh language
output. Apart from national news bulletins from Sky News Radio
in London, all of Tudno FM's output is produced and presented locally.
Tudno FM launched at 10am on Saturday 1 March 2008 for a 28-day RSL
transmission and continued to broadcast some live programming online before launching a full, permanent service on Saturday 12 July 2008.
The station broadcasts from its studios, offices and transmitter at the Ty Hapus Community Centre in Penrhyn Road, Llandudno and is permitted to broadcast on FM within a 5km radius.
Community radio in the United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, Community Radio refers to a system of licensing small, micro-local, non-profit radio stations, which started in 2002. In its early days, the pilot scheme was known as Access Radio.-History:...
station serving the area around Llandudno
Llandudno
Llandudno is a seaside resort and town in Conwy County Borough, Wales. In the 2001 UK census it had a population of 20,090 including that of Penrhyn Bay and Penrhynside, which are within the Llandudno Community...
in Conwy County Borough, north Wales
Wales
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...
, broadcasting on 107.8 FM locally and via the station's website. Tudno FM is owned and operated by Llandudno Community Radio and is a non-profit, non-commercial radio station broadcasting seven days a week.
The station's schedule consists largely of music and talk programming along with national news bulletins, local features, specialist music programming and Welsh language
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
output. Apart from national news bulletins from Sky News Radio
Sky News Radio
Sky News Radio is the radio arm of the Sky News division of British Sky Broadcasting. It has been operating since June 1999, providing a news bulletin service for UK commercial radio stations operators across the UK and for a number of English-speaking radio stations across the world.The Sky News...
in London, all of Tudno FM's output is produced and presented locally.
Tudno FM launched at 10am on Saturday 1 March 2008 for a 28-day RSL
Restricted Service Licence
A UK Restricted Service Licence , is typically granted to radio stations and television stations broadcasting within the UK to serve a local community or a special event...
transmission and continued to broadcast some live programming online before launching a full, permanent service on Saturday 12 July 2008.
The station broadcasts from its studios, offices and transmitter at the Ty Hapus Community Centre in Penrhyn Road, Llandudno and is permitted to broadcast on FM within a 5km radius.