Radio Ceredigion
Encyclopedia
Radio Ceredigion is a bilingual local radio station
that serves the Welsh county of Ceredigion
.
and Welsh
output, much of it community-oriented, from studios and offices at the Old School in Aberystwyth.
On 9th March 2010, Radio Ceredigion's owners Tindle Newspapers announced Radio Ceredigion would be sold off to the Welsh radio group Town and Country Broadcasting
. At 9am on 19 April 2010, the station ended broadcasting from its Aberystwyth studios and began transmission from Town and Country's West Wales studios in Narberth
, Pembrokeshire (also the base for Radio Pembrokeshire
, Radio Carmarthenshire
and Scarlet FM
). Following a short transition period, a daytime programming service was launched.
Automated evening and overnight programming is provided in Welsh while news bulletins incorporate live updates from Sky News Radio
and local headlines every hour. The station also broadcasts live overnight rally coverage for local events including the Cambrian Road Rally, Rali Bro Caron, Rali Bro Preseli and Rali Bro Teifi.
of other local radio stations within Wales, including Radio Sir Gâr and Scarlet FM. Ultimately, the proposal was rejected following a consultation conducted by the telecommunications regulatory authority Ofcom
.
N.B. Most Wanted for Wales and the Mike Doyle show are simulcast with stations owned by Town & Country Broadcasting.
Sara Andrew
Ceri Coleman
Jim Hughes (West Wales Reporter)
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
that serves the Welsh county of Ceredigion
Ceredigion
Ceredigion is a county and former kingdom in mid-west Wales. As Cardiganshire , it was created in 1282, and was reconstituted as a county under that name in 1996, reverting to Ceredigion a day later...
.
History
From its launch on 14th December 1992, the station broadcast a bilingual schedule with roughly half-and-half proportion of EnglishEnglish language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Welsh
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, much of it community-oriented, from studios and offices at the Old School in Aberystwyth.
On 9th March 2010, Radio Ceredigion's owners Tindle Newspapers announced Radio Ceredigion would be sold off to the Welsh radio group Town and Country Broadcasting
Town and Country Broadcasting
Town and Country Broadcasting Limited is a media company registered in Wales. It currently owns and operates seven radio stations across Wales...
. At 9am on 19 April 2010, the station ended broadcasting from its Aberystwyth studios and began transmission from Town and Country's West Wales studios in Narberth
Narberth
Narberth may refer to:*Narberth, Pembrokeshire, a town in Wales*Narberth, Pennsylvania, a town in the United States*Narberth , a traditional hundred of Pembrokeshire in Wales...
, Pembrokeshire (also the base for Radio Pembrokeshire
Radio Pembrokeshire
Radio 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...
, Radio Carmarthenshire
Radio Carmarthenshire
Radio 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...
and Scarlet FM
Scarlet FM
Scarlet 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...
). Following a short transition period, a daytime programming service was launched.
Automated evening and overnight programming is provided in Welsh while news bulletins incorporate live updates 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...
and local headlines every hour. The station also broadcasts live overnight rally coverage for local events including the Cambrian Road Rally, Rali Bro Caron, Rali Bro Preseli and Rali Bro Teifi.
Attempts to reduce Welsh language broadcasting
In 2011, Town and Country Broadcasting proposed that provision of Welsh-language songs on Radio Ceredigion should be cut to 10% from 50%. A row ensued with many local residents voicing concerns regarding Town and Country Broadcasting's track record of systematic anglicisationAnglicisation
Anglicisation, or anglicization , is the process of converting verbal or written elements of any other language into a form that is more comprehensible to an English speaker, or, more generally, of altering something such that it becomes English in form or character.The term most often refers to...
of other local radio stations within Wales, including Radio Sir Gâr and Scarlet FM. Ultimately, the proposal was rejected following a consultation conducted by the telecommunications regulatory authority Ofcom
Ofcom
Ofcom is the government-approved regulatory authority for the broadcasting and telecommunications industries in the United Kingdom. Ofcom was initially established by the Office of Communications Act 2002. It received its full authority from the Communications Act 2003...
.
Presenters
- Tony Dibbin (Most Wanted for Wales)
- Mike Doyle (Sunday mornings)
- Andrew 'Tommo' Thomas (Weekday breakfast)
- Ed Goddard (Weekday lunchtime, Saturday breakfast)
- James Southon (Weekday drivetime, Weekend afternoons)
N.B. Most Wanted for Wales and the Mike Doyle show are simulcast with stations owned by Town & Country Broadcasting.
News staff
Broadcast JournalistsSara Andrew
Ceri Coleman
Jim Hughes (West Wales Reporter)