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Red Dragon - news archive

This is an archive of news about Red Dragon. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

XFM South Wales sold
From Radio Today. Posted May 30 2008, 12.56pm
GCap have sold XFM South Wales to Town and Country Broadcasting for an unspecified fee.The station, which was only launched six months ago, will be rebranded Nation Radio and immediately switch broadcasting from GCap's Red Dragon studios to studios based in Neath. (more)

GCap Media increase networking across 42 radio stations
From Media Guardian. Posted April 24 2008, 6.18am
GCap Media is to ramp up the number of networked shows across its 42 local radio stations, including Capital 95.8, BRMB and Red Dragon. By John Plunkett (more)

XFM South Wales Launch Date Announced
From Merry Media. Posted September 26 2007, 8.11am
XFM South Wales will launch on Thursday 29th November at 12pm it has been announced. The station will broadcast from the same site as GCap Media's other Welsh radio station Red Dragon FM in Cardiff.. (more)

Xfm launch date announced
From Radio Today. Posted September 26 2007, 8.10am
The launch date for Xfm South Wales has been set for Thursday 29th November 2007 at 12pm. The new GCap Media station will broadcast from the Red Dragon Centre in Cardiff, on 106.8 and 107.3 FM. (more)

Swansea Sound & Radio Ceredigion Favourites in Wales
From Merry Media. Posted July 12 2007, 3.00am
The Breakfast Show on Swansea Sound with Kevin Johns and the Drivetime Show on Radio Ceredigion with Mark Simon have been voted the Best in Wales in a poll run by Merry Media.Over the past couple of months, Merry Media has been moving from region to region across the UK to find the best breakfast and drivetime shows on the radio with votes coming from within the radio industry as well as businesses and listeners.Kevin Johns came top of the breakfast show poll with his show on Swansea Sound with 14% of the votes, second place was Jase and Mel on Red Dragon FM and in third place was Tommo on Radio Ceredigion.. (more)

Xfm to launch within months
From Radio Today. Posted July 8 2007, 10.39am
Xfm South Wales is set to launch before the end of the year, and has announced its first two marketing appointments. Lisa Fairclough joins from sister-station Red Dragon FM, whilst new Events Manager Nick Miles rejoins GCap Media, having previously worked at BRMB and Capital. (more)

XFM South Wales Make First 2 Appointments
From Merry Media. Posted July 6 2007, 11.55am
XFM South Wales will be launching before the end of 2007 and have made their first two marketing appointments. Lisa Fairclough will be Marketing Manager, joining from Red Dragon FM.. (more)

Xfm sponsors Festival24
From Radio Today. Posted June 13 2007, 10.19am
Xfm South Wales are to sponsor Cardiff's Festival24 this year - long before the station takes to air. The live music event takes place in September, just four months after GCap Media won the FM licence from Ofcom. Sister station Red Dragon are providing musical equipment for the festival. (more)

Red Dragon DJ "reinstated"
From Radio Today. Posted May 31 2007, 4.18pm
Red Dragon FM Evening Show presenter Allan Lake has been given his show back after apparently being sacked last week for giving out his Programme Controller's mobile number on air. Lake had been hosting the show for just two weeks before being fired for the stunt. He'd been trying to get listeners to support his pleas to be kept on by the station by calling his boss. (more)

Red Dragon DJ reinstated
From Radio Today. Posted May 31 2007, 4.18pm
Red Dragon FM Evening Show presenter Allan Lake has been given his show back after apparently being sacked last week for giving out his Programme Controller's mobile number on air. He'd been trying to get listeners to support his pleas to be kept on by the station by calling his boss. (more)

Red Dragon FM Backtrack on Sacking
From Merry Media. Posted May 31 2007, 4.13pm
Red Dragon FM have back tracked on their controversial decision to terminate Allan Lake's contract last week. The evening presenter was popular with listeners and Red Dragon listened to public opinion and decided to keep him on.. (more)

GCap creates Welsh division
From Radio Today. Posted April 2 2007, 9.08am
The largest radio group in the UK is creating a single Welsh region to incorporate stations from Red Dragon to Buzz 97.1. GCap Media are also bidding for the new South Wales regional with Xfm. The new division, based in Cardiff will be headed by Nick Davidson, the current MD for GCap South Wales. (more)

Red Dragon listeners on show
From Radio Today. Posted February 9 2007, 12.04am
Red Dragon is going down the Big Brother route for their latest on-air competition. The Love Room will be a purpose built room housed in the Red Dragon complex in Cardiff Bay. The room will feature just one double bed, and will be available for viewing 24/7. (more)

John Dash joins UTV as Group PD
From Radio Today. Posted January 16 2006, 11.46am
John Dash will join UTV Radio this month as ILR Group Programme Director with responsibility for programming across UTV’s 17 local radio stations in the UK. With more than 25 years experience in commercial radio, John is one of the industry’s most experienced programmers. A graduate of Bradford University, John was formerly programme director at Red Dragon in Cardiff, Key 103 in Manchester, Galaxy 101 in Bristol and most recently at Wave 105 on the south coast which won the accolade of ‘Commercial Station of the Year’ in 2004. (more)