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Xfm returns to South Wales
From Radio Today. Posted June 30 2008, 11.06am
GCap Media has gained Ofcom approval to add a modern rock format service to the Cardiff and Newport multiplex, signaling a return for Xfm to the region. (more)

New FM licence for Wales
From Radio Today. Posted June 27 2008, 10.33am
Ofcom has advertised the last FM licence for the UK. The licence is for a large regional service to broadcast across North and Mid Wales,Front of the application queue is likely to be Town and Country Broadcasting, who last month purchased XFM from South Wales and rebranded it Nation Radio. (more)

Ofcom advertises new FM commercial radio licence for North and Mid Wales
From Ofcom. Posted June 27 2008, 10.00am
A new item from the Ofcom website. (more)

MuxCo win North Wales DAB
From Radio Today. Posted June 24 2008, 12.50pm
Ofcom have awarded the new local digital radio multiplex licence for North Wales to MuxCo Wales. It brings the total number of licences due to be operated by MuxCo consortiums to nine. (more)

Ofcom awards new local digital radio multiplex licence for North Wales
From Ofcom. Posted June 24 2008, 9.00am
A new item from the Ofcom website. (more)

Real Radio Wales relaunches on satellite
From Digital Spy. Posted June 23 2008, 4.02pm
Real Radio Wales relaunches on satellite after two years. (more)

Real Wales returns to Sky
From Radio Today. Posted June 23 2008, 12.25pm
Real Radio Wales is back on Sky Digital channel 0146, years after being replaced by a digital-only station sharing the same name. (more)

New name for Media Wales news websites
From Hold the Front Page. Posted June 16 2008, 2.50pm
Trinity Mirror changes name to 'reflect digital ambitions' (more)

Trinity Mirror Wales site renamed WalesOnline
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 16 2008, 8.58am
Trinity Mirror has renamed its icWales website WalesOnline, as part of a ongoing overhaul of its Welsh websites, a press release from the publisher has said. The editorial focus of the renamed site will remain the same, though new developments around user experience on the site are in the pipeline. According to Omniture figures, the website attracts [...] (more)

Nationals not covering news in Wales, new report claims
From Press Gazette. Posted June 13 2008, 12.00am
National newspapers are failing to adequately cover news stories from Wales, because of a lack of local correspondents and an over reliance on Press Association copy, according to a new report funded by the Welsh Assembly. (more)

South Wales Argus’ ‘name and shame’ audio campaign
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 12 2008, 11.11am
The South Wales Argus has added an innovative multimedia element to their campaign against hoax callers to the fire service. The paper has added audio clips of hoax calls to their campaign page in the hope readers will identify the culprits. "The campaign will feature particularly nasty or persistent callers that continually blight the life and death [...] (more)

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 sells Xfm south Wales to Town and Country Broadcasting
From Media Guardian. Posted May 30 2008, 11.30am
GCap Media's Xfm radio station in south Wales has been sold to local radio group Town and Country Broadcasting, and will be renamed Nation Radio. By John Plunkett (more)

MuxCo applies for North Wales
From Radio Today. Posted May 22 2008, 11.22am
Ofcom has received just one application for the North Wales local digital radio multiplex licence. It comes from MuxCo North Wales Limited, owned mostly by Town and Country Broadcasting. (more)

New MD for Trinity Mirror's north Wales and north-west centres
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 2 2008, 8.20am
Plus - new deal for JobSite, Chronicle publisher's latest book, and more news in brief (more)

EXCLUSIVE: Full Sky Digital EPG listings after reshuffle
From Biz Asia. Posted April 24 2008, 11.52am
BizAsia.co.uk brings you the full Sky Digital channel listings as they will appear after the reshuffle. There are no changes planned for following EPG categories Documentaries, Sports, Adult and Radio. Sky plans to implement a marketing campaign through a number of different media prior to the changes taking place in order to inform viewers of the changes. The new channel line up is currently scheduled to be implemented on a genre by genre basis between 05:00 and 08:00 on the dates specified below. 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Entertainm 152 Challenge+1 153 Bravo2 154 DMAX+2 155 Hollywood TV 156 Biography 157 Film24 158 Dave +1 159 ParaComedy2+ 160 MTV 161 RTE1 (NI) 162 RTE2 (NI) 163 TG4 (NI) 164 FX 165 FX+ 166 Information TV 167 Info TV2 168 Passion TV 169 Raj TV 170 Sky One HD 171 My Channel 172 Trouble 173 Trouble +1 174 Five US 175 Five US +1 176 Five Life 177 Five Life +1 178 Men & Motors 179 ITV3+1 180 Red 181 fame TV 182 Channel 6 (only avail ROI) 183 Current TV 184 BEN 185 Ape TV 186 Life One 187 AIT Int'l 188 AnimeCentral 189 Open Access 2 190 Open Access 3 191 Urban TV 192 OBE 193 FX+1 194 Sumo TV 195 propeller 196 Nuts TV 197 Pulse 198 BET 199 200 201 202 203 Channel M 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 Lifestyle & Culture 240 Disc.RealTime 241 Disc.RT Extra 242 Disc.H&Health 243 Sky Real Lives 244 SkyRealLive+1 245 SkyRealLives2 246 UKTV Style 247 UKTV Style +1 248 UKTV Gardens 249 UKTV Food 250 UKTV Food +1 251 Travel Channel 252 Travel Ch +1 253 254 Disc.RT +1 255 Disc.H&H +1 256 Sky Arts 257 Sky Arts HD 258 UKTV Style 2 259 Performance 260 Mainstreet 261 Fashion TV 262 Real Estate TV 263 264 Wine TV 265 Disc.Travel&L 266 Wedding TV 267 Wedding TV+1 268 Africa Channel 269 Diva TV 270 SA Direct 271 Luxe TV 272 Baby Channel 273 Luxe TV HD 274 O'seasproperty 275 276 277 278 279 280 Horse&Country 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 Movies 301 Sky Premiere 302 Sky Prem+1 303 Sky Comedy 304 Sky Action 305 Sky Family 306 Sky Drama 307 Sky ScFi/Horror 308 Sky Classics 309 Sky Mdn Greats 310 Sky Indie 311 SkyScreen 1 312 SkyScreen 2 313 Sky PremiereHD 314 SkyScreen 1HD 315 Film4 316 Film4 +1 317 TCM 318 TCM 2 319 Zone Horror 320 Zone Thriller 321 True Movies 322 True Movies 2 323 movies4men 324 movies4men+1 325 movies4men 2 326 327 movies24 328 movies24+ 329 Nollywood 330 AIT 332 SkyScreen 2HD 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 347 348 349 Music 350 MTV ONE 351 MTV ONE+1 352 MTV BASE 353 MTV HITS 354 MTV DANCE 355 MTV TWO 356 VH1 357 VH1 Classic 358 TMF 359 The Box 360 The Hits 361 KISS 362 Smash Hits! 363 Magic 364 Q 365 Chart Show TV 366 The Vault 367 Flava 368 Kerrang! 369 oMusic TV 370 Channel U 371 Fizz 372 Bliss 373 374 Scuzz 375 376 Flaunt 377 378 ROCKWORLDTV 379 Bubble Hits 380 Musflash TV 381 Bedroom TV 382 NME TV 383 Clubland 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 Music Choice 396 Music Choice 397 398 399 400 Sports 401 Sky Sports 1 402 Sky Sports 2 403 Sky Sports 3 404 Sky Spts Xtra 405 Sky Spts News 406 MUTV 407 408 Sky Sports HD1 409 Sky Sports HD2 410 Eurosport UK 411 Eurosport2 UK 412 413 Motors TV 414 415 At The Races 416 417 NASN 418 Setanta Golf 419 Extreme Sports 420 421 Chelsea TV 422 423 Arsenal TV 424 Arsenal Replay 425 426 427 Fight Network 428 429 Setanta Sports1 430 Setanta Sports2 432 Racing UK 433 Racing World 434 Setanta Ireland (Not NI) 435 Setanta News 436 Celtic TV 437 438 Rangers TV 439 Setanta Sports (ROI) 440 441 442 ESPN Classic 443 444 445 RealmadridTV 446 447 448 LiverpoolFCTV 449 450 Sky Sports HD3 451 452 Rush HD 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 PPV 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 News 501 Sky News 502 Bloomberg 503 BBC NEWS 504 BBC PARL'MNT 505 CNBC 506 CNN 507 S4C2 508 EuroNews 509 FOX News 510 CCTV-9 511 NDTV 24x7 512 Russia Today 513 France 24 514 Al Jazeera Eng 515 516 517 518 519 Documentaries 520 Discovery 521 Discovery+1 522 Disc.Knowldge 523 Disc. 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Union presses on with recognition bid at Wales titles
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 16 2008, 7.30am
Arbitration move for NUJ, plus: Post enjoys front page splash thanks to blog posts, more journalism awards and more news in brief (more)

TV ad you can sing along to
From Radio Today. Posted April 15 2008, 8.01am
GMG Radio is about to spend part of a one million pounds advertising budget on a new three-week long television campaign for Real Radio Wales and Century Radio in the northwest and northeast. The ads feature Duran Duran’s Rio and promote the strap-line "Music you just have to song along to". (more)

NUJ clashes with management over South Wales union deal
From Press Gazette. Posted April 15 2008, 12.00am
Journalists at the Northcliffe-owned South Wales Evening Post have been refused workplace union recognition by the paper’s management but are set to take their case to the Central Arbitration Committee. (more)

XFM South Wales still for sale
From Radio Today. Posted April 11 2008, 1.37pm
GCap will not sell its XFM stations in Manchester and Scotland, following Global's £375 million buyout of the company last week.However XFM South Wales, launched in November, is still up for sale. (more)

GMG Radio buys Wales
From Radio Today. Posted April 1 2008, 12.19am
Guardian Media Group’s radio division has moved away from buying traditional media and UK radio stations to a new target – an entire country. (more)

Ofcom reveals 2012 Freeview shortfalls in Wales and Northern Ireland
From Media Guardian. Posted March 26 2008, 1.27pm
A quarter of Freeview households in Wales and Northern Ireland will not have full access to the digital terrestrial TV channels after analogue switchoff, according to Ofcom. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Gethin joins BBC Radio Wales
From Radio Today. Posted March 19 2008, 8.26pm
The team at BBC Radio Wales are lining up the guests this Bank Holiday including Blue Peter host and Strictly Come Dancing contestant Gethin Jones. (more)

MuxCo bags Mid and West Wales
From Radio Today. Posted March 18 2008, 5.29pm
The latest digital radio multiplex for Wales has been given to MuxCo Wales, in which Town and Country Broadcasting holds the majority stake in. MuxCo will provide one new service called Wales Live, as well as re-transmitting Radios Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire and BBC Radio Cymru. (more)

Ofcom awards new local digital radio multiplex licence for Mid and West Wales
From Ofcom. Posted March 18 2008, 5.00pm
A new item from the Ofcom website. (more)

South Wales journalist quits after 38 years to set up PR firm
From Hold the Front Page. Posted March 13 2008, 8.25am
Former Echo man to take on new challenge after leaving politics and business role (more)

Another Real big winner
From Radio Today. Posted March 3 2008, 12.05pm
Real Radio Wales has given away their biggest ever prize - a £78,000 Redrow apartment. Breakfast presenters Tony Wright and Angela Jay makes Neil Earne's day with the giveaway in Merthyr Tydfil. (more)

Student chart hits community airwaves
From Radio Today. Posted February 28 2008, 5.18pm
A South Wales community radio station is set to become the first to broadcast a new student radio chart show. (more)

Scots in talks for Xfm Network
From Radio Today. Posted February 25 2008, 12.30am
Two Scottish business tycoons are reportedly interested in buying Xfm in Wales, Manchester and Scotland. GCap Media will shut or sell the stations before the end of next month, Fru Hazlitt said in a landmark speech two weeks ago. (more)

MuxCo hopeful for Wales win
From Radio Today. Posted February 21 2008, 11.18am
MuxCo Wales is the only bidder for the Mid & West Wales local digital radio multiplex licence, proposing to provide just three local services. (more)

Local DAB for North Wales
From Radio Today. Posted February 20 2008, 10.15am
Ofcom has advertised the local DAB radio multiplex licence to cover North Wales. (more)

Ofcom advertises new local digital radio multiplex licence for North Wales
From Ofcom. Posted February 20 2008, 10.01am
A new item from the Ofcom website. (more)

South Wales Echo names its editor
From Hold the Front Page. Posted February 14 2008, 1.00pm
Acting editor Mike Hill confirmed in role (more)

Trinity names Mike Hill as new editor of South Wales Echo
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted February 14 2008, 12.00am
Former head of multimedia for Trinity Mirror Regionals has been appointed Mike Hill has been appointed editor of the South Wales Echo    (more)

Trinity Mirror Regionals multimedia chief named editor of South Wales Echo
From Press Gazette. Posted February 14 2008, 12.00am
In an appointment that reflects newsroom integration efforts, Trinity Mirror Regionals' head of multimedia Mike Hill has been appointed editor of the South Wales Echo (more)

Doubt over digital as GCap pulls the plug
From Daily Telegraph. Posted February 12 2008, 12.01am
GCap Media is to close its Xfm radio stations in Scotland, Manchester and south Wales and pull out of national digital radio in a move that casts doubt on the future of the nascent broadcasting technology. (more)

UK?s GCap Media decides to close its digital radio stations
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 11 2008, 12.44pm
Fru Hazlitt, the new Chief Executive of UK broadcasting group GCap Media plc, today presented her strategy for the Company and its subsidiaries. The strategy includes: * the closure of non-core brands theJazz and Planet Rock * Disposal of Xfm regional analogue licences in Scotland, South Wales and Manchester and focusing on Xfm’s heritage as a London brand and [...] (more)

Wales government launches grants for Welsh daily
From Press Gazette. Posted February 6 2008, 12.00am
The Welsh Assembly government announced £600,000 in grants in response to a campaign to launch a daily newspaper in Welsh. (more)

Real Radio's new home in Wales
From Radio Today. Posted February 4 2008, 10.38am
Real Radio in Wales is bringing the roof down with their latest competition prize – a brand new apartment worth £78,000. Hide and Key will see listeners looking for lucky keys around South Wales, one of which will open the door to a new Redrow apartment. (more)

Town and Country up in South Wales
From Radio Today. Posted January 31 2008, 11.49am
Town and Country Broadcasting are celebrating good listening figures for their five South Wales stations, including a positive start for Swansea Bay Radio. (more)

Preston gets fourth station
From Radio Today. Posted January 24 2008, 10.10am
Ofcom has awarded three new community radio licences for the North Wales and the North West of England - including another station for Preston. The award comes just months before the launch of UTV's Proud FM, and adds to established services from Rock FM and Magic 999. (more)

Radio XL investigated over charity funds
From Biz Asia. Posted January 15 2008, 10.38pm
The regulator for charities in England and Wales has investigated a number of fundraising appeals on Birmingham based Radio XL. (more)

South Wales Argus overnight printing slammed by MP
From Press Gazette. Posted January 9 2008, 12.00am
Newsquest’s decision to move the South Wales Argus to overnight printing will give local readers a poorer product, according to the paper’s local MP. (more)

Radio Host Decides to Shave after 34 Years
From Merry Media. Posted January 8 2008, 6.04pm
BBC Radio Wales presenter Roy Noble has decided that after almost 34 years, it is time to shave his beard off. Roy discussed the move with his wife Elaine and says that the beard is six months older than his 33-year-old son Roy. . (more)

South Wales Argus moves to overnight printing
From Press Gazette. Posted January 8 2008, 12.00am
The South Wales Argus will move to overnight printing on weekdays as Newsquest shuts down its Newport printing plant and moves printing of its Wales and Gloucestershire titles to other sites. (more)

Rhydian's uncle likes Leon
From Radio Today. Posted December 19 2007, 12.09pm
The uncle of X-Factor runner-up Rhydian Roberts has told radio stations in south and west Wales to lift their ban on Leon Jackson’s winning single, whilst wishing him all the best with his future career. (more)

Stations ban X-Factor single
From Radio Today. Posted December 17 2007, 8.03am
Radio stations owned by Town and Country Broadcasting in Wales have banned the winning X Factor single by Scottish Leon Jackson. Listeners to Bridge FM, Swansea Bay Radio, Radio Carmarthenshire, Radio Pembrokeshire and Scarlet FM want a re-count after it was revealed Welsh Rhydian missed out on the winning prize. (more)

Wales gets GMG Radio crown
From Radio Today. Posted December 12 2007, 12.04pm
Real Radio Wales has been awarded radio station of the year at the GMG Radio Christmas party and awards ceremony. Staff mingled with the stars including Westlife, McFly, Billy Ocean and Gabrielle at the glitzy event in Manchester on Saturday. (more)

Wenger to replace Gardner as BBC Wales head of drama
From The Stage. Posted December 11 2007, 4.10pm
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Xfm South Wales launches
From Radio Today. Posted November 29 2007, 11.16am
Xfm has launched in South Wales. The GCap Media station was opened by Welsh band The Manic Street Preachers who played three live songs in the studio, which was also simulcast on sister stations in London, Manchester and Scotland. (more)

Wales DAB licence advertised
From Radio Today. Posted November 28 2007, 11.33am
A new digital multiplex for Mid and West Wales has been advertised by Ofcom today. Potential applicants have until 20th February 2008 to submit their bids for the licence, which will be issued for a 12 month period and serve approx. 400,000 adults. (more)

Ofcom advertises new local digital radio multiplex licence for Mid and West Wales
From Ofcom. Posted November 28 2007, 10.01am
A new item from the Ofcom website. (more)

South Wales university named top for journalism studies
From Hold the Front Page. Posted November 28 2007, 12.00am
89 per cent satisfaction rate in higher education survey of students (more)

XFM South Wales Launching Superhero Marketing Campaign
From Merry Media. Posted November 15 2007, 3.31am
XFM South Wales will be launching on 29th November and will be backed by an outdoor Superhero marketing campaign which launches on Friday 16th November with a series of 48 and 4-sheets in key locations throughout the region.. (more)

Comic-book launch for Xfm
From Radio Today. Posted November 14 2007, 8.46am
GCap Media is planning a high-profile superhero comic book-style campaign to launch Xfm in South Wales. The station launches on Thursday 29th November and has started test transmissions this week on 106.8 and 107.3 FM. (more)

More DAB for Wales and Somerset
From Radio Today. Posted November 9 2007, 12.48pm
Ofcom has added two more areas to their planned timetable for future digital radio multiplexes. The county of Somerset and the counties of Gwynedd, Anglesey/Sir Ynys Mon, Conwy and most of Denbighshire/Sir Ddinbych in north Wales will be advertised in early 2008. (more)

Real producer heads home
From Radio Today. Posted November 9 2007, 8.13am
Craig Stewart, station producer for Real Radio in Wales is heading home to the north east to take over the same role at Century FM in Newcastle. Craig started his career at Sun FM and has also worked at Smooth in Manchester. (more)

Trinity Mirror journalists in Wales may consider industrial action
From Media Guardian. Posted November 6 2007, 5.04pm
Journalists at Trinity Mirror's newspapers in Wales have threatened to consider industrial action over proposed job cuts. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Trinity Mirror asks for 10 voluntary redundancies at Media Wales
From Press Gazette. Posted November 6 2007, 12.00am
A round of 10 job cuts has been announced at Media Wales, the Trinity Mirror-owned division that publishes the Western Mail, the South Wales Echo and Wales on Sunday. (more)

Pioneering plans for Wales papers will cost 17 jobs, claims NUJ
From Hold the Front Page. Posted November 6 2007, 12.00am
Trinity's Media Wales titles will be integrated into one editorial operation (more)

24 want a north west licence
From Radio Today. Posted November 5 2007, 12.18pm
Ofcom has received 24 applications for community radio stations in the north west of England and north Wales. The bids range from a station for the gay community in Manchester city centre (Gaydio) to a Christian station in Prestatyn (The Light FM). (more)

BBC Presenter dies suddenly
From Radio Today. Posted November 1 2007, 6.49pm
One of Wales’ best-loved broadcasters Ray Gravell has died suddenly at the age of 56 from what is thought to be a heart attack while on holiday with his family in Spain. (more)

BBC Wales Presenter Dies Suddenly
From Merry Media. Posted November 1 2007, 3.31pm
BBC Wales presenter and former rugby player Ray Gravell has died suddenly at the age of 59 while he was on holiday with his family in Spain.. (more)

More Presenters Revealed for XFM South Wales
From Merry Media. Posted October 29 2007, 10.20am
XFM South Wales will launch on Thursday 29th November - with more details announced of who will be doing what show. Rhys and Eggsy from Goldie Lookin Chain will be hosting drivetime weekdays from 3pm.. (more)

Goldie Lookin duo join Xfm
From Media Guardian. Posted October 29 2007, 10.13am
GCap Media's new Xfm station in south Wales will feature local DJs including Goldie Lookin Chain's Rhys and Eggsy. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Stereophonics drummer joins Xfm
From Radio Today. Posted October 29 2007, 8.30am
Former Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable is set to join Xfm South Wales to host Music:Responce each weekend. He is joined by weekday host of the show Colin Francis and new drivetime presenters Rhys and Eggsy from Goldie Lookin Chain. (more)

Challenges and opportunities for BBC Wales
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted October 18 2007, 12.30pm
BBC Wales has outlined how it plans to deliver greater value to audiences in Wales as part of radical changes unveiled by the Corporation today. (more)

South Wales Echo editor resigns
From Press Gazette. Posted October 17 2007, 12.00am
South Wales Echo editor Richard Williams has left the paper. (more)

Terry Wogan is Ultimate Icon
From Radio Today. Posted October 2 2007, 8.51am
BBC Radio Two breakfast presenter Sir Terry Wogan has been voted as the Ultimate Icon of tthe last 40 years. The poll, voted for by listeners, put The Beatles in second place, Nelson Mandela third and Diana Princess of Wales in forth. (more)

Mail and Echo publisher to be renamed Media Wales
From Hold the Front Page. Posted September 28 2007, 12.00am
Cardiff-based company says change will better reflect the breadth of what it does (more)

South Wales title launches web initiative in bid to stop hoax callers
From Hold the Front Page. Posted September 27 2007, 12.00am
Recordings of hoax calls to the emergency services are put online as part of zero tolerance campaign (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)

Xfm south Wales to launch on November 29
From Media Guardian. Posted September 26 2007, 1.00am
GCap will launch the latest station in its Xfm music network in south Wales on November 29. By John Plunkett. (more)

Programme Controller Named for XFM South Wales
From Merry Media. Posted September 18 2007, 11.10pm
Two appointments have been made for XFM South Wales. Mike Newman is the Programme Controller and Emma Newman is the Music Scheduler.. (more)

Xfm poaches Kerrang! duo
From Radio Today. Posted September 18 2007, 1.04am
GCap Media has hired Kerrang! 105.2's deputy programme director Mike Newman to fill the new position of PC at Xfm South Wales, RadioToday.co.uk can reveal. In addition, Emma Newman, who has been with Kerrang! since launch, will move to Cardiff as music scheduler. (more)

Nick Servini New Host of Wales@Work
From Merry Media. Posted September 8 2007, 11.27am
Nick Servini has been named as the new presenter of the business programme Wales@Work on BBC Radio Wales, which returns for a new series on Tuesday 18 September.. (more)

New host for BBC Wales@Work
From Radio Today. Posted September 8 2007, 8.56am
BBC Radio Wales's business and workplace programmes Wales@Work is changing presenters. Sarah Dickins, who has hosted the show for the last six years will step down and hand over to Nick Servini from September 18th. Nick is also BBC Wales's new business correspondent. (more)

Ofcom awards new local digital radio licences
From Brand Republic. Posted September 7 2007, 3.05pm
LONDON - Ofcom has awarded new local DAB licences to cover Herefordshire and Worcestershire, Northeast Wales and West Cheshire. (more)

Muxco hires Matt Deegan as creative director
From thenoise.co.uk. Posted September 6 2007, 5.54pm
Muxco has hired former GCap corporate development executive Matt Deegan to the newly created role of creative director. Deegan left GCap earlier this year - where he was responsible for drawing up the company’s digital multiplex bids, and also helped the broadcaster win the XFM South Wales licence. Since leaving GCap, Deegan has worked as a new [...] (more)

Double multiplex win for MuxCo
From Radio Today. Posted September 6 2007, 5.05pm
Celebrations are on the cards at MuxCo as the new company wins two DAB digital radio multiplexes today. MuxCo will provide digital services in Herefordshire and Worcestershire, and Northeast Wales and West Cheshire. Both multiplexes will launch in Autumn 2008. Also today, MuxCo announce Matt Deegan, previously with GCap, has been appointed as Creative Director. (more)

Muxco bags two DAB licences
From thenoise.co.uk. Posted September 6 2007, 5.03pm
5.05pm update: Muxco has beaten rival bidder Now Digital to win the local DAB multiplex licences for Herefordshire/Worcestershire and North-east Wales/West Cheshire. In Herefordshire/Worcestershire, MuxCo has teamed up with Murfin Media and Town and Country Broadcasting, and will launch an eight-station line-up, with three transmitters covering 80 per cent of the population by next September. Stations include [...] (more)

Ofcom awards new local digital radio multiplex licence for Northeast Wales and West Cheshire
From Ofcom. Posted September 6 2007, 4.00pm
A new item from the Ofcom website. (more)

South Wales weekly claims sporting victory with rugby star signing
From Hold the Front Page. Posted September 6 2007, 12.00am
Welsh winger to pen exclusive World Cup diary for his local paper (more)

Radio FiveLive uses FoI for youth crime figures
From thenoise.co.uk. Posted September 2 2007, 11.49am
BBC Radio Five Live has used the Freedom of Information Act to reveal the true extent of youth crime in England and Wales. The station submitted FoI requests to all 43 police forces in England and Wales, asking how many cases had been recorded last year in which the suspect was under 10. Children aged nine and [...] (more)

ESPN STAR Sports clinches England cricket
From Biz Asia. Posted August 31 2007, 9.17am
India's ESPN STAR Sports has tied up with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) by announcing a new five-year contract for the exclusive rights to broadcast ECB’s domestic and home international matches across various platforms, including television (inclusive of mobile TV), Internet and radio. Apart from covering the core cricket markets of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, the contract also gives ESS the broadcast rights throughout West Asia, China, Japan and the rest of Asia. This welcoming news will prove a huge coup for the channel as it recently launched its cricket centric channel called STAR Cricket. Talking about the development, RC Venkateish, MD, ESPN says, "This is a very significant acquisition, considering that India-England cricket matches have always generated huge interest in the Indian subcontinent. The excitement generated by the on-going series in England aptly demonstrates this fact." ECB chairman David Morgan says, "The ECB is delighted to renew its partnership with ESPN STAR Sports, which has helped further extend the reach of the game by continually setting new standards in cricket presentation and distribution." Manu Sawhney, executive vice-president, programming and marketing, ESS, says, "We are delighted to further extend our decade-long relationship with the ECB for another five years, and will continue to provide the best international cricket action to fans across Asia." ESPN STAR Sports will broadcast more than 200 days of live international cricket action from England and Wales, including 34 Test matches, 54 one-day internationals and nine Twenty20 games. Over the next five years, all the Test-playing nations will be competing in England, with the Indian team slated to visit in 2011. In addition, ESS will broadcast ECB’s top-class domestic cricket, including the popular Twenty20 Cup, Provident Trophy, England Lions matches and the Pro40 series. Related links: ESPN International acquires Cricinfo website ESPN to launch cricket-only channel in India (more)

Eagle flies the Diana flag
From Radio Today. Posted August 30 2007, 9.52am
UKRD station 96.4 Eagle Radio is marking the 10th anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales with an hour-long Legends special. The special broadcast will include music from her favourite artists whilst following her story from her first royal engagement to that tragic day in Paris 10 years ago. (more)

Presenter Changes on Wales Today
From Merry Media. Posted August 30 2007, 12.24am
Sara Edwards is leaving the BBC Wales news programme Wales Today to concentrate on other projects. Lucy Owen is joining the programme from ITV Wales and will team up with presenter Jamie Owen later in the year.. (more)

United Christian Broadcasters Limited extends UK reach
From Media Network Weblog. Posted August 23 2007, 11.41am
United Christian Broadcasters (UCB) is to extend its DAB Digital radio broadcasting reach across England and Wales with the addition of five regions which, with its existing London and Stoke licences, will mean that virtually all major cities in England and Wales will be able to hear Christian radio, most of them for the first time. UCB [...] (more)

UCB pulls out of Now bid
From Radio Today. Posted August 22 2007, 12.49pm
UCB has pulled out of committing to providing a service on the proposed local multiplex licence for North East Wales and West Cheshire. It leaves a current bid by Now Digital short of a religious service, resulting in the GCap Media owned company changing their application to include an unspecified local digital sound programme service. (more)

Daily Post credited with forging key links between Wales and Liverpool
From Hold the Front Page. Posted August 21 2007, 12.00am
"Paper has been a major influence on relations", claims cultural scholar (more)

Traffic warning for new ITV Wales centre
From Digital Spy. Posted August 13 2007, 12.34pm
Traffic problems could delay the opening of a new centre for ITV Wales. (more)

Wales Today & Radio Wales Breakfast on the Road
From Merry Media. Posted July 26 2007, 2.31pm
Jamie Owen and Derek Brockway will be broadcasting Wales Today live from across the country throughout next week with the locations suggested by viewers.. (more)

Bids invited for north west
From Radio Today. Posted July 25 2007, 12.14pm
Ofcom is inviting applications for community radio stations in north Wales and the north west of England. The only areas Ofcom will not accept submissions for are Chorley, Oldham, Tameside, the Wirral and the Vale Royal District of Cheshire as community radio licences have already been granted in these areas. (more)

BBC Radio Wales New Schedule
From Merry Media. Posted July 17 2007, 3.10pm
BBC Radio Wales has announced a new schedule that kicks off from 7 September and will see Roy Noble move his two-hour show to the afternoon.. (more)

New line-up at BBC Radio Wales
From Radio Today. Posted July 17 2007, 10.04am
BBC Radio Wales is to start a new schedule from September 7th. Roy Noble will move his two-hour programme to the afternoon slot, whilst a new three-hour weekday morning magazine programme from 9am will be presented by Wales Today’s Jamie Owen and X Ray’s Louise Elliott. (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)

Chris Moyles Carved into a Maize Field
From Merry Media. Posted July 7 2007, 3.51pm
Chris Moyles is celebrating his 10th anniversary at BBC Radio 1 with the perfect present from workers at Heatherton County Park in Wales - his face has been carved into a huge 5 acre field of maize.. (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)

New national newspaper for Wales to launch
From Press Gazette. Posted June 20 2007, 12.00am
A new national newspaper for Wales – published in Welsh – is due to launch on March 3, 2008, it was announced this morning. (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)

New Head of Communications at BBC Cymru Wales
From Merry Media. Posted June 12 2007, 3.06pm
Alun Shurmer has been named as the new Head of Communications for BBC Cymru Wales, taking up the position in August.. (more)

What Laws Would You Like in Wales?
From Merry Media. Posted June 5 2007, 12.35pm
BBC Wales launches If I Ruled Wales tomorrow (Wednesday), giving the people of Wales the opportunity to voice their opinion on the laws they want to see in country.. (more)

South Wales Evening Post in court over 'sex attack' headline mistake
From Press Gazette. Posted June 1 2007, 12.00am
South Wales Evening Post editor Spencer Feeney was last week summonsed to Crown Court after the paper carried a headline incorrectly accusing a man who was to stand trial for assaulting a woman of being suspected of sexually attacking her. (more)

MP and South Wales Argus lock horns over website comments
From Press Gazette. Posted June 1 2007, 12.00am
The editor of the South Wales Argus, Gerry Keighley, has defended his newspaper after Newport West Labour MP Paul Flynn accused it of censoring comments and bias in favour of the Conservative party. (more)

Ofcom explains Xfm licence win
From Radio Today. Posted May 18 2007, 9.50am
GCap Media won the new South Wales licence as Xfm because of the comprehensive research, the co-location benefits, and because the proposed target audience of 15 to 34 year olds is relatively under served by existing stations, Ofcom have announced. (more)

RAJAR Q1-07 - Real Radio Wales
From Merry Media. Posted May 10 2007, 4.08pm
Real Radio Wales is still the number 1 commercial radio station in Wales, bringing in 15,000 new listeners to its reach in Rajar quarter 01-07.. (more)

RAJAR Q1-07 - BBC Radio Wales
From Merry Media. Posted May 10 2007, 1.54pm
Q1-07 Rajar figures have been published today and show that BBC Radio Wales has achieved record-breaking results.. (more)

Town & Country hold their ground
From Radio Today. Posted May 10 2007, 8.12am
South and West Wales continues to shine as a success story for commercial radio, with Radio Pembrokeshire, Radio Camarthanshire and Scarlet FM continue to out-perform all other local and national services. All services are owned and operated by Town and Country Broadcasting. (more)

MuxCo's second DAB application
From Radio Today. Posted May 9 2007, 4.49pm
Local radio stations Dee 106.3 and 107.6 Juice FM have joined forces to bid for the new local digital radio multiplex serving North East Wales and West Cheshire.The owners of these stations, Dee 106.3 Ltd and UTV Radio (GB) Ltd have teamed up with Town & Country Broadcasting Ltd and MuxCo Ltd to create MuxCo North East Wales and West Cheshire Ltd. The bid was submitted to Ofcom today. (more)

XFM Awarded South Wales Licence
From Merry Media. Posted May 9 2007, 1.02am
XFM South Wales has been awarded the FM local commercial radio licence for South Wales.. (more)

XFM for South Wales
From Radio Today. Posted May 8 2007, 5.00pm
GCap Media has won the final analogue radio licence to be awarded by Ofcom, with its XFM format. It will be the fourth XFM branded station to go on air, alongside London, Manchester and Scotland. The station beat 7 other applicants and will cover Cardiff and Swansea - plus places like Bridgend, Neath, Llanelli and Port Talbot - on 106.8fm and 107.3fm. (more)

Ofcom awards new FM commercial radio licence for South Wales
From Ofcom. Posted May 8 2007, 4.00pm
A new item from the Ofcom website. (more)

Xfm wins south Wales radio licence
From Media Guardian. Posted May 8 2007, 1.00am
5.45pm: Alternative music network Xfm has won the battle for a new FM radio licence in south Wales. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Journalists' fury over BNP ad in South Wales Evening Post
From Press Gazette. Posted May 3 2007, 8.00am
Journalists at the South Wales Evening Post have reacted with anger after discovering an advert for the BNP was to be published in the paper. (more)

Tina Fletcher moves to BBC Wales as Music Creative Director
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted April 26 2007, 4.20pm
Tina Fletcher leader of the BBCs recent YouTube deal is joining BBC Wales as Creative Director Music TV. (more)

GMG dances on the canalbank!
From Radio Today. Posted April 12 2007, 7.00am
GMG Radio are hoping to get people dancing in front of their TV screens with a new marketing campaign featuring the Duran Duran 80s hit "Rio". The ads will air from Monday in Wales, the North East and the North West to promote the Real Radio and Century FM brands. (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)

Ofcom expands Wales DAB plans
From Radio Today. Posted March 15 2007, 10.16am
The planned digital licence for Pembrokeshire & Carmarthenshire has been replaced with a licence for Mid and West Wales, which is designed to cover the counties of Ceredigion and Powys too. This change has been made to provide more coverage in Wales for current and future services. (more)

Mastermind Returning to Wales
From Merry Media. Posted March 2 2007, 3.18pm
Mastermind's iconic black leather chair is returning to Wales! Betsan Powys is ready to ask the questions but there's one vital ingredient missing – the contestants.. (more)

BBC Wales Week In Week Out
From Merry Media. Posted February 20 2007, 4.37pm
This week, BBC Wales's current affairs programme Week In Week Out will reveal controversial proposals for pay-as-you-drive road pricing which may be imposed only on the busiest roads in south-east Wales, with the rest of Wales escaping any charges.. (more)

Quinnell's Last Test: On BBC Wales
From Merry Media. Posted February 16 2007, 12.26pm
Welsh rugby legend Scott Quinnell is facing his last – and hardest – test as he tackles a highly controversial treatment which claims to cure the dyslexia that has blighted his life.. (more)

BBC Wales Launches Major Multi-Platform Project
From Merry Media. Posted February 15 2007, 12.35pm
BBC Wales's new major cross-platform project What's In A Name? launches its bilingual radio and online campaign on Friday 16 February - and they need help from the people of Wales.. (more)

BBC Wales Make Dramas for Radio 4
From Merry Media. Posted February 12 2007, 12.13am
BBC Radio 4 are to broadcast 5 dramas over the next couple of months and have been made by BBC Wales.. (more)

Radio drama from BBC Wales
From Radio Today. Posted February 11 2007, 1.25pm
The drama department at BBC Wales are turning their attention to radio. Nearly a dozen BBC Wales radio drama productions were aired on BBC network radio last year and no fewer than five are due to be broadcast in the space of the next two months. (more)

Digital licence advertised
From Radio Today. Posted February 7 2007, 10.20am
Ofcom has advertised a new local DAB radio multiplex licence to cover Northeast Wales and West Cheshire. The advertisement is one of a number of multiplex licences planned to develop digital coverage in those parts of the country not already served. (more)

Ofcom advertises new local digital radio multiplex licence for Northeast Wales and West Cheshire
From Ofcom. Posted February 7 2007, 10.01am
A new item from the Ofcom website. (more)

BBC National Orchestra of Wales to Move to Wales Millennium Centre
From Merry Media. Posted January 25 2007, 2.47pm
BBC Wales is set to achieve its long-held goal of securing a new home for the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales.. (more)

BBC Radio Wales Wins Top Award
From Merry Media. Posted January 24 2007, 1.21pm
BBC Radio Wales' current affairs programme Wales@work has won a top award – taking the prize for best regional business and workplace programme on TV or radio in the UK.. (more)

Ofcom appoints new members
From Radio Today. Posted January 19 2007, 7.38pm
The Ofcom Advisory Committee for Wales has grown is size today as six new members are appointed to represent interests and opinions of people living in Wales on all communications matters. The new members includes Julie Barton, Editor of BBC Radio Wales. (more)

BBC Radio Cymru Presenter Up For Top Award
From Merry Media. Posted January 17 2007, 2.43pm
Rugby legend Ray Gravell could be in line for another major international success, 25 years after his last appearance for Wales.. (more)

Diana concert live on Radio 2
From Radio Today. Posted December 21 2006, 3.18pm
A massive pop concert next summer in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales is to be broadcast live on BBC Radio 2. The BBC is the UK broadcast partner for the event, which is expected to feature acts like Sir Elton John, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Duran Duran and Joss Stone. (more)

Eddy Temple Morris on XFM South Wales
From Breaking Radio. Posted December 18 2006, 2.31pm
Eddy talks about his radio career and thoughts about XFM South Wales. (more)

8 Applicants for South Wales FM licence
From Breaking Radio. Posted December 13 2006, 11.27am
There are 8 bidders for the South Wales FM licence - XFM, Kerrang, Original, Wicked, Dave FM, allTALK, South Wales Radio and Variety FM. (more)

Kerrang! and Xfm face off for South Wales FM licence
From Brand Republic. Posted December 13 2006, 11.12am
LONDON - Emap's rock station Kerrang! Radio is to go head to head with arch-rival GCap's alternative music station Xfm in the battle for Ofcom's South Wales regional FM radio licence. (more)

Bidders confirmed for South Wales
From Radio Today. Posted December 13 2006, 10.55am
The last major licence to be advertised by Ofcom has attracted eight applications, in a bidding war expected to have the industry guessing the outcome untill March 2007. Most of the major groups have applied, including GCap, Emap, GMG and UTV. (more)

David Mansfield backs DAVE fm
From Radio Today. Posted December 13 2006, 9.55am
Former GCap boss David Mansfield has joined forces with Communicorp and Absolute Radio to apply for the new South Wales FM radio licence. The application, known as DAVE fm will target the lads and dads generation of 20-44 year olds playing a variety of Rock music. (more)

Radio groups line up for Welsh licence
From Media Guardian. Posted December 12 2006, 12.00am
5.15pm: Emap's Kerrang! and GCap's Xfm are among the bids for new south Wales regional FM radio licence. By John Plunkett. (more)

My Mentor: Des Lynam on Cliff Morgan
From The Independent. Posted December 11 2006, 12.00am
Cliff Morgan was a very famous rugby-union player. In the 1970s, he became the head of BBC Radio Sport in Wales, where I was working. I had got to know him before he became my boss, but he went from being my friend to being my guv'nor, and gave me lots of advice. (more)

BBC Radio Cymru Unveils a Collection of New Carols
From Merry Media. Posted December 10 2006, 11.37pm
The Welsh language has 12 new original Christmas songs after BBC Wales commissioned some of the country's best known poets, composers, musicians and producers to create a brand new collection of songs for the festive season.. (more)

GMG Radio plans more Variety
From Radio Today. Posted December 4 2006, 2.19pm
Variety is the spice of life for GMG Radio who are submitting an application to Ofcom next week to run 'Variety FM' in South Wales. Variety FM plans to offer speech and music aimed specifically at listeners aged 50 and over in South Wales. (more)

Welsh bands support Emap's £3m Kerrang! bid
From Breaking Radio. Posted December 1 2006, 12.20pm
The Stereophonics, Bullet for My Valentine and the Lost Prophets are among the Welsh bands supporting Emap's bid to bring Kerrang! Radio to South Wales. (more)

Welsh bands support Emap's £3m Kerrang! bid
From thenoise.co.uk. Posted December 1 2006, 12.16pm
The Stereophonics, Bullet for My Valentine and the Lost Prophets are among the Welsh bands supporting Emap's bid to bring Kerrang! Radio to South Wales.Emap has confirmed it will be submitting an application to Ofcom by 12 December for the licence, with a decision expected in spring 2007.Adrian Serle, MD of Kerrang! Radio, said: "Wales has an awesome history of rock music that Kerrang! has always supported."You only have to look at the hotbed of talent from this area to know that Kerrang! has a natural home here, serving a buzzing scene with the genuine article."Kelly Jones, from The Stereophonics, said: “The need for this radio station is reflected in music and download sales, live music ticket sales, growth in demand for festivals and the advent of websites such as Myspace.�If successful, Emap has pledged to invest £3 million in launching the station, hiring new presenters and helping to develop the area's local live music scene.More from kerrangradiowales.co.uk (more)

XFM to bid for South Wales licence
From Breaking Radio. Posted November 30 2006, 1.30pm
XFM are going to be bidding for the new FM licence to cover South Wales. (more)

Kerrang to bid for South Wales
From Radio Today. Posted November 14 2006, 12.23am
Fresh from their win in Liverpool with an all-talk format, Emap has launched a bid to extend Kerrang! Radio to South Wales.The closing date for applications to Ofcom is December 12th, with the new licence covering Cardiff, Swansea and parts of Newport. (more)

Hard-hitting radio ad campaign to warn smokers of public ban
From Breaking Radio. Posted November 12 2006, 11.14am
A dramatic set of radio adverts will begin airing in England and Wales before Christmas in the run-up to a nationwide ban on smoking in public places. The ads are part of a £10m campaign to raise awareness of the effects of inhaling cigarette smoke, and remind consumers of the smoking ban which comes into effect in April in Wales and Northern Ireland, and in July in England. (more)

21 want community licences
From Radio Today. Posted November 9 2006, 1.00pm
Ofcom has received 21 applications for Southwest England and South/ Mid Wales community radio licences.For the second round of community radio licences, Ofcom has decided that it would be more appropriate to invite applications on a region-by-region basis. (more)

World record for Bridge FM
From Radio Today. Posted October 31 2006, 10.52pm
South Wales local station Bridge FM has smashed the World Record for forming the longest line of drinks cans. In an initiative run by the station and backed by Bridgend County Council, Metal Miles was designed to raise awareness of re-cycling in the borough. In total, the station formed an amazing side-by-side drinks line of 3 miles or a total of 84,498 drinks cans which were lined up together. (more)

Wales' S4C to adopt BBC-style commissioning
From The Stage. Posted October 25 2006, 10.15am
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Motorcycle clip a web first for North Wales Newspapers
From Press Gazette. Posted October 25 2006, 8.00am
8am: Four North Wales Newspapers titles have carried video on their websites for the first time. (more)

Town and Country appoint chairman
From Media Guardian. Posted October 23 2006, 1.00am
12.45pm: Geraint Talfan Davies, former controller of BBC Wales, has been appointed chairman of Wales's radio giant Town and Country Broadcasting. By Julia Day. (more)

BBC Radio Cymru Drop Daily Soap
From Merry Media. Posted October 4 2006, 11.49am
BBC Wales announced that BBC Radio Cymru's daily soap Rhydeglwys, will come to an end of this year, after seven years on air.. (more)

Ofcom Advertise South Wales Licence
From Merry Media. Posted September 12 2006, 2.40pm
Ofcom today advertises a new FM local commercial radio licence to cover South Wales with an idea to adertise licences for Mid and North Wales next year.. (more)

Ofcom invites bids for South Wales FM licence
From Brand Republic. Posted September 12 2006, 2.09pm
LONDON - Ofcom is advertising a new FM commercial radio licence covering almost a million adults in South Wales, and has said a North and Mid Wales licence or licences may follow next year. (more)

More local radio for Wales?
From Radio Today. Posted September 12 2006, 12.00pm
Ofcom is considering advertising up to two new FM commercial radio licences for coverage of mos