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

Obituary: Charlie Gillett
From Media Guardian. Posted March 17 2010, 7.09pm
Radio DJ, champion of world music and author of a major history of rock'n'rollFew people can have opened so many ears to such a variety of music over the last four decades as Charlie Gillett, the author and radio disc jockey, who has died aged 68 after a long illness. (more)

HTFP: Wales on Sunday pays BNP for copyright breach
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted March 11 2010, 10.27am
Trinity Mirror has made an out-of-court settlement with the British National Party after a breach of copyright in an article published last November. (more)

Ofcom approves modern Nation
From Radio Today. Posted March 9 2010, 12.07pm
Nation Radio in South Wales has been granted a change of Format which allows them to concentrate on playing more modern rock. (more)

BBC radio favourites prepare for 2011 move to the regions
From Media Guardian. Posted March 8 2010, 12.02pm
BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme and Any Questions? among those earmarked to move from London in April next yearBBC Radio 4 programmes including Any Questions? and The Food Programme are to move out of London as part of the BBC's efforts to beef up its production in the nations and regions. (more)

Election debate plans are unveiled
From Media Guardian. Posted March 2 2010, 5.40pm
Three live face-to-face debates between Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg will take place in mid-evening weekday slots in front of studio audiences on BBC, ITV and Sky NewsBroadcasters and the three main political parties have struck a deal ... (more)

Radio Wales signs Stuart Cable
From Radio Today. Posted March 2 2010, 12.14am
Rock drummer and broadcaster Stuart Cable is returning to BBC Radio Wales in April for a weekend show, Saturday Night Cable.Based on rock music, the weekly show will air each Saturday evening from 6:30 till 8pm and include classic tracks and new music. (more)

Nation Radio expands with DAB
From Radio Today. Posted March 1 2010, 9.59pm
South Wales' Nation Radio celebrated St David's Day by expanding its coverage area through digital radio.The station can now be heard in more places around South Wales and The West, bringing more choice to the local DAB platform. (more)

BBC Wales to increase output of drama production
From The Stage. Posted March 1 2010, 1.12pm
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BBC Wales to increase output of drama production
From The Stage. Posted March 1 2010, 11.11am
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Western Mail unveils Business in Wales magazine
From New Statesman. Posted February 24 2010, 12.48pm
The daily tabloid Western Mail has published a new 52-page Business in Wales magazine. The magazine was unveiled at Media Wales headquarters at Cardiff on Monday. (more)

BBC Radio 1 goes to Bangor
From Radio Today. Posted February 24 2010, 8.26am
North Wales is the destination for Radio 1's 2010 Big Weekend.Chris Moyles announced the location at a special secret outside broadcast in North Wales this morning on-air. (more)

SocialMedia.biz: Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales on nurturing online communities
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted February 19 2010, 10.13am
SocialMedia.biz has a radio show featuring Jimmy Wales from Wikipedia, talking about growing and nurturing online communities.  Despite the recent £2 million donation from Google, most money comes from small donations, he says. (more)

BBC Wales 'to escape flashing rebuke'
From Digital Spy - Broadcasting. Posted February 15 2010, 11.40am
BBC Wales says that it is not expecting sanctions after a man lifted his kilt during a live broadcast. (more)

Tories 'distributed misleading figures on violent crime'
From Media Guardian. Posted February 3 2010, 9.10am
BBC investigation finds Conservatives omitted Home Office caveats about use of crime statisticsThe Conservatives today denied distorting statistics amid claims that they distributed misleading figures on violent crime. (more)

New editor for West Wales weekly
From Hold the Front Page. Posted February 2 2010, 6.40am
Bucks deputy steps up as Telegraph news chief moves on... (more)

New editor for West Wales weekly
From Hold the Front Page. Posted February 2 2010, 6.10am
Bucks deputy steps up as Telegraph news chief moves on... (more)

Notting Hill: Channel 4's docusoap to replace Big Brother
From Media Guardian. Posted February 1 2010, 2.12pm
A real-life soap dispensed in weekly installments sounds great. (more)

Prince of Wales bemoans loss of South Bank Show
From The Independent. Posted January 26 2010, 5.01pm
The Prince of Wales has criticised ITV's decision to scrap its flagship arts programme The South Bank Show, saying civilisation had lost one of its "greatest champions". (more)

'Casualty' heading to new BBC Wales centre
From Digital Spy - Digital TV. Posted January 18 2010, 1.28pm
BBC Wales unveils plans to create a production centre to house dramas such as Casualty, Doctor Who. (more)

BBC Cymru Wales confirms plans for drama centre
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted January 18 2010, 11.45am
BBC Cymru Wales has confirmed that construction on a new drama production centre will start within months if planning consent is granted. (more)

Radio review
From Media Guardian. Posted December 22 2009, 12.05am
Rodhri Morgan's nonchalance is rather charming - even Tony Blair had to make his own tea when he came to stayAndrew Marr came straight to the point on Start the Week (Radio 4). (more)

Real Radio Wales wins big
From Radio Today. Posted December 15 2009, 10.46am
Real Radio Wales has been voted ‘GMG Radio Station of The Year 2009’ at the annual GMG Radio Awards in Manchester. The station beat stiff competition from GMG Radio’s other 12 stations across the UK and Scotland include Smooth Radio, Rock Radio and other Real Radio brands. (more)

IFNCs: Trinity Mirror Amongst Five Expected Wales Bidders
From paidContent:UK. Posted December 12 2009, 12.10pm
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IFNCs: Trinity Mirror Amongst Five Expected Wales Bidders
From paidContent:UK. Posted December 11 2009, 1.20pm
Trinity Mirror (LSE: TNI) has declared its intention to bid for public money that will support an independently-funded news consortium (IFNC) in Wales. (more)

UTV moves for ITV Wales news pilot
From Digital Spy - Broadcasting. Posted December 9 2009, 2.42pm
ITV Northern Ireland franchisee UTV submits a bid for the government's regional news pilot in Wales. (more)

UTV bids for ITV Wales news pilot
From Media Guardian. Posted December 9 2009, 7.08am
Broadcaster teams up with publisher NWN Media to propose multiplatform local news serviceUTV, the Northern Ireland ITV franchise holder, is to bid to run a replacement ITV news pilot in Wales. (more)

I'm a Celebrity contestants face animal cruelty charges over rat
From Media Guardian. Posted December 6 2009, 9.52am
Winner Gino D'Acampo and his fellow competitor Stuart Manning 'killed, cooked and ate rat' on ITV showGino D'Acampo, the winner of I'm a Celebrity ... (more)

Paradox, Gavin & Stacey, This World: an Iranian Martyr, Gracie! and Cast Offs | TV reviews
From Media Guardian. Posted November 29 2009, 12.07am
The BBC's new time-shift thriller is criminally daft, while Wales trumps Essex in Gavin & StaceyThe clue was probably in the title, but even by the yardstick of plausibility cheerfully ignored by most popular TV sci-fi, the BBC's new five-part series Paradox hit new heights of trying one's patience. (more)

History in the making: British Museum objects to tell tale of humankind
From Media Guardian. Posted November 25 2009, 7.17pm
Nearly four years in the planning, Radio 4 series A History of the World in 100 Objects aims to get more people into museumsThe British Museum and the BBC today announced what they called an unprecedented partnership for a project that cannot be said... (more)

Nation flies different flag
From Radio Today. Posted November 18 2009, 11.17am
Town and Country Broadcasting has placed a request with media regulator Ofcom for a Format change for its Nation Radio station is South Wales, the frequency used to be home to Xfm. (more)

Row looms over free-to-air shakeup for TV sport
From Media Guardian. Posted November 8 2009, 10.51pm
• Cricket and football fear impact of radical rethink• Wimbledon, Welsh rugby and Ashes on new A-listThe most radical shakeup of sports broadcasting rights for more than a decade will trigger a backlash from sports governing bodies this w... (more)

South Wales journalists vote for strike action
From Hold the Front Page. Posted October 15 2009, 7.50pm
NUJ vows to fight compulsory redundancies... (more)

Media Wales journalists vote for strike
From Press Gazette. Posted October 15 2009, 2.21pm
Journalists on Trinity Mirror's Media Wales titles have balloted in favour of strike action over plans to make 13 journalists redundant. (more)

South Wales journalists vote for strike action
From Hold the Front Page. Posted October 15 2009, 2.00pm
NUJ vows to fight compulsory redundancies... (more)

Trinity Mirror Wales staff in strike ballot
From Media Guardian. Posted September 25 2009, 11.56am
NUJ members at Trinity Mirror subsidiary Media Wales to ballot over job cuts without no compulsory redundancy promiseMembers of the National Union of Journalists at the Trinity Mirror subsidiary Media Wales will hold a strike ballot after the company... (more)

Update on cuts at Trinity Mirror’s Media Wales – 15 (.2) jobs at risk
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 25 2009, 11.03am
Yesterday we reported how 13.2 jobs could go at Media Wales, subsidary of Trinity Mirror which publishes The Western Mail, The South Wales Echo, Wales on Sunday and the Celtic series of weekly papers. (more)

More Trinity Mirror cuts: three North West and North Wales weeklies closed
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 22 2009, 4.31pm
Trinity Mirror today confirmed the closure of three weekly titles in the North West and North Wales. The Wrexham Chronicle, the Mid-Cheshire Chronicle and the Whitchurch Herald will all publish their last editions the week commencing September 28. (more)

Sally Oldham to head Global Radio Cardiff station
From Media Guardian. Posted August 18 2009, 8.48am
Sally Oldham to head Red Dragon station in Cardiff with task of 'strengthening Global Radio's position in South Wales'Global Radio has put the former Capital and Local Radio Company executive Sally Oldham in charge of its Cardiff station, Red Dragon. (more)

BBC 'pays £100,000' to settle dismissal claim with radio host
From Media Guardian. Posted August 12 2009, 2.53pm
The BBC has reportedly paid about £100,000 to former Radio 4 presenter Richard Evans after his contract was terminatedThe BBC has reportedly paid about £100,000 to a former BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live presenter to settle an unfair dismissal claim. (more)

Nearly 30 jobs to go at West and Wales titles
From Hold the Front Page. Posted July 15 2009, 7.40am
New production hubs to go ahead in September... (more)

Nearly 30 jobs to go at West and Wales titles
From Hold the Front Page. Posted July 15 2009, 5.20am
New production hubs to go ahead in September... (more)

Sport on TV: No rare bit of success in Wales as pie-throwers are butchered
From The Independent. Posted July 11 2009, 11.00pm
What with Katherine Jenkins' warbling, David Lloyd's twittering and the Aussies' chirruping, all the Ashes needs now is Dickie Bird. (more)

Radio review
From Media Guardian. Posted May 14 2009, 10.01pm
Dipping into lists of available podcasts is a rewarding pastime. There's always something bewitchingly specific to sample, and Cast On (cast-on.com) is no exception. It's a knitting podcast, in its eighth series, presented from Wales by American knitter Brenda Dayre. (more)

BBC wields axe over South Wales newspaper
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 13 2009, 6.00am
Editor "can't believe" paper has been dumped... (more)

BBC wields axe over South Wales newspaper
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 13 2009, 4.50am
Editor "can't believe" paper has been dumped... (more)

Up to 30 more cuts at Global
From Media Guardian. Posted May 1 2009, 1.41pm
Staff at Xfm and Gold set to be hit hardest by job losses for backroom staff at Global Radio stationsGlobal Radio has implemented a further round of job cuts, with the axe understood to have hit hardest at the group's Xfm and Gold network of stations. (more)

UTV closes Welsh station Valleys Radio
From Media Guardian. Posted April 30 2009, 2.59pm
TalkSport parent company UTV axes its second station in less than six monthsTalkSport parent company UTV today axed its second station in less than six months with the closure of south Wales service Valleys Radio. (more)

Rhys and Eggsy Chained to Afan
From Radio Today. Posted April 28 2009, 4.12pm
A South Wales community radio station has signed two former Xfm presenters for a Friday afternoon show. (more)

Nine more Hearts makes 33
From Radio Today. Posted April 27 2009, 11.52pm
Nine more radio stations will be re-branded as Heart on June 22nd, including the former Marcher Group stations in North Wales and North West England. (more)

Dozens complain to BBC after historian brands Scotland, Wales and Ireland 'feeble little countries'
From Daily Mail. Posted April 24 2009, 1.10pm
Dozens complain to BBC after historian brands Scotland, Wales and Ireland 'feeble little countries'... (more)

Alex Zane to leave Xfm
From Media Guardian. Posted April 21 2009, 11.36am
High-profile DJ Alex Zane to leave Global Radio station Xfm to be replaced by Ian CamfieldAlex Zane, the Xfm breakfast DJ, is leaving the Global Radio station, to be replaced by afternoon presenter Ian Camfield. (more)

Actor in BBC Wales drama found hanged
From Media Guardian. Posted April 20 2009, 8.35am
Actor Stephanie Parker found dead two days after final episode of TV series Belonging was broadcastA young actor has been found hanged just two days after the long running BBC drama series in which she appeared ended. (more)

UTV warns it may close Valleys Radio
From Media Guardian. Posted March 23 2009, 6.54am
TalkSport parent UTV has said it will close its south Wales station Valleys Radio unless it can find a buyer in the next four weeks after media regulator Ofcom refused it permission to relocate. (more)

Changing channels
From Media Guardian. Posted March 21 2009, 12.01am
The BBC is banking on a new kind of audience as it returns to the paddock after 12 years away"It makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. (more)

UTV to sell or shut Valleys Radio
From Radio Today. Posted March 20 2009, 5.03pm
South Wales mediumwave station Valleys Radio is to be sold or shut-down within the next four weeks if a buyer cannot be found, RadioToday.co.uk can reveal. (more)

New executive editor for North Wales titles
From Hold the Front Page. Posted March 19 2009, 11.00am
Plus: IN&M chief steps down, journalist sworn in as rector – and more news in brief... (more)

New executive editor for North Wales titles
From Hold the Front Page. Posted March 19 2009, 5.10am
Plus: IN&M chief steps down, journalist sworn in as rector – and more news in brief... (more)

North Wales photojournalist Jim Parry dies at 87
From Press Gazette. Posted February 18 2009, 7.37am
Jim Parry, a former photojournalist and TV cameraman who covered most of the major news stories in North Wales for 40 years, has died at the age of 87. (more)

A little bit of Africa pops up in Wales as woman discovers a meerkat in her back garden
From Daily Mail. Posted February 13 2009, 2.09pm
They are more at home on the sun-baked savannah of Southern Africa than in the snow-bound back gardens of North Wales. (more)

Controversial police chief Richard Brunstrom backs claim that Ecstasy is as safe as horse-riding
From Daily Mail. Posted February 11 2009, 12.34am
The North Wales Chief Constable supported the comments by Professor David Nutt about the illegal rave drug after chairing a discussion on the issue on BBC Radio 2. (more)

South Wales weeklies regain their own editors
From Hold the Front Page. Posted February 6 2009, 8.50am
New bosses for Journal and Star after stalwart editor departs... (more)

South Wales weeklies regain their own editors
From Hold the Front Page. Posted February 6 2009, 6.30am
New bosses for Journal and Star after stalwart editor departs... (more)

Radio review: Elisabeth Mahoney on Dad's Police Force
From Media Guardian. Posted January 27 2009, 12.01am
Dad's Police Force (Radio 4) was a lovely, fleeting thing. I could listen to this account of police volunteers in west Wales all day, if it featured regular updates on the latest crime scares gripping small towns and villages there. (more)

Jobs go as Trinity Mirror merges divisions in Wales and north-west
From Media Guardian. Posted January 13 2009, 5.17pm
Trinity Mirror is to merge its Media Wales division with its north-west and north Wales operation - causing two regional managers to lose their jobs.The new division of the regional newspaper publisher will be known as Trinity Mirror North West and Wales. (more)

Trinity Mirror combines Wales and North West divisions
From Press Gazette. Posted January 13 2009, 2.41pm
Trinity Mirror has announced the merger of its South Wales, North Wales and Liverpool divisions - causing two managers to lose their jobs. (more)

Print Round-Up: More Newsquest Cuts: Wiltshire, Wales Affected; Irish-Language Paper Shuts
From paidContent:UK. Posted December 22 2008, 7.50pm
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Alarm concert for Radio Wales
From Radio Today. Posted December 21 2008, 1.40pm
A concert by north Wales rock group The Alarm will be broadcast on BBC Radio Wales, with highlights of the gig available to view via the Internet on demand from the night onwards. (more)

HoldtheFrontPage: Wales weeklies staff cut hours to help save staff
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted December 19 2008, 10.54am
Newsquest was looking for one redundancy from the Milford Mercury and Western Telegraph reporting team. Instead, all four reporters agreed to an equal cut in hours. (more)

Print Round-Up: More Newsquest Cuts: Wiltshire, Wales Affected; Irish-Language Paper Shuts
From paidContent:UK. Posted December 18 2008, 6.53pm
—Newsquest Wiltshire: Gannett's UK division is merging two local newspaper offices, cutting six jobs and inviting two editors to apply for one job, in the latest moves in a broader efficiency push by the unit. (more)

End of an Era for Century
From Radio Today. Posted December 18 2008, 3.37pm
After 15 years in the North East, and a decade in the North West of England, Century Radio is to be re-branded as Real Radio, to match sister stations in Yorkshire, Wales and Scotland. (more)

Ofcom explains North Wales win
From Radio Today. Posted December 17 2008, 10.00pm
Radio regulator Ofcom has explained why the last FM licence in the UK was awarded to GMG, which plans to extend Real Radio South Wales to cover the rest of the country. (more)

New GMG radio station in Wales to offer 24-hour news
From Press Gazette. Posted December 10 2008, 11.22am
The Guardian Media Group has been given the green light to launch its 14th radio station after it won what is likely to be the UK's last-ever FM commercial radio licence. (more)

Jobs to go at West Wales titles claims union
From Hold the Front Page. Posted December 10 2008, 10.00am
Newsquest to shut district office says NUJ... (more)

Jobs to go at West Wales titles claims union
From Hold the Front Page. Posted December 10 2008, 6.30am
Newsquest to shut district office says NUJ... (more)

GMG wins North Wales licence
From Radio Today. Posted December 9 2008, 5.04pm
Ofcom has awarded the final analogue FM licence for the UK to GMG Radio. GMG will extend Real Radio (south Wales) station to the mid and north of the country, providing local breakfast and drivetime programming on weekdays. (more)

Valleys Radio stays put
From Radio Today. Posted December 2 2008, 6.02pm
Media regulator Ofcom has declined UTV’s request to co-locate the Heads of South Wales Valleys station (Valleys Radio) in the Neath/Port Talbot area alongside the proposed site of its sister stations, Swansea Sound and the Wave. (more)

No network ITV1 shows produced in Wales in 2007, report reveals
From Media Guardian. Posted November 24 2008, 7.07am
ITV1 failed to source any network programming from Wales and halved the hours of network shows commissioned from Scotland last year. (more)

Assembly members condemn South Wales job cuts
From Hold the Front Page. Posted November 18 2008, 10.00pm
Media Wales plans branded 'huge blow to democracy'... (more)

Assembly members condemn South Wales job cuts
From Hold the Front Page. Posted November 18 2008, 4.10pm
Media Wales plans branded 'huge blow to democracy'... (more)

Fibre-optic broadband trials to begin in UK next summer
From Media Network Weblog. Posted October 14 2008, 12.50pm
BT has chosen sites in London and South Wales to trial its faster, fibre-optic broadband. The trials in London’s Muswell Hill and Whitchurch in Wales will begin next summer. Once complete they’ll provide customers with headline speeds of up to 40 Megabits per second (Mbps). (more)

Two apply for Wales FM licence
From Radio Today. Posted September 25 2008, 10.57am
Two applications have been received by Ofcom for the FM radio licences for North and Mid Wales, the final FM licences to be made available in the UK. (more)

UTV South Wales co-location investigated by Ofcom
From Paul McNally. Posted September 19 2008, 9.27am
10.30am: Ofcom has launched a public consultation into UTV Radio’s plans to put its three south Wales radio stations under one roof. (more)

Trinity Mirror closes seven local papers in North Wales and north-west England
From Media Guardian. Posted September 9 2008, 9.07am
Trinity Mirror has continued cost-cutting by axing seven local papers and nine offices in north Wales and north-west England. (more)

Sunshine Radio warned over lack of local news
From Paul McNally. Posted September 8 2008, 5.19pm
Sunshine 855 on the border of England and Wales has been issued with a “yellow card” warning by Ofcom, after it was found to be failing to meet its local news requirements. (more)

Journalists' union wins recognition at South Wales titles
From Hold the Front Page. Posted September 8 2008, 4.20pm
'Intensive campaign' sees NUJ win vote at Northcliffe newspapers... (more)

NUJ wins recognition at Northcliffe's South Wales centre after long battle
From Press Gazette. Posted September 7 2008, 11.00pm
The National Union of Journalists has won recognition at South Wales Media, home of the South Wales Post, following a lengthy battle with owner Northcliffe Media. (more)

?Urgent need? for a Welsh IRN
From Paul McNally. Posted August 22 2008, 7.00am
Ofcom’s advisory committee in Wales has called on the regulator to “urgently” look into finding someone to set up a Welsh alternative to news provider IRN. (more)

BBC Wales Today journalist Bob Humphrys dies
From Press Gazette. Posted August 18 2008, 11.00pm
Broadcaster John Humphrys today paid tribute to his brother, sports journalist Bob, who has died. (more)

South Wales stations plan relocation
From Radio Today. Posted August 13 2008, 12.00am
UTV’s South Wales-based stations The Wave, Swansea Sound and Valleys Radio are planning to relocate to a brand new studio complex based at the heart of Swansea in the near future – if industry regulator Ofcom gives the green light. (more)

South Wales weekly closes down
From Hold the Front Page. Posted August 12 2008, 6.10am
Trinity Mirror freesheet ceases production... (more)

Digital switchover for Wales unveiled
From Digital Spy. Posted August 8 2008, 8.49am
The date for digital switchover to begin in Wales is confirmed. (more)

Real drops prizes for petrol
From Radio Today. Posted July 31 2008, 10.32am
Real Radio in Wales has ditched its traditional competition prizes and is instead giving petrol as prizes. (more)

Watch BBC Wales Eisteddfod ad
From Media Guardian. Posted July 30 2008, 2.51pm
Advert for BBC Wales's Eisteddfod coverage featuring Ioan Gruffudd, Matthew Rhys and Gethin Jones... (more)

Video: Watch BBC Wales Eisteddfod ad
From Media Guardian. Posted July 30 2008, 2.51pm
Advert for BBC Wales's Eisteddfod coverage featuring Ioan Gruffudd, Matthew Rhys and Gethin Jones... (more)

South Wales Guardian overturns reporting ban in time for four-page murder special
From Press Gazette. Posted July 29 2008, 11.00pm
A Welsh weekly was the first to report the full story of a local murder after its reporter successfully challenged a judge's order barring reports that counld identify the defendant. (more)

South Wales Guardian overturns reporting ban
From Press Gazette. Posted July 29 2008, 11.00pm
A Welsh weekly was the first to report the full story of a local murder after its reporter successfully challenged a judge's order barring reports that counld identify the defendant. (more)

Gavin & Stacey star Ruth Jones to present BBC Wales radio show
From Media Guardian. Posted July 16 2008, 10.06am
Gavin & Stacey star Ruth Jones is to present her own weekend show on BBC Radio Wales from October. (more)

BAFTA star hosts national show
From Radio Today. Posted July 16 2008, 9.13am
Gavin and Stacey star Ruth Jones is set to present her own show on BBC Radio Wales this autumn. (more)

New FM licence for Wales
From Radio Today. Posted June 27 2008, 9.33am
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)

MuxCo win North Wales DAB
From Radio Today. Posted June 24 2008, 11.50am
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)

Real Radio Wales relaunches on satellite
From Digital Spy. Posted June 23 2008, 3.02pm
Real Radio Wales relaunches on satellite after two years. (more)

Real Wales returns to Sky
From Radio Today. Posted June 23 2008, 11.25am
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, 1.50pm
Trinity Mirror changes name to 'reflect digital ambitions'... (more)

Trinity Mirror Wales site renamed WalesOnline
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 16 2008, 7.58am
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. (more)

South Wales Argus’ ‘name and shame’ audio campaign
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 12 2008, 10.11am
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. (more)

XFM South Wales sold
From Radio Today. Posted May 30 2008, 11.56am
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, 10.30am
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. (more)

MuxCo applies for North Wales
From Radio Today. Posted May 22 2008, 10.22am
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, 7.20am
Plus - new deal for JobSite, Chronicle publisher's latest book, and more news in brief... (more)

Union presses on with recognition bid at Wales titles
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 16 2008, 6.30am
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, 7.01am
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 14 2008, 11.00pm
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, 12.37pm
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)

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. (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)

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)

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)

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. (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. (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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

South Wales Echo editor resigns
From Press Gazette. Posted October 16 2007, 11.00pm
South Wales Echo editor Richard Williams has left the paper. (more)

Terry Wogan is Ultimate Icon
From Radio Today. Posted October 2 2007, 7.51am
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)

South Wales title launches web initiative in bid to stop hoax callers
From Hold the Front Page. Posted September 26 2007, 11.00pm
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, 7.11am
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, 7.10am
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, 12.00am
GCap will launch the latest station in its Xfm music network in south Wales on November 29. By John Plunkett. (more)

Ofcom awards new local digital radio licences
From Brand Republic. Posted September 7 2007, 2.05pm
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, 4.54pm
Muxco has hired former GCap corporate development executive Matt Deegan to the newly created role of creative director. (more)

Double multiplex win for MuxCo
From Radio Today. Posted September 6 2007, 4.05pm
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. (more)

Ofcom awards new local digital radio multiplex licence for Northeast Wales and West Cheshire
From Ofcom. Posted September 6 2007, 3.00pm
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 5 2007, 11.00pm
Welsh winger to pen exclusive World Cup diary for his local paper... (more)

ESPN STAR Sports clinches England cricket
From Biz Asia. Posted August 31 2007, 8.17am
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 ... (more)

Eagle flies the Diana flag
From Radio Today. Posted August 30 2007, 8.52am
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. (more)

Presenter Changes on Wales Today
From Merry Media. Posted August 29 2007, 11.24pm
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, 10.41am
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 E... (more)

UCB pulls out of Now bid
From Radio Today. Posted August 22 2007, 11.49am
UCB has pulled out of committing to providing a service on the proposed local multiplex licence for North East Wales and West Cheshire. (more)

Daily Post credited with forging key links between Wales and Liverpool
From Hold the Front Page. Posted August 20 2007, 11.00pm
"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, 11.34am
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, 1.31pm
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, 11.14am
Ofcom is inviting applications for community radio stations in north Wales and the north west of England. (more)

BBC Radio Wales New Schedule
From Merry Media. Posted July 17 2007, 2.10pm
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, 9.04am
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, 2.00am
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. (more)

Xfm to launch within months
From Radio Today. Posted July 8 2007, 9.39am
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, 2.51pm
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, 10.55am
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 19 2007, 11.00pm
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, 9.19am
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)

South Wales Evening Post in court over 'sex attack' headline mistake
From Press Gazette. Posted May 31 2007, 11.00pm
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 May 31 2007, 11.00pm
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, 8.50am
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, 3.08pm
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, 12.54pm
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, 7.12am
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, 3.49pm
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. (more)

XFM Awarded South Wales Licence
From Merry Media. Posted May 9 2007, 12.02am
XFM South Wales has been awarded the FM local commercial radio licence for South Wales.. (more)

Xfm wins south Wales radio licence
From Media Guardian. Posted May 8 2007, 12.00am
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, 7.00am
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, 3.20pm
Tina Fletcher leader of the BBCs recent YouTube deal is joining BBC Wales as Creative Director Music TV. (more)

GCap creates Welsh division
From Radio Today. Posted April 2 2007, 8.08am
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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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. (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. (more)

Motorcycle clip a web first for North Wales Newspapers
From Press Gazette. Posted October 25 2006, 7.00am
8am: Four North Wales Newspapers titles have carried video on their websites for the first time. (more)

BBC Radio Cymru Drop Daily Soap
From Merry Media. Posted October 4 2006, 10.49am
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, 1.40pm
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, 1.09pm
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, 11.00am
Ofcom is considering advertising up to two new FM commercial radio licences for coverage of most of North and Mid Wales next year, subject to gaining international agreement for the use of the required frequencies. (more)

South Wales FM licence advertised
From Radio Today. Posted September 12 2006, 11.00am
Ofcom has today advertised a new FM local commercial radio licence to cover South Wales. (more)

Trio of Welsh stations ends FM licence sale
From Media Guardian. Posted September 12 2006, 12.00am
1pm: Ofcom today announced that three new stations in Wales will complete its sale of new FM licences. By Julia Day. (more)

The new sound of KISS
From Radio Today. Posted September 6 2006, 6.15am
Kiss 101 (South Wales and the West) and Kiss 105-108 in (East Anglia) have launched this morning at 7am. At the same time, the new sound of Kiss 100 in London has arrived. The first song played on all three stations was Promiscuous, an R&B/Hip Hop song performed by Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland. (more)

BBC Radio Wales Sign Rhod Gilbert
From Merry Media. Posted September 1 2006, 4.09pm
Wales fastest-rising comedian, Rhod Gilbert, has been signed up by BBC Radio Wales to host a live weekly Saturday morning radio show. (more)

Tindle Radio sells Bridge FM
From Radio Today. Posted August 21 2006, 5.45pm
Bridgend station 106.3 Bridge FM has been sold by Tindle Radio Group to Town and Country Broadcasting. The South Wales station joins Radios Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire, plus Scarlet FM which are also fully owned by Town and Country. (more)

Keri leaves Town and Country
From Radio Today. Posted August 21 2006, 5.45pm
Keri Jones, the force behind Radios Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire is leaving the business he founded five years ago to concentrate on a new role as consultant to both BBC and small market commercial services and to run his own community radio service. (more)

Jones Leaves Radio Pembrokeshire & Carmarthenshire
From Merry Media. Posted August 21 2006, 2.03pm
Keri Jones, the force behind Radio Pembrokeshire and Radio Carmarthenshire is leaving the award winning business he found five years ago to concentrate on a new role as consultant to both the BBC and small market commercial services and to run his own community radio service. (more)

Ofcom updates licence timetable
From Radio Today. Posted August 2 2006, 9.30am
Ofcom has updated its planned timetable for the advertisement of new analogue local commercial radio licences. (more)

LBC to replace DNN on DAB
From Radio Today. Posted July 28 2006, 6.00pm
London talk station LBC is set to replace the Digital News Network (DNN) on DAB regional multiplexes operated by MXR - in the North West, West Midlands, Yorkshire, the North East, South Wales and the West, from the beginning of September. (more)

London?s LBC Radio to go quasi-national on DAB
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 28 2006, 4.34pm
London commercial talk radio station LBC 97.3 FM will expand its terrestrial coverage from early September when it begins broadcasting to a number of other regions in the UK on DAB. (more)

New sponsor for Wales Drivetime
From Radio Today. Posted July 24 2006, 12.45pm
Real Radio Wales have signed a one year deal with Sainsbury’s to sponsor the Drivetime show. Starting today, the sponsorship will run in Steve Wiggins (Wiggy’s) show, which broadcasts live from 2pm to 6pm weekdays and attracts 211,000 adult listeners every week. (more)

Ofcom announces Digital plans
From Radio Today. Posted July 18 2006, 1.30pm
Ofcom expect to advertise the second national digital radio multiplex licence by the end of the year - they have announced today. The licence will enable DAB transmissions across most of the UK. (more)

New appointments at UTV Radio
From Radio Today. Posted July 15 2006, 10.45am
UTV Radio has bolstered the programme management team for its local stations in England, Scotland and Wales with a number of external appointments and internal promotions. (more)

South Wales claims victory against merged police force
From Press Gazette. Posted July 14 2006, 3.40pm
The South Wales Argus has claimed a campaign victory after four Welsh police forces scrapped plans to merge in to a "superforce". (more)

Record position for BBC Wales
From Radio Today. Posted July 11 2006, 12.15pm
Following the recent BBC Wales Annual Review 2005 to 2006, it has been anounced that BBC Wales is now in its strongest position ever in its 83-year history. The results have been put down to a year of evolution, commitment, new collaborations and engagement with audiences. (more)

Myers pleased with Real awards
From Radio Today. Posted July 3 2006, 9.45am
As reported on Friday, GMG Radio picked up a total of four awards at the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards, which recognises industry excellence in all aspects of radio from production to presenting. (more)

Ofcom add South Wales to list
From Radio Today. Posted May 5 2006, 9.30am
Ofcom have updated their list of future licences to be advertised. The only change is the addition of South Wales where another regional licence is on offer. Using two FM frequencies, the new licence should cover the area inbetween, and including Cardiff and Swansea. (more)

Obituary: June Knox-Mawer
From Media Guardian. Posted May 2 2006, 11.56pm
Obituary: A radio voice for Wales and Woman's Hour. (more)

Heart Breakfast goes national
From Radio Today. Posted April 23 2006, 4.45am
One year on since the Jamie Theakston breakfast show went live, it is now broadcast nationally on DAB. The show went live on the 18th April and is delivered via five digital Heart regions which include Central Scotland, North East, North West, Yorkshire, and South Wales & the West. (more)

100th turn-on for Digital One
From Radio Today. Posted April 21 2006, 1.30pm
The world's largest DAB digital radio network, operated by Digital One, turned on its 100th transmitter at Preseli in southwest Wales today. The Preseli transmitter brings national commercial DAB digital radio coverage to more than 140,000 people in the area. (more)

Elvis Documentary for Radio Wales
From Merry Media. Posted April 14 2006, 5.32pm
A new two-part BBC Radio Wales documentary on the life of Elvis Presley manager, Colonel Tom Parker, leads listeners to some unexpected places. 'The King & I: The Colonel Parker Story' is presented by Welsh actor, comedian and Elvis fan Rob Brydon.. (more)

BBC Wales to Lead First Religious Podcast
From Merry Media. Posted April 12 2006, 9.24pm
An award winning series from BBC Radio Wales has helped BBC Religious programmes to take a step into the new world of 'podcasting'. 'Podcasts' are radio programmes that can be downloaded automatically via the internet from anywhere in the world and listened to via mp3 players. . (more)

Wales: Closure threat to community radio
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 8 2006, 2.14pm
The first community radio station to be set up in Wales is under threat after an assembly government grant of £80,000 was refused. GTFM, which was set up in Pontypridd in 2002, was the first radio station in Wales to be supported by the UK Government, with EU backing. (more)

GCap calls off local radio sale
From Media Guardian. Posted March 24 2006, 9.55am
9.30am update: Radio group GCap Media today abandoned the sale of nine local stations in north Wales and the south-west of England and admitted to plunging revenues. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Great results for BBC Wales
From Radio Today. Posted February 3 2006, 1.05am
According to the official Rajar figures released today, the number of people listening to BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru has risen yet again. (more)

Cumbria and Wales switched on
From Radio Today. Posted December 19 2005, 8.27am
Digital One, the national commercial digital radio multiplex operator, has switched on two new transmitters, in Kendal and Blaenplwyf. The Kendal transmitter brings national commercial DAB digital radio coverage to more than 142,944 people in Kendal and the southern Lake District. (more)

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