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This is an archive of news about 97.1 Radio Carmarthenshire. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

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)

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)

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)

Great debut for Town & Country
From Radio Today. Posted February 1 2007, 7.26am
Town and Country Broadcasting stations 97.1 Radio Carmarthenshire and 97.5 Scarlet FM have reported their first set of audience figures. With 34,000 listeners and a 28% weekly audience reach between them, the stations have more listeners than any other service in the county. (more)

Tindle Radio sells Bridge FM
From Radio Today. Posted August 21 2006, 6.45pm
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. The purchase of Bridge FM, along with the recently won new licence for Swansea will give the growing company five stations around South Wales. It is owned by former Virgin Radio and Wireless Group boss Jason Bryant. The former station director for Swansea Sound, Esther Morton, will become the new regional managing director for the group. (more)

Keri leaves Town and Country
From Radio Today. Posted August 21 2006, 6.45pm
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. The news comes as Town and Country Broadcasting take full control of the station, purchasing shares from Keri and other local shareholders. Radio Pembrokeshire has been acknowledged as one of the UK’s most successful radio stations. Profitable from day one, the West Wales service has achieved record breaking RAJAR audience figures for nine successive ratings periods and regularly delivers around 40% share. Keri’s stations’ ratings and commercial successes have been recognised with a Sony nomination and the Arquiva Station of the year award for an unprecedented two years-in-a-row. (more)

Jones Leaves Radio Pembrokeshire & Carmarthenshire
From Merry Media. Posted August 21 2006, 3.03pm
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. Radio Pembrokeshire has been acknowledged as one of the UK's most successful radio stations. Profitable from day one, the West Wales service has achieved record breaking RAJAR audience figures for nine successive ratings periods and regularly has a share of 40%.. (more)