List of Welsh-language television channels

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This is a list of television channels that broadcast in Welsh language.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">S4C</span> Welsh-language public-service television channel

S4C is a Welsh language free-to-air public broadcast television channel. Launched on 1 November 1982, it was the first television channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh-speaking audience. S4C's headquarters are based in Carmarthen, at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David's creative and digital centre, Yr Egin. It also has regional offices in Caernarfon and Cardiff. As of 2019–20, S4C had an average of 101 employees. S4C is the fourth-oldest terrestrial television channel in Wales after BBC One, ITV and BBC Two.

S4C Dau was a free-to-air British television station owned by S4C which, until 2010, broadcast coverage of the National Assembly for Wales at the Senedd. It was also used for extended coverage of events shown on the main S4C service, such as the National Eisteddfod of Wales and Royal Welsh Show.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">BBC Cymru Wales</span> Division of the BBC for Wales

BBC Cymru Wales is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Wales.

<i>Wales at Six</i> Welsh national television news programme

ITV News Wales at Six is the evening news programme broadcast and produced by ITV Cymru Wales.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Planed Plant</span> Welsh-language childrens programme strand

Planed Plant was a strand of Welsh-language television programming for children broadcast by S4C. It first aired on 1 November 1982.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Media of Wales</span> Overview of mass media in Wales

The media in Wales provide services in both English and Welsh, and play a role in modern Welsh culture. BBC Wales began broadcasting in 1923 have helped to promote a form of standardised spoken Welsh, and one historian has argued that the concept of Wales as a single national entity owes much to modern broadcasting. The national broadcasters are based in the capital, Cardiff.

ITV Schools was the educational television service set up in 1957 by the Independent Television Authority, broadcasting learning programmes for children ages 5 to 18 across ITV-affiliated stations. It was an example of public service broadcasting on a commercial television network.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Television in Wales</span>

Television in Wales began in 1952. Initially, all programmes were in English with occasional Welsh language programmes. In 1982 Welsh language channel S4C was launched. The digital switchover happened in 2009-2010 and S4C became an exclusively Welsh language channel.

In the United Kingdom, continuity announcers are people who are employed to introduce programmes on radio and television networks, to promote forthcoming programmes on the station, to cross-promote programmes on the broadcaster's other stations where applicable and, sometimes, to provide information relating to the programme just broadcast.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cyw</span> Welsh television block for children, broadcast on S4C

Cyw is the name of a Welsh-language children's television block from S4C, which launched on 23 June 2008.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Radio in Wales</span>

Radio Broadcasting in Wales began in 1923 with the inauguration of the British Broadcasting Corporation's (BBC) station at Cardiff. Radio broadcasting has been a prime source of news and entertainment for the population of Wales since that date. As well as the public service provided by the BBC, Wales has private regional and national services producing programmes in both the Welsh and English languages; though the provision of Welsh language radio has been historically inconsistent and politically divisive.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">ITV Wales & West</span> Former ITV franchise area in the United Kingdom

ITV Wales and West, previously known as Harlech Television (HTV), was an ITV franchise area in the United Kingdom until 31 December 2013, licensed to a broadcaster by the regulator Ofcom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stwnsh</span> Welsh childrens television strand

Stwnsh is a strand of Welsh-language children's television programming, aimed at children between the ages of seven and thirteen. Stwnsh was launched on Monday 26 April 2010, replacing the former Welsh-language children's strand, Planed Plant. Stwnsh is broadcast on the Welsh-language television channel S4C every weekday, from 4:00pm to 6:00pm, and on Saturdays from 9:00am to 11:00am.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Radio City 1386AM</span> Radio station

Radio City 1386AM - The Swansea Bay University Health Board's Radio Service is the Hospital Radio service based in Singleton Hospital, Swansea.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">North Wales TV</span> British local TV channel

Local TV North Wales is a British local television station serving Mold, Denbigh, Ruthin and surrounding areas. The station is owned and operated by Local Television Limited and forms part of a group of eight Local TV channels.

This is a timeline of the history of ITV in Wales, including the current service ITV Cymru Wales. It does not include events that affect the whole UK network.

This is a timeline of the history of television in Wales. It does not include events that affect the whole UK.

This is a timeline of the history of S4C, originally the fourth-oldest terrestrial television channel in Wales. Until 2010 it carried a mixture of Welsh language programmes and programmes from Channel 4 which was not broadcast on analogue TV in Wales. In 2010, Channel 4 became available in Wales on all platforms and S4C became a Welsh-language-only channel.