Bridge FM (Wales)

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Bridge FM
Bridge fm logo.png
  • Bridgend
Broadcast areaBridgend County
Vale of Glamorgan
Frequency FM: 106.3 MHz
RDS BRIDGEFM
Programming
Format Hot AC
Ownership
Owner Nation Broadcasting
History
First air date
1 May 2000 (23 years ago)
Links
Website bridgefm.wales

Bridge FM is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to Bridgend County Borough and the surrounding areas. It is owned and operated by Nation Broadcasting and broadcasts on 106.3 FM from studios at the St Hilary transmitter in the Vale of Glamorgan.

Contents

The station plays chart music from the 1980s to the present day, alongside local news, travel and community information.

As of March 2024, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 19,000, according to RAJAR. [1]

Overview

Bridge FM was formerly owned by Tindle Radio but sold to Town and Country Broadcasting (now Nation Broadcasting) in 2006, becoming the company's fifth local radio station.

Programming

Bridge FM's output is produced and broadcast from Nation Broadcasting's St Hilary studios broadcasting on FM, DAB and Online. [2] Most programming and presenters is shared with sister stations Radio Pembrokeshire, Bridge FM and Radio Carmarthenshire. [3]

Presenter-led shows air from 6am - 7pm on weekdays, 8am - 6pm on Saturdays and 8am - 9pm on Sundays. Including Lee Jukes who presents the weekday breakfast programme between 6am-10am. [4] [5] [6]

News

Local news bulletins air hourly from 6am - 7pm on weekdays and 7am - 1pm at weekends with headlines on the half-hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime. [7]

National news bulletins from Sky News Radio air hourly at other times.

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References

  1. ↑ "RAJAR".
  2. ↑ "Bridge FM to join DAB in Cardiff and Newport". RadioToday. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  3. ↑ Bridge FM public file
  4. ↑ "Lee Jukes". media.info. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  5. ↑ Quartermaine, Ben (22 January 2016). "Schedule". Bridge FM Radio. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "Nation Hits on the move to Bridgend". RadioToday. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  7. ↑ Bridge FM public file

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