Bridge FM (Wales)

Bridge FM
Bridgend

Broadcast area	Bridgend 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.

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]

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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.

The very first Bridge FM logo used between 2000 and 2003
The second Bridge FM logo used between 2003 and 2006
The third Bridge FM logo used between 2006 and 2015

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.

References

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

External links

Official website

Radio stations in South Wales

AM stations

BBC Radio Wales 882
BBC Radio 5 Live 909
Talksport 1089

FM stations

BBC Radio 2 89.5, 89.9
BBC Radio 3 91.7, 92.1
BBC Radio 4 94.3, 94.6
Hits Radio South Wales 96.4
BBC Radio Cymru 96.8, 104.2
Radio Carmarthenshire 97.1
BGfm 97.3
Bro Radio 98.1, 98.4, 100.2, 106.1
Radio Cardiff 98.7
BBC Radio 1 99.1, 99.5
Classic FM 101.3, 101.7
Swansea Bay Radio 102.1
Radio Pembrokeshire 102.5
Capital 103.2, 97.4
BBC Radio Wales 103.9, 93.9
Heart 105.4
Rhondda Radio 106.1, 97.5
Bridge FM 106.3
Radio Tircoed 106.5
Nation Radio 106.8, 107.3
GTFM 107.9

DAB

Bauer Swansea	Absolute Classic Rock Absolute Radio Country BBC Radio Cymru BBC Radio Cymru 2 BBC Radio Wales Greatest Hits Radio South Wales Heart South Wales Hits Radio South Wales Hits Radio Pride Magic Chilled Magic at the Musicals Magic Soul
MuxCo Mid & West Wales (including Swansea)	BBC Radio Cymru BBC Radio Cymru 2 BBC Radio Wales Dragon Radio Heart South Wales Nation Radio Nation 80s Nation Hits Radio Carmarthenshire Radio Pembrokeshire Swansea Bay Radio
NOW South East Wales (including Cardiff)	BBC Radio Cymru BBC Radio Cymru 2 BBC Radio Wales Capital South Wales Dragon Radio Greatest Hits Radio Heart South Wales Hits Radio South Wales Nation Radio Nation 80s Smooth Radio
Cardiff small-scale	Aspen Waite Radio Gaydio Great British Radio Marefa Radio Nation 80s Radio Cardiff Tomorrowland OWR Voice of Islam XL:UK Radio

Former

National network FM frequencies are given for main transmitters covering Cardiff and Swansea. Other relay frequencies may exist in other areas.

See also: List of radio stations in the United Kingdom

v t e Nation Broadcasting
Radio	Swansea Bay Radio Bridge FM Nation Radio Wales Radio Carmarthenshire Radio Pembrokeshire Nation Radio UK Nation Radio Scotland Dragon Radio Wales Nation Radio North East Easy Radio South Coast Nation Radio South Coast Nation Radio East Yorkshire Nation Radio Suffolk
Former	Radio Ceredigion Scarlet FM Your Radio

v t e Radio in Wales
BBC Cymru Wales national stations	BBC Radio Cymru Cymru 2 BBC Radio Wales
Regional commercial stations	Gold Heart North and Mid Wales Heart South Wales Kiss Nation Radio Wales
Local commercial stations	Hits Radio South Wales Radio Pembrokeshire Bridge FM Capital Cymru Capital North West & Wales Capital South Wales Swansea Bay Radio Radio Carmarthenshire Smooth Wales Sunshine Radio Greatest Hits Radio South Wales
Community, charity & non-profit stations	Bro Radio Calon FM GTFM Môn FM Newport City Radio Radio Cardiff Radio City 1386AM Radio Tircoed Sound Radio
Student stations	Bay Radio (Aberystwyth) Radio Noize Storm FM Tequila Radio Xpress Radio Xtreme Radio
Defunct local stations	BRfm Heart Cheshire and North East Wales Heart North Wales Coast Point FM Radio Ceredigion Radio Hafren Radio Maldwyn Tudno FM Valleys Radio XS
Welsh DAB multiplexes	Cardiff and Newport Mid and West Wales North Wales Severn Estuary Swansea SW Wales
UK national BBC services	BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 5 Live
UK national commercial services	Absolute Radio Classic FM Talksport
UK national DAB multiplexes	BBC National DAB Digital One Sound Digital
See also List of radio stations in the United Kingdom Portals: Radio Wales

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