Media in Wales
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- See also: Media in Cardiff
The media in Wales is quite varied with there being services for people in both English and Welsh.
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[edit] Broadcasting
[edit] Television
BBC Wales is based in Llandaff, Cardiff and provides two television stations for Wales, BBC One Wales and BBC 2W. It produces current affairs, news, sport and drama and documentary specifically for the Welsh audience. In particular BBC 2W allocates 8.30pm to 10pm each weeknight to Wales-based soap operas such as ‘Belonging’, documentaries and a news and sports bulletin.
ITV Wales is based in Culverhouse Cross, Cardiff and produces regional news and politics programmes such as ‘Wales Tonight’ and the weekly Welsh politics show ‘Waterfront’. The majority of ITV Wales programming is the same that is transmitted nationally.
S4C is the main Welsh language station serving Wales and has its studios in Llanishen, Cardiff. It produces current affairs, news and sport, as well as cultural, comedy and documentary for the Welsh speaking audience. Shows include Newyddion the daily news bulletin and the popular Pobol y Cwm soap opera. On terrestrial television it takes the place of Channel 4 for the 4th slot and it shares some of its programming with Channel 4, but its digital counterpart S4C Digidol is broadcast entirely in Welsh.
[edit] Radio
The BBC produces two national radio stations, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru, which provides the Welsh language service. There are also a number of independent radio stations throughout the country which broadcast in both Welsh and English. The main commercial radio stations serving South Wales are the Cardiff-based Xfm South Wales and Red Dragon FM.
[edit] Print
[edit] Newspapers
Unlike the other constituent countries of the UK, Wales has few national newspapers. The only Wales-based national newspaper is the Western Mail which is produced by Trinity Mirror. It's Sunday counterpart is the Wales on Sunday tabloid.
Wales on Sunday is a personality and sports driven newspaper which has won a wide selection of awards. It is generally regarded as the pre-eminent sports newspaper of Wales and it clearly takes advantage of the national obsession with rugby.
Indeed, when Wales won the Grand Slam in 2005 the paper almost doubled its sale.
In the past Wales on Sunday was obsessed with Welsh celebrity stories and was accused of being too fluffy, however, in recent years it has repositioned itself, introducing more news and "real life" content. It is now generally regarded as Wales' best newspaper.
Most UK newspapers do not produce regional copies of their papers for the Welsh audience, although up until 2003 The Mirror was branded as the Welsh Daily Mirror.
Local newspapers are somewhat more varied with the most popular being the Cardiff-based South Wales Echo and the South Wales Evening Post which is produced in Swansea. The Daily Post of North Wales is popular in the north of the country. The Evening Leader is the main evening newspaper for the North-East Wales area and is published by North Wales Newspapers. A Welsh language daily newspaper Y Byd is planned for launch in Spring 2007.
[edit] Zines
There are a large number of specialist zines produced in Wales, including 'Gagged!' the south wales anarchist newsletter, 'The Free Flyer' the free paper for "Brecon, Builth, Crickhowell, Hay, Llandovery, Llandrindod, Llanwrtyd, Talgarth and Rhayder", The 'Cambrian snooze' newsletter in Aberystwyth.
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[edit] See also
- S4C - 'Sianel Pedwar Cymru'
- BBC 2W
- Welsh topics
- Welsh language
- Television
- Mass media
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