Radio Cardiff

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Radio Cardiff
City of license	Butetown, Cardiff, Wales, UK^[1]
Broadcast area	Cardiff
Frequency	98.7 MHz^[1]
First air date	2007^[1]
Format	Community radio Music of Black Origin
Class	Community^[1]
Owner
Webcast	radiocardiff
Website	www.radiocardiff.org

Radio Cardiff (98.7 FM) is a community radio station serving the City of Cardiff, Capital of Wales in the UK. It broadcasts locally on 98.7 FM and via live streaming on the Internet.

The station has a MOBO (Music Of Black Origin) music policy, and features reggae; soul; funk; jazz; soca; calypso; hip-hop; R&B; house music etc. It also carries local news bulletins, and a daily interview programme broadcast on weekday lunchtimes featuring community news and information.

Radio Cardiff 98.7 FM began live broadcasting on Monday 8 October 2007. It is part-funded by Communities First and the European Union Social Fund (ESF Objective 3), and is initially broadcasting on an initial 5 year licence.^[2]

The formal opening of the studios in Butetown, Cardiff was held on 25 October 2007 in an event attended by Rt. Hon. Rhodri Morgan AM (First Minister of the Welsh Assembly Government)^[3] and Rodney Berman (Leader of Cardiff County Council).

The station's mission statement is “to deliver a diverse range of music with shows that break the mould of traditional radio”.

Radio Cardiff is also developing a programme of training and development in the medium of radio.^[4]