Bro Radio

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Bro Radio
City of license	Barry
Broadcast area	Barry and surrounding areas
Slogan	The Voice of the Vale
Frequency	98.1 MHz, Online
First air date	31 March 2009
Format	Adult Contemporary
Language(s)	English, Welsh
Owner	Vale of Glamorgan Broadcasting CIC
Website	Bro Radio

Bro Radio is a community radio station broadcasting to Barry and surrounding areas in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales.

The station broadcasts locally on 98.1 FM and online and is based at studios and offices within the Barry YMCA 'Hub' centre. It was launched on Tuesday 31 March 2009 with presenter Gareth Sweeney introducing the first song, Let's Get the Party Started by Pink.

Bro Radio's schedule consists of locally produced programming including music-led daytime output, local news & features, interviews, sports & events coverage, Welsh language output and specialist programming during the evenings and at weekends. The station also carries local news bulletins on weekdays and hourly national bulletins from Sky News Radio 24 hours a day. Aside national news, all of the station's output is produced and presented locally.

Presenters

Josh Alcock (Saturday afternoons)
Pauline Bevan (The Little Bit in the Evening)
June Cecilia (Friday nights)
Angharad Rhiannon Davies (Y Sioe Gymraeg/The Welsh Show)
Tom Davis (Thursday evening)
Patrick Downes (Bring the Noise)
Phil England (In the Groove)
Simon Field (Bro Beat Club)
Leroy Keeble (Club Hits)
Gareth Knight (Weekday drivetime)
'Krazy Doug' (The Punk Rock Show)
Ian MacDonald (Sunday afternoons)

Jason Marshall (Tied to the 90s, Friday evenings, Sunday mornings)
Chris Mason (Monday evenings)
Jamie Pritchard (Monday evenings)
Geoff Selby (Weekday afternoons, The 70s and 80s Party)
Lucy Short (Bro Radio News, The Little Bit in the Evening)
Nathan Spackman (Saturday breakfast, Unsigned and Independent)
Nigel Streeter (Wednesday evenings, The Sunday Rock Show)
Liam Tanner (Wednesday nights)
Gareth Sweeney (Weekday daytime, also Station Manager)
Graham Weighell (The Swinging Sixties)
Steve 'Wiggy' Wiggins (Weekday breakfast)

External links

v t e Radio in Wales

BBC regional/local stations	BBC Radio Cymru BBC Radio Wales

Regional commercial stations	Gold Nation Radio Real Radio

Local commercial stations	102.5 Radio Pembrokeshire 106.3 Bridge FM 97.5 Scarlet FM Capital South Wales Heart Cymru Heart North West and Wales Nation Hits Radio Carmarthenshire Radio Ceredigion Radio Hafren Swansea Sound The Wave 96.4 FM

Community, charity & non-profit stations	BRfm Bro Radio Calon FM GTFM Point FM Radio Cardiff Radio City 1386AM Radio Tircoed Tudno FM

Student stations	Bay Radio (Aberystwyth) Radio Noize Storm FM Tequila Radio Xpress Radio Xtreme Radio

Defunct local stations	Heart Cheshire and North East Wales Heart North Wales Coast Radio Maldwyn 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

Coordinates: 53°19′25″N 3°29′19″W / 53.3235°N 3.4887°W / 53.3235; -3.4887

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