Nation Hits (formerly Nation 80s) is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to South West Wales. The station originally launched as Swansea Bay Radio on 5 November 2006 with a soft Adult Contemporary and easy listening music format, before switching to playing only 1980s music in March 2012. The station was rebranded as Nation 80s on 1 June 2012. The station has since rebranded again and is now known as Nation Hits, as of 16 January 2013.
The station, which broadcasts from the Kilvey Hill transmitter in Swansea, and across South Wales on DAB radio (MXR), also carries hourly local news bulletins, regular weather forecasts and travel bulletins.
Management
The station is owned in its entirety by Town & Country Broadcasting Ltd which also operates six other radio stations in Wales -
Nation Radio, 97.1 Radio Carmarthenshire, 97.5 Scarlet FM, 102.5 Radio Pembrokeshire, 106.3 Bridge FM and Radio Ceredigion.
Presenters
- David Baker (Weekday mornings)
- Chris Blumer (Weekday afternoons)
- Jeff Collins (Rugby Nation)
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- Sean Holley (Rugby Nation)
- Lee Jukes (Weekday drivetime)
- Jay Curtis (Weekday breakfast)
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News staff
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Senior Broadcast Journalist
Jeff Collns
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Broadcast Journalists
Danny Hayes
Simon Kendal-Williams
Katie Evans
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See also
External links
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- Bay Radio (Aberystwyth)
- Radio Noize
- Storm FM
- Tequila Radio
- Xpress Radio
- Xtreme Radio
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