106.3 Bridge FM

106.3 Bridge FM
City of license Bridgend
Broadcast area Bridgend County
Vale of Glamorgan
Frequency 106.3 MHz, 106.3 Bridge FM Live online Streaming]
RDS: BridgeFM
First air date May 2000
Format CHR
Owner Town and Country Broadcasting
Website 106.3 Bridge FM

Bridge FM is the local commercial radio station broadcasting in south Wales' Bridgend County Borough and the surrounding areas on a frequency of 106.3 MHz.[1]

Bridge FM transmits to an area of around 136,000 people, playing hit music, along with local news, travel information and competitions. It is the only commercial radio station in its Targeted Service area (TSA). The station is owned by Town & Country Broadcasting, and is part of a group of six local radio stations (the others being Nation Hits, Radio Carmarthenshire, Scarlet FM, Radio Pembrokeshire and Radio Ceredigion). Town and Country Broadcasting also operates one regional station, Nation Radio in south Wales.

History

Bridge FM was formerly owned by Tindle Radio Group but sold to Town and Country Broadcasting in 2006, becoming the company's fifth local radio station.

Presenters

  • Lee Jukes(Weekday breakfast, Saturday mornings)
  • Chris Blumer (Weekday daytime)
  • Neil Greenslade (Weekday drivetime)
  • Sam Vaughan (Weekday evenings)
  • Louise Apsee (Sunday mornings)
  • Dave Easterbrook (Saturday mornings)
  • Carl Hughes (Sunday Afternoon)

News staff

News Editor
Alice Bell

Broadcast Journalist
Mike Hughes Danny Hayes

Past presenters

  • Jay Curtis
  • Lee Thomas
  • Gareth Davies
  • Steve Gibbs
  • Adam Court
  • Lorraine White
  • Alan K. Drury
  • Chris Bull
  • Sarah Boswell
  • Karen Vincent
  • Lee Monroe
  • Dale Kelly
  • Steve Johnson
  • Mark Franklin

References

  1. ↑ "Broadcast Radio MCAs maps". Archived from the original on 2009-04-27. Retrieved 2009-03-13.

External links

Coordinates: 51°30′17″N 3°34′13″W / 51.504665°N 3.570254°W