GTFM

GTFM
City of license Pontypridd
Broadcast area Pontypridd and surrounding areas
Slogan Playing the music of your life
Frequency 107.9 MHz, Online, TuneIn Radio app
First air date 24 May 2002
Format Community: music and talk
Language(s) English, Welsh
Owner GTFM (South Wales) Ltd.
Website GTFM

GTFM is a community radio station serving Pontypridd and surrounding areas of Rhondda Cynon Taf in south Wales. The station broadcasts locally on 107.9 FM and online via the station's website, from studios and offices on Pinewood Avenue in Rhydyfelin, near Pontypridd.

Initially formed in 1999 for a series of month-long RSL broadcasts, GTFM became the first community radio station in Wales when it commenced permanent broadcasting on 24 May 2002 as part of the Radio Authority's Access Radio pilot in 15 areas of the UK. The station was later granted a full-time licence by OFCOM and moved its FM frequency from 106.9 FM to 107.9 FM in July 2007.

Programming

The majority of GTFM's output consists of locally produced programming including hourly local news bulletins, peak time travel updates and regular sports coverage, plus local features & interviews and specialist programming at evenings and on weekends.

The station also broadcasts Welsh language programmes three days a week alongside a weekday news bulletin from 3pm simulcast from BBC Radio Cymru. National bulletins from Sky News Radio in London are also broadcast during off-peak hours.

Presenters[1]

  • Dave Arthur (Afternoon Delight)
  • James Amos (Afternoon Delight)
  • Mark Andrews (various)
  • Geoff Davies (Sunday afternoons)
  • Ioan Dyer (The Film Show, Clwb Cymraeg)
  • Rhys Edwards (Afternoon Delight, Something for the Weekend)
  • Andy Fox (The GTFM Rockshow, The Album Chart Show)
  • Becci Francis-Jones (Spotlight)
  • Dave Frantony (Community Link, Easy Blend)
  • Howard Griffiths (Community Link, Sunday Breakfast, Retro Show)
  • Norman Griffiths (The Blues Show)
  • Rhys Griffiths (Showbiz Soup)
  • Alun Jones (The Ponty Rugby Show)
  • Nick Jones (The Classical Show)
  • Chris Mason (Community Link, Saturday Shake Up)
  • Adam Perkins (New Music Showcase)
  • Gavin Powell (Drivetime, The Midweek Chart, The Saturday Night Experience)
  • Jonathan Powell (Afternoon Delight, The Slightly Serious Show)
  • Jamie Pritchard (Community Link, Sunday nights)
  • Howard Rees (Highly Strung)
  • Tom Sharrat (Saturday Shakedown)
  • Joan Smart (Down Memory Lane, Afternoon Delight, Joan's Jukebox)
  • Dave Spernaes (The GTFM Country Show)
  • Mark Stanfield (Music Therapy)
  • Owain White (The Season Ticket, Ar Y Gweill)
  • Bob Williams (The Blues Show)
  • 'Wilf' (Music Therapy)
  • Lee Wood (New Music Showcase)
  • Tim Cooper (The Red Thread)

References

  1. ↑ GTFM website: The Presenters

External links