Swansea Sound is a radio station based in Swansea, Wales. It was the first Independent Local Radio station to be established in Wales and was the ninth of its kind in the whole of the United Kingdom. It is also older than both BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru. For other places with the same name, see Swansea (disambiguation). ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... FreQuency is a music video game developed by Harmonix and published by SCEI. It was released in November 2001. ... A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. ... UTV Radio, part of UTV plc UTV Radio is a UK media company, and owner of several radio stations in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. ... For other places with the same name, see Swansea (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... Logo used by the Independent Broadcasting Authority for promoting Independent Local Radio services. ... BBC Radio Wales is the BBCs national radio station broadcasting to Wales in the English language. ... BBC Radio Cymru is BBC Wales Welsh language radio station, broadcasting throughout Wales on FM since 1979. ...

The station is available on medium wave, at 1170kHz (257m), in the Swansea area, extending "from Tenby to Porthcawl, and beyond" according to one of their straplines, and somewhat further on DAB. The reach to Tenby, however, is across the sea - the station is typically unavailable in the valley areas around Carmarthen. The station can also be heard in North Devon, across the Bristol Channel, although this is not acknowledged by the station's official coverage area. Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... Harbour of Tenby in Nov, 2001 Tenby (Welsh: Dinbych-y-Pysgod, little town of the fishes) is a walled seaside town in Pembrokeshire, West Wales, lying on Carmarthen Bay. ... Porthcawl is a town of around 16,000 on the south Wales coast in the county borough of Bridgend, traditional county of Glamorgan. ... Carmarthen (Welsh Caerfyrddin - caer fort + Myrddin Moridunum, Merlin (origin disputed)) is the county town of Carmarthenshire, Wales. ... Satellite view of the Bristol Channel Map of the Bristol Channel The Bristol Channel (Welsh: ) is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain, separating South Wales from the West Country and extending from the lower estuary of the River Severn (Afon Hafren) to that part of the North...

The Programming Director is Steve Barnes, and the station is based on Victoria Road in Kingsbridge, near Gorseinon - along with its sister station, The Wave, which plays more modern music, and occupies the FM channel once held by Swansea Sound before The Wave was launched in 1995. The electoral ward of Kingsbridge, City and County of Swansea, South Wales, consists of some or all of the following areas, Fforest, Hendy, Bolgoed, Crofty, Gorseinon, Gowerton, Grovesend, Llanmorlais, Loughor, Pen-clawdd, Penllergaer, Pentrebach, Pontardulais, Pontlliw, Poundffald, Three Crosses, Cadle, Cockett, Felindre, Fforest-fach, Llangyfelach, Tirdeunaw, Waunarlwydd. ... 96. ... The abbreviations FM, Fm, and fm may refer to: Electrical engineering Frequency modulation (FM) and its most common applications: FM broadcasting, used primarily to broadcast music and speech at VHF frequencies FM synthesis, a sound-generation technique popularized by early digital synthesizers Science Femtometre (fm), an SI measure of length...

Swansea Sound is dedicated to broadcasting Welsh language programming most evenings, with hourly news updates, discussions and music - mainly through the medium of Welsh.

Their only transmitter is in Winch Wen, on the side of Kilvey Hill and doesn't use the same mast on the top of Kilvey Hill as its sister station 96.4 FM The Wave. 96. ...

Presenters

Usual presenters include Kevin Johns, Leighton Jones, Steve Dewitt, Steve Shaw, JJ, Lloyd Coles, Alun Jones, Gareth Wyn Jones, Tom Cadwalladr, Wyn Evans, Chris 'Smithy' Smith, Wyn Evans, Phil Hoyles, Plastic Sam, Marc Tierney, Phillip Stephens and Alun Rhyddid. The station also provides live commentary of all Swansea City football matches.

Past Presenters

Past presenters have included Chris Harper, Crispian St John, Alan Roberts. John Sachs, Doreen Jenkins, Adrian Jay, Terry Mann, Viv Evans, Jules Christian, Christopher Musk, Dave Bowen, David Thomas, Bob McCord, John Hawkins, Wyn Thomas, Willie Bowen, Steve Lloyd, Emma Davies, Tony Dibbins, Chris Smart, Corrine Fallows, Steve Wiggins, Andrea Fay, Steve Barnes, Ed Parnell, Andrew Armitage, Bill Everatt, Karl Burtonshaw, Andy Lee, Stewart Freeman,Paul Evans, Phil Fothergill, Mike Menner and Paul Holmes.

External links

• Swansea Sound
• UTV Radio