106.3 Bridge FM

Bridge FM
City	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	Nation Broadcasting
Website	bridgefm.wales

Bridge FM is a Independent Local Radio station serving Bridgend County Borough and surrounding areas. It is owned and operated by Nation Broadcasting and broadcasts on 106.3 FM from studios near the St Hilary transmitter in the neighbouring Vale of Glamorgan.

The station plays chart music from the 1980s to the present day, alongside local news, travel and community information.

Overview

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

The very first Bridge FM logo used between 2000 and 2003
The second Bridge FM logo used between 2003 and 2006
The third Bridge FM logo used between 2006 and 2015

Programming

The majority of Bridge FM's output is produced and broadcast from Nation Broadcasting's St Hilary studios. Most programming and presenters is shared with sister stations Radio Carmarthenshire, Radio Ceredigion, Radio Pembrokeshire and Bridge FM. The weekday evening show is also simulcast with Nation Radio.^[1]

Presenter-led shows air from 6am - 10pm on Monday - Thursdays, 6am - 7pm on Fridays, 6am - 6pm on Saturdays and 6am - 7pm on Sundays. The station's weekday presenters are Mark Powell and Ruth Wignall (breakfast), Chris Blumer (mornings), Sean Gerrard (afternoons) and Lee Jukes (drivetime).

The Vodafone Big Top 40 is produced by Global Radio at its Capital studios in London for broadcast on 145 commercial radio stations in the UK every Sunday afternoon.

News

Local news bulletins air hourly from 6.02am - 6.02pm on weekdays and 8.02am - 12.02pm at weekends with headlines on the half-hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime. As of June 2016, the station's news bulletins are provided by independent company Radio NewsHub in Leeds.^[2]

Bridge FM also airs national Sky News Radio bulletins 24 hours a day and detailed local weather forecasts on the half-hour.^[3]

References

↑ Bridge FM public file
↑ Nation Broadcasting signs deal with Radio NewsHub, RadioToday, 3 June 2016
↑ Bridge FM public file

External links

Nation Broadcasting

Radio	106.3 Bridge FM Nation Radio 97.1 Radio Carmarthenshire 102.5 Radio Pembrokeshire Radio Ceredigion Swansea Bay Radio

Radio in Wales

BBC Cymru Wales national stations	BBC Radio Cymru BBC Radio Wales

Regional commercial stations	Gold Heart North Wales Heart Wales Kiss 101 Nation Radio

Local commercial stations	96.4 The Wave 102.5 Radio Pembrokeshire 106.3 Bridge FM Capital Cymru Capital North West and Wales Capital South Wales Swansea Bay Radio Radio Carmarthenshire Radio Ceredigion Smooth Wales Sunshine Radio Swansea Sound

Community, charity & non-profit stations	BRfm Bro Radio Calon FM GTFM Môn FM 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	Radio Hafren 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: 51°30′17″N 3°34′13″W / 51.504665°N 3.570254°W / 51.504665; -3.570254

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