GTFM

GTFM
City Pontypridd
Broadcast area Pontypridd and surrounding areas
Slogan Playing the music of your life
Frequency 107.9 MHz, Online, TuneIn Radio app, dedicated app for mobiles
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.[1]

The station was started in 1999 by the local Glyntaff Tenants and Residents Association as a community project run by local enthusiasts.[2] In partnership with the University of Glamorgan, it launched a full-time station GTFM 106.9 under an Access Radio experiment and following full evaluation was licensed as the first community radio station in Wales under OFCOM's changed rules in 2006[2] with a license which runs until 2020.[3]

The station's OFCOM license commits it to:

The station is also expected to provide training, encourage volunteering and deliver other social gains to the local community.[4]

According to a local MP, Chris Bryant, GTFM is the most popular local station in the area.[5]

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[6]

  • Dave Arthur (Thursday Breakfast)
  • James Amos (Cover)
  • Mark Andrews (Sunday Late Show)
  • Mark Buckley (Twosday)
  • Martha Coleman (Saturday Shakeup)
  • Tim Cooper (The Red Thread)
  • 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)
  • Lydia Griffiths (News)
  • Norman Griffiths (The Blues Show)
  • Rhys Griffiths (Showbiz Soup)
  • Alun Jones (The Ponty Rugby Show)
  • Nick Jones (The Classical Show)
  • Terry Mann (Breakfast, Station Manager)
  • Steph McNicholas (News)
  • Chris Mason (Wednesday Breakfast)
  • Adam Perkins (New Music Showcase)
  • Gavin Powell (Drivetime, The Midweek Chart, The Saturday Night Experience)(Also Promotions Manager)
  • Jonathan Powell (Afternoon Delight, The Slightly Serious Show)
  • Jamie Pritchard (Community Link)
  • Howard Rees (Highly Strung)
  • Tom Sharratt (Saturday Shakedown)
  • Joan Smart (Down Memory Lane, Afternoon Delight, Joan's Jukebox)
  • Dave Spernaes (The GTFM Country Show)
  • Mark Stanfield (Music Therapy)
  • Luke Stevens (Showbiz Soup)
  • Owain White (The Season Ticket, Ar Y Gweill)
  • Gareth Williams (Afternoon Delight)
  • 'Wilf' (Music Therapy)
  • Lee Wood (New Music Showcase)

References

  1. ↑ "Contact details for Charity # 1111030 - GTFM (SOUTH WALES) LTD". Charity Commission. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 Hand, RJ; Traynor, M (15 November 2012). Radio in Small Nations: Production, Programmes, Audiences. University of Wales Press. pp. 18–. ISBN 978-0-7083-2544-5.
  3. ↑ "GTFM Pontypridd". OFCOM. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Community radio licence: key commitments - GMFM" (PDF). OFCOM. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Draft Community Radio (Amendment) Order 2015". UK Parliament debate. 24 March 2015.
  6. ↑ GTFM website: The Presenters

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