Radio Tircoed

Radio station in Swansea

Swansea (Tircoed Forest Village)

Broadcast areaTircoed, Penllergaer, Pontardulais, Gorseinon, Pontlliw and surrounding areasFrequency106.5 fm, and on your smart speaker. MHz, Online & Tune In Radio AppProgrammingLanguage(s)English, WelshFormatCommunity Adult Contemporary Music StationOwnershipOwnerTircoed Village TrustHistory

First air date

14 July 2007LinksWebsiteRadio Tircoed

Radio Tircoed 106.5FM is a community radio station serving Tircoed, Penllergaer, Pontardulais, Gorseinon, Pontlliw and surrounding areas in the north west of the City and County of Swansea, Wales.^[1]

The station, which broadcasts from studios at the Tircoed Village Hall, was founded in 2005 as a Restricted Service License (RSL) station, transmitting on 106.5FM, 365 days a year.

Programming output varies throughout the day with various music-led, talk and feature programmes alongside specialist output in the evenings and at weekends, sports coverage and weekly bilingual programmes in Welsh/English. The majority of the station's output is locally produced and presented, although some late-night programming is syndicated.

Radio Tircoed is run by its own Management Team who are responsible for the day-to-day operation of the station.

All radio Tircoed presenters volunteer their DJing skills to run the station seven days a week.

Station Managers - Kevin Regan, Programme controller - Dave Hixson, Station Director - Mike Lewis, Deputy - Chris Hancock.

The station welcome local businesses to support Radio Tircoed via advertising and sponsorship.

The station studios were renamed in 2023.

References

^ "Radio Tircoed". Ofcom Community Radio Stations. Retrieved 2022-11-16.

External links

Official website

Radio stations in South Wales

AM stations

BBC Radio Wales 882
BBC Radio 5 Live 909
Talksport 1089

FM stations

BBC Radio 2 89.5, 89.9
BBC Radio 3 91.7, 92.1
BBC Radio 4 94.3, 94.6
The Wave 96.4
BBC Radio Cymru 96.8, 104.2
Radio Carmarthenshire 97.1
BGfm 97.3
Bro Radio 98.1, 98.4, 100.2, 106.1
Radio Cardiff 98.7
BBC Radio 1 99.1, 99.5
Classic FM 101.3, 101.7
Swansea Bay Radio 102.1
Radio Pembrokeshire 102.5
Capital 103.2, 97.4
BBC Radio Wales 103.9, 93.9
Heart 105.4
Rhondda Radio 106.1, 97.5
Bridge FM 106.3
Radio Tircoed 106.5
Nation Radio 106.8, 107.3
GTFM 107.9

DAB

Bauer Swansea	Absolute Classic Rock Absolute Radio Country BBC Radio Cymru BBC Radio Cymru 2 BBC Radio Wales Greatest Hits Radio Heart South Wales Hits Radio Hits Radio Pride Magic Chilled Magic at the Musicals Magic Soul The Wave
MuxCo Mid & West Wales (including Swansea)	BBC Radio Cymru BBC Radio Cymru 2 BBC Radio Wales Dragon Radio Heart Wales Nation Radio Nation 80s Nation Hits Radio Carmarthenshire Radio Pembrokeshire Swansea Bay Radio
NOW South East Wales (including Cardiff)	BBC Radio Cymru BBC Radio Cymru 2 BBC Radio Wales Capital South Wales Dragon Radio Greatest Hits Radio Heart Wales Hits Radio Nation Radio Nation 80s Smooth Radio
Cardiff small-scale	Aspen Waite Radio Gaydio Great British Radio Marefa Radio Nation 80s Radio Cardiff Tomorrowland OWR Voice of Islam XL:UK Radio

Former

National network FM frequencies are given for main transmitters covering Cardiff and Swansea. Other relay frequencies may exist in other areas.

See also: List of radio stations in the United Kingdom

v t e Radio in Wales
BBC Cymru Wales national stations	BBC Radio Cymru Cymru 2 BBC Radio Wales
Regional commercial stations	Gold Heart North and Mid Wales Heart South Wales Kiss Nation Radio Wales
Local commercial stations	The Wave Radio Pembrokeshire Bridge FM Capital Cymru Capital North West & Wales Capital South Wales Swansea Bay Radio Radio Carmarthenshire Smooth Wales Sunshine Radio Greatest Hits Radio South Wales
Community, charity & non-profit stations	Bro Radio Calon FM GTFM Môn FM Newport City Radio Radio Cardiff Radio City 1386AM Radio Tircoed Sound Radio
Student stations	Bay Radio (Aberystwyth) Radio Noize Storm FM Tequila Radio Xpress Radio Xtreme Radio
Defunct local stations	BRfm Heart Cheshire and North East Wales Heart North Wales Coast Point FM Radio Ceredigion Radio Hafren Radio Maldwyn Tudno FM 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
See also List of radio stations in the United Kingdom Portals: Radio Wales