102.5 Radio Pembrokeshire
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| City of license | Narbeth |
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| Broadcast area | Pembrokeshire |
| Slogan | Great Music and County News |
| Frequency | 102.5 MHz, 107.5 MHz (Fishguard and Tenby) |
| First air date | 14 July 2002 |
| Format | Adult Contemporary |
| Audience share | 22.3% (March 2011, [1]) |
| Owner | Town and Country Broadcasting |
| Website | 102.5 Radio Pembrokeshire |
Radio Pembrokeshire is an independent local radio station (ILR) located in Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
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[edit] History
The prelude to Radio Pembrokeshire was Haven FM, which broadcast on 107.0 MHz from a small makeshift studio at Bethany Chapel in Pembroke Dock during the summer of 1999. The first 30-day trial broadcast of Haven FM went down well with the residents of Pembroke, Pembroke Dock and Neyland. During the second stint of broadcasting in November/December 1999, the station was encouraging listeners to send in letters and cards to Haven FM to prove their case for a local station to the Radio Authority (now part of Ofcom), which issued all commercial radio broadcast licences in the UK.
Following two more 30-day trial broadcasts (a maximum of four broadcasts were permitted) during 2000, Haven FM went off air from their small studios in December 2000, quietly confident that they had secured enough of a mandate to win the licence not only to broadcast permanently to Pembroke & Pembroke Dock, but to the whole county of Pembrokeshire.
In November 2001, Haven FM beat off two other rival applications from More FM and Real Radio. They were awarded an eight-year licence which expires in July 2010. The station broadcasts to the majority of the county of Pembrokeshire on 102.5 MHz FM at high power from the Haverfordwest transmitting station near Woodstock, and to Fishguard and Tenby from separate low power transmitters in each town, both on 107.5 MHz FM.
It was at this point that the managing director, Keri Jones, renamed his new station 'Radio Pembrokeshire' to reflect the fact that it was to broadcast countywide, and not just a small area around the Cleddau Estuary. The original location for the station was to be in the centre of Pembrokeshire's administrative town, Haverfordwest. Following problems in securing premises in Haverfordwest, a suitable building was found at the Old School Estate in Narberth (pictured) - some 9 miles to the east of Haverfordwest near the border with neighbouring Carmarthenshire.
After seven months of planning, building studios and training staff the station was finally launched on 14 July 2002.
[edit] Ownership & Management changes
On 21 August 2006 it was reported that managing director Keri Jones along with all the remaining local directors and shareholders was to leave Haven FM (Pembrokeshire) Ltd which Jones founded with local businessman Stephen Cole in November 2000. Jones has since moved to the Scilly Isles and has launched his own community radio station, Radio Scilly. The shares of Jones and the other local directors in Haven FM (Pembrokeshire) Ltd were sold to Town & Country Broadcasting Ltd.
The company now owns and operates six local radio stations across south Wales including:
Martin Mumford (formerly of Brunel FM in Swindon) is the group managing director.
[edit] Presenters
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[edit] News service
In line with other Town and Country stations, Bay Radio carries a mix of local and national news on the hour 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (except on Sunday afternoons). The station generally carries a live national bulletin from Sky News Radio (IRN), followed by a short local update. Half hourly headline bulletins are broadcast at 7:30am, 8:30am, 12:30pm and 5:30pm.
Broadcast Journalists
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[edit] External links
- [2] Video documentary of Radio Pembrokeshire's launch in July 2002
- [3] Town & Country Broadcasting
- [4] Radio Pembrokeshire
- [5] Radio Carmarthenshire
- [6] The Western Telegraph (local newspaper)
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Coordinates: 51°47′56″N 4°44′05″W / 51.798951°N -4.734672°E
