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Bridge FM
  • Bridgend
Broadcast areaBridgend County
Vale of Glamorgan
FrequencyFM: 106.3 MHz
RDSBRIDGEFM
Programming
FormatHot AC
Ownership
OwnerNation Broadcasting
History
First air date
May 2000
Links
Websitebridgefm.wales

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

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

As of June 2023, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 19,000, according to RAJAR.[1]

Overview

Bridge FM was formerly owned by Tindle Radio 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 very first Bridge FM logo used between 2000 and 2003
  • The second Bridge FM logo used between 2003 and 2006
    The second Bridge FM logo used between 2003 and 2006
  • The third Bridge FM logo used between 2006 and 2015
    The third Bridge FM logo used between 2006 and 2015

Programming

Bridge FM's output is produced and broadcast from Nation Broadcasting's St Hilary studios broadcasting on FM, DAB and Online. [2] Most programming and presenters is shared with sister stations Radio Pembrokeshire, Bridge FM and Radio Carmarthenshire.[3]

Presenter-led shows air from 6am - 7pm on weekdays, 8am - 6pm on Saturdays and 8am - 9pm on Sundays. Including Lee Jukes who presents the weekday breakfast programme between 6am-10am. [4] [5] [6]

News

Local news bulletins air hourly from 6am - 7pm on weekdays and 7am - 1pm at weekends with headlines on the half-hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime.[7]

National news bulletins from Sky News Radio air hourly at other times.

References

  1. ^ "RAJAR".
  2. ^ "Bridge FM to join DAB in Cardiff and Newport". RadioToday. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  3. ^ Bridge FM public file
  4. ^ "Lee Jukes". media.info. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  5. ^ Quartermaine, Ben (22 January 2016). "Schedule". Bridge FM Radio. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Nation Hits on the move to Bridgend". RadioToday. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  7. ^ Bridge FM public file

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