SA Radio Live, formerly Radio Tircoed, 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.

SA Radio Live is run by its own Management Team who are responsible for the day-to-day operation of the station. All SA Radio Live presenters volunteer their DJing skills to run the station seven days a week.

Programming

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.

Rebranding

On 10 June 2024 it was announced that Radio Tircoed would be rebranded and relaunched as Swansea Live Radio on 30 September.[2] However, after complaints from rival broadcasters about the choice of name, on 18 June it was announced the station would rebrand as SA Radio Live.[3]

On 30 September 2024 at 7am, Radio Tircoed got Rebranded to what is now called SA Radio Live and started with its introduction show with veteran radio presenters; Shaun Tilley & Mal Pope

References

  1. ^ "Radio Tircoed". Ofcom Community Radio Stations. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  2. ^ "Community station Radio Tircoed to rebrand as Swansea Live Radio". Radio Today. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  3. ^ Martin, Roy (18 June 2024). "Name change for Swansea Live Radio ahead of launch". Radio Today. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Tircoed
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