102.5 Radio Pembrokeshire

Radio Pembrokeshire is an Independent Local Radio station that broadcasts to Pembrokeshire. It is owned and operated by Nation Broadcasting and broadcasts on 102.5 and 107.5 FM and DAB from studios near the St Hilary transmitter in the Vale of Glamorgan.

102.5 Radio Pembrokeshire
CityNarberth
Broadcast areaPembrokeshire
Frequency102.5 MHz, 107.5 MHz (Fishguard and Tenby)
DAB: 12D Mid and West Wales
BrandingYour Music, Your Station
Programming
FormatAdult Contemporary
Ownership
OwnerNation Broadcasting
History
First air date
14 July 2002
Technical information
Transmitter coordinates
51.8992°N 4.8665°W / 51.8992; -4.8665
Links
WebsiteRadio Pembrokeshire

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

Radio Pembrokeshire logo used until 2016

History

Radio Pembrokeshire was founded by Keri Jones and Stephen Cole as Haven FM, a RSL station which carried out a 30-day trial broadcast to the Pembroke, Pembroke Dock and Neyland areas during the summer of 1999. Based at a small studio at Bethany Chapel, the station returned for a further trial period in November and December 1999 - and encouraged listeners to lobby the Radio Authority to licence a permanent local radio station.

Two further RSL broadcasts took place in 2000 - by the end of the year, Haven FM launched its bid to secure a countywide licence for the whole of Pembrokeshire. Two further groups, More FM and Real Radio, also applied for the licence. In November 2001, Haven FM was awarded an eight-year licence.

The station was renamed Radio Pembrokeshire following a pre-launch competition to find a new station name. Originally intended to broadcasts from studios in Haverfordwest, a lack of suitable premises led to the station setting up studios at the Old School Estate in Narberth, around nine miles to the east of Haverfordwest and near the border with neighbouring Carmarthenshire.

The original studios of Radio Pembrokeshire were at the Old School Estate in Narberth

Radio Pembrokeshire began broadcasting on Sunday 14 July 2002, broadcasting on 102.5 FM from the Haverfordwest transmitter near Woodstock with low power relay stations in Fishguard and Tenby, broadcasting on 107.5 FM.

Nearly two years after the launch of Radio Pembrokeshire, the station's Narberth studios became home to a second local station, Radio Carmarthenshire, followed in March 2010 by Radio Ceredigion. In August 2006, the station was sold to Town and Country Broadcasting (now Nation Broadcasting.)

In September 2016, Nation Broadcasting announced plans to relocate Radio Pembrokeshire and its two neighbouring counties services from the Narberth studios to studios near the St Hilary transmitter on the outskirts of Cowbridge.[1] The station switched broadcasting to the St Hilary studios at 10 am on Tuesday 22 November 2016, although the Narberth site is retained as a studio for digital multimedia marketing and a sales office.

Programming

The majority of Radio Pembrokeshire's output is produced and broadcast from Nation Broadcasting's St Hilary studios. Some programming and presenters are shared with sister stations Radio Carmarthenshire, Radio Ceredigion, Bridge FM and Swansea Bay Radio.[2]

Presenter-led shows air from 6 am to 10 pm on Monday–Thursday, 6 am to 7 pm on Fridays, 6 am to 6 pm on Saturdays, and 6 am to 7 pm on Sundays.

The station retains a weekly religious and farming affairs programmes on Sunday mornings also airs a rugby magazine show, Rugby Nation (presented by Sean Holley) on Wednesday evenings, both are aired with neighbouring Radio Carmarthenshire.

An hour long Welsh language music programme airs at 9pm on a Sunday.

News

Local news bulletins air hourly between 6:02 am and 6:02 pm on weekdays and between 8:02 am and 12:02 pm at weekends with headlines on the half-hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime. As of June 2016, the station's news bulletins are provided by independent company Radio NewsHub in Leeds.[3]

Radio Pembrokeshire also airs national Sky News Radio bulletins 24 hours a day and detailed local weather forecasts on the half-hour.[4]

References
  1. Jobs at risk as Nation Broadcasting plans to relocate stations, bbc.co.uk, 14 September 2016
  2. Radio Pembrokeshire public file
  3. Nation Broadcasting signs deal with Radio NewsHub, RadioToday, 3 June 2016
  4. Radio Pembrokeshire public file
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