The station broadcasts on 98.1FM in Barry and the central Vale, on 98.4FM in the St Athan and Rhoose areas, on 100.2FM in Llantwit Major and western parts of the Vale, and on 106.1FM in Penarth and the surrounding area.
Apart from national news bulletins, most of the station's output is produced and presented locally by a team of 60 volunteers, a paid operations director and a sales & finance manager.[1]
In August 2020, plans were announced to broadcast in Penarth and the Eastern Vale of Glamorgan.[2]
The following year, the station began broadcasting on 106.1FM to Penarth and the Eastern Vale, along with another relay on 98.4FM for the St Athan and Rhoose areas.
Programmingedit
Bro Radio's schedule consists of locally produced programming including music-led daytime output, local news and sport, current affairs and features, events coverage, and specialist programming during the evenings and at weekends.
News and current affairsedit
Bro Radio's newsroom produces and broadcasts local news bulletins on the half hour from 6.30am to 9.30am and from 1.30pm to 6.30pm on weekdays, with local headlines on the hour during Vale Drive.
The station also produces a weekly current affairs programme, The Vale This Week, on Wednesday evenings, along with an online local news service.
The station also airs hourly national bulletins from Sky News Radio 24 hours a day.
Referencesedit
^Bro Radio (June 2013). "Vale of Glamorgan Council Deed of Grant Report" (PDF). Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^Spackman, Nathan (3 August 2020). . Bro Radio 98.1fm. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
^Bro Radio picks up Station of the Year award 3 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine, broradio.fm, 14 December 2020
radio, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, june, 2018, learn, w. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Bro Radio news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2018 Learn how and when to remove this message Bro Radio is a community radio station broadcasting to Barry Llantwit Major Penarth and surrounding areas in the Vale of Glamorgan Welsh Bro Morgannwg South Wales Bro RadioBarryBroadcast areaBarry and surrounding areasFrequencyFM 98 1 MHz98 4 MHz100 2 MHZ106 1 MHzOnlineProgrammingLanguage s English WelshFormatAdult ContemporaryOwnershipOwnerVale of Glamorgan Broadcasting CICHistoryFirst air date31 March 2009LinksWebsiteBro Radio The station broadcasts on 98 1 FM in Barry and the central Vale on 98 4 FM in the St Athan and Rhoose areas on 100 2 FM in Llantwit Major and western parts of the Vale and on 106 1 FM in Penarth and the surrounding area Contents 1 Overview 2 Programming 2 1 News and current affairs 3 References 4 External linksOverview editApart from national news bulletins most of the station s output is produced and presented locally by a team of 60 volunteers a paid operations director and a sales amp finance manager 1 In August 2020 plans were announced to broadcast in Penarth and the Eastern Vale of Glamorgan 2 In December 2020 Bro Radio was named Station of the Year at the annual Community Radio Awards 3 The following year the station began broadcasting on 106 1 FM to Penarth and the Eastern Vale along with another relay on 98 4 FM for the St Athan and Rhoose areas Programming editBro Radio s schedule consists of locally produced programming including music led daytime output local news and sport current affairs and features events coverage and specialist programming during the evenings and at weekends News and current affairs edit Bro Radio s newsroom produces and broadcasts local news bulletins on the half hour from 6 30am to 9 30am and from 1 30pm to 6 30pm on weekdays with local headlines on the hour during Vale Drive The station also produces a weekly current affairs programme The Vale This Week on Wednesday evenings along with an online local news service The station also airs hourly national bulletins from Sky News Radio 24 hours a day References edit Bro Radio June 2013 Vale of Glamorgan Council Deed of Grant Report PDF Retrieved 5 June 2018 Spackman Nathan 3 August 2020 Bro Radio continues expansion across the Vale Bro Radio 98 1fm Archived from the original on 3 September 2021 Retrieved 4 August 2020 Bro Radio picks up Station of the Year award Archived 3 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine broradio fm 14 December 2020External links editOfficial website 53 19 25 N 3 29 19 W 53 3235 N 3 4887 W 53 3235 3 4887 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bro Radio amp oldid 1182261616, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
