SA Radio Live, formerly Radio Tircoed, is a community radio station serving
Tircoed,
Penllergaer,
Pontardulais,
Gorseinon
Gorseinon is a town within the City and County of Swansea, Wales, near the Loughor estuary. It was a small village until the late 19th century, when it grew around the coal mining and tinplate industries. It is around north west of Swansea Ci ...
,
Pontlliw and surrounding areas in the north west of the
City and County of Swansea
Swansea ( ; ) is a coastal City status in the United Kingdom, city and the List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, second-largest city of Wales. It forms a Principal areas of Wales, principal area, officially known as the City and County of ...
, Wales.
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. 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.
The station rebrand took place at 7am on 30 September 2024, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the launch of
Swansea Sound - with many of the station's launch line-up consisting of former presenters from the commercial station.
References
External links
Official websiteListen Live
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Radio stations in Wales
Mass media and culture in Swansea
Community radio stations in the United Kingdom