96.6 mhz lampeter 97.4 mhz cardigan 103.3 mhz aberystwyth first air date 14 december 1992 format adult contemporary audience share 5 % december 2015 1 owner nation broadcasting website radioceredigion.com radio ceredigion welsh pronunciation radj k r d j n is a independent local radio station serving ceredigion . it is owned and operated by nation broadcasting and broadcasts on 96.6 97.4 and 103.3 fm from studios in narberth in neighbouring pembrokeshire . the station plays chart music from the 1980s to the present day alongside local news travel welsh language programming and community information . contents 1 history 1.1 coverage 2 programming 2.1 news 3 references 4 external links 5 see also history edit from its launch on monday 14 december 1992 the station broadcast a bilingual schedule with roughly half and half proportion of english and welsh output much of it community orientated from studios and offices at the old school in aberystwyth . on 9 march 2010 radio ceredigion s owners tindle newspapers announced the station would be sold off to the welsh radio group town and country broadcasting . 1 at 9am on 19 april 2010 broadcasting ceased from its aberystwyth studios and switched to town and country s west wales studios in narberth pembrokeshire also the base for radio pembrokeshire radio carmarthenshire and scarlet fm . 2 following a short transition period a daytime programming service was launched . 3 a proposal to reduce welsh language programming on the station from 50 % to 10 % was rejected by the broadcasting regulator ofcom in 2011 4 5 but subsequently permitted following further requests . as of march 2016 radio ceredigion airs a two hour welsh language music show on monday thursday evenings simulcast with radio carmarthenshire . 6 in september 2016 nation broadcasting announced plans to relocate radio ceredigion and its two sister services from the narberth studios to the group s headquarters based near the st hilary transmitter on the outskirts of cowbridge . 7 coverage edit radio ceredigion has a tsa of 74 000 people and can be heard from bangor through to cross hands including parts of powys carmarthenshire and pembrokeshire . the main transmitter is located at blaen plwyf near aberystwyth on 103.3 fm with relay stations at mynydd pencarreg near lampeter on 96.6 fm and penwaun near cardigan on 97.4 fm . programming edit the majority of radio ceredigion s output is produced and broadcast from nation broadcasting s narberth studios . all programming and presenters including music is shared with sister stations radio carmarthenshire and scarlet fm . 8 most output is also shared with radio pembrokeshire split transmission is used to allow the stations to broadcast local content relevant to their area . presenter led shows air from 6am 9pm on monday thursdays 6am 7pm on fridays 7am 6pm on saturdays and 8am 7pm on sundays . the station s main presenters are jay curtis weekday breakfast ollie cole weekday mornings toby ellis weekday afternoons west wales sport and james southon weekday drivetime saturday mornings . specialist programming includes a welsh language music show on monday thursday evenings and a weekly farming affairs programme on sunday mornings . the vodafone big top 40 is produced by global radio at its capital studios in london for broadcast on 145 commercial radio stations in the uk every sunday afternoon . news edit local news bulletins air hourly from 6.02 am 6.02 pm on weekdays and 8.02 am 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 . 9 radio ceredigion also airs national sky news radio bulletins 24 hours a day and detailed local weather forecasts on the half hour . 10 references edit radio today changes planned for ceredigion 9 march 2010 radio today changes planned for ceredigion 9 march 2010 radio ceredigion public file language row erupts over radio station s bid to cut welsh broadcasting wales online 13 may 2011 ofcom rejects local radio station s bid to cut welsh language programming wales online 7 july 2011 radio ceredigion public file jobs at risk as nation broadcasting plans to relocate stations bbc.co.uk 14 september 2016 radio ceredigion public file nation broadcasting signs deal with radio newshub radiotoday 3 june 2016 radio carmarthenshire public file external links edit official website radio ceredigion on facebook radio ceredigion on twitter v t e nation broadcasting radio 106.3 bridge fm nation radio 97.1 radio carmarthenshire 102.5 radio pembrokeshire radio ceredigion 97.5 scarlet fm swansea bay radio v t e radio in wales bbc cymru wales national stations bbc radio cymru bbc radio wales regional commercial stations gold heart north wales heart wales kiss 101 nation radio local commercial stations 96.4 the wave 102.5 radio pembrokeshire 106.3 bridge fm 97.5 scarlet fm capital cymru capital north west 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