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Carmarthenshire's output is produced and broadcast from Nation Broadcasting's St Hilary studios. Most programming and presenters is shared with sister stations
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in 2002, the owners, led by Keri Jones, founded Radio
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The station plays chart music from the 1980s to the present day, alongside local news, weather, travel and community information.
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588:106.1, 97.5
576:103.9, 93.9
570:103.2, 97.4
550:Classic FM
516:96.8, 104.2
483:FM stations
452:AM stations
444:South Wales
232:Programming
71:Programming
1617:Categories
1587:51°47′53″N
1489:Classic FM
1077:Your Radio
1072:Scarlet FM
903:Scarlet FM
867:Nation 80s
832:Nation 80s
746:Nation 80s
695:Magic Soul
592:Bridge FM
546:99.1, 99.5
532:Bro Radio
504:94.3, 94.6
498:91.7, 92.1
492:89.5, 89.9
471:Talksport
301:References
60:Carmarthen
1590:4°44′35″W
1494:Talksport
1264:Bro Radio
1208:Bridge FM
1118:Radio in
996:Bridge FM
246:Bridge FM
222:Cowbridge
88:Ownership
47:Frequency
1532:See also
1386:Tudno FM
1366:Point FM
1324:Storm FM
1269:Calon FM
931:See also
568:Capital
271:am to 10
193:The Wave
183:(led by
64:Llanelli
1543:Portals
1139:Cymru 2
633:Swansea
315:"RAJAR"
263:am to 6
255:am to 7
189:Swansea
171:History
153:in the
123:Website
103:History
1279:Môn FM
1060:Former
896:Former
856:Gaydio
580:Heart
273:
269:
265:
261:
257:
253:
226:
137:is an
77:Format
1569:Wales
1557:Radio
1120:Wales
984:Radio
705:MuxCo
631:Bauer
612:107.9
610:GTFM
600:106.5
594:106.3
582:105.4
564:102.5
558:102.1
526:BGfm
288:Bauer
204:OFCOM
165:RAJAR
118:Links
93:Owner
1351:BRfm
1274:GTFM
1177:Kiss
1162:Gold
540:98.7
528:97.3
522:97.1
510:96.4
473:1089
279:News
244:and
195:and
62:and
776:NOW
622:DAB
467:909
461:882
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1396:XS
918:XS
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240:,
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