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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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1464:BBC Radio 2
1459:BBC Radio 1
1433:North Wales
1331:Radio Noize
1314:Sound Radio
895:XL:UK Radio
762:Nation Hits
599:106.1, 97.5
587:103.9, 93.9
581:103.2, 97.4
561:Classic FM
527:96.8, 104.2
494:FM stations
463:AM stations
455:South Wales
243:Programming
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1628:Categories
1598:51°47′53″N
1500:Classic FM
1088:Your Radio
1083:Scarlet FM
914:Scarlet FM
878:Nation 80s
843:Nation 80s
757:Nation 80s
706:Magic Soul
603:Bridge FM
557:99.1, 99.5
543:Bro Radio
515:94.3, 94.6
509:91.7, 92.1
503:89.5, 89.9
482:Talksport
312:References
71:Carmarthen
1601:4°44′35″W
1505:Talksport
1275:Bro Radio
1219:Bridge FM
1129:Radio in
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233:Cowbridge
99:Ownership
58:Frequency
1543:See also
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1377:Point FM
1335:Storm FM
1280:Calon FM
942:See also
579:Capital
282:am to 10
204:The Wave
194:(led by
75:Llanelli
1554:Portals
1150:Cymru 2
644:Swansea
326:"RAJAR"
274:am to 6
266:am to 7
200:Swansea
182:History
164:in the
134:Website
114:History
1290:Môn FM
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907:Former
867:Gaydio
591:Heart
284:
280:
276:
272:
268:
264:
237:
148:is an
88:Format
1580:Wales
1568:Radio
1131:Wales
995:Radio
716:MuxCo
642:Bauer
623:107.9
621:GTFM
611:106.5
605:106.3
593:105.4
575:102.5
569:102.1
537:BGfm
299:Bauer
215:OFCOM
176:RAJAR
129:Links
104:Owner
1362:BRfm
1285:GTFM
1188:Kiss
1173:Gold
551:98.7
539:97.3
533:97.1
521:96.4
484:1089
290:News
255:and
206:and
73:and
787:NOW
633:DAB
478:909
472:882
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1407:XS
929:XS
386:^
259:.
251:,
178:.
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63:FM
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