- Radio Cardiff
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name = Radio Cardiff
city = Butetown, Cardiff,Wales , UKcite web |url=http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/radiolicensing/Community/CR094.htm |title=CR094 - Radio Licensees - Community |publisher=Ofcom |accessdate=2008-02-08]
area =Cardiff
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frequency = 98.7 MHz
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airdate = 2007
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format =Community radio
Music of Black Origin
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webcast = [http://streaming.planetwideradio.com/radiocardiff radiocardiff]
website = [http://www.radiocardiff.org www.radiocardiff.org]Radio Cardiff (98.7 FM) is a community
radio station serving the City ofCardiff , Capital ofWales in the UK. It broadcasts locally on 98.7 FM and via live streaming on the Internet.The station has a MOBO (Music Of Black Origin) music policy, and features
reggae ; soul;funk ;jazz ; soca; calypso; world music: bhangra; hip-hop;R&B ;house music etc...The regular schedule also includes local news bulletins, and a daily magazine programme broadcast on weekday lunchtimes featuring community news and information; local sports coverage on Saturday afternoons and Monday evenings; a programme presented & produced by 12-18 year olds on Saturday mornings; and weekly show by students from the University of Glamorgan.
Radio Cardiff 98.7 FM began live broadcasting on Monday
8 October 2007 . It is part-funded by Communities First and the European Union Social Fund (ESF Objective 3), and is initially broadcasting on an initial 5 year licence. [http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/tm_headline=radio-cardiff-we-8217-ll-rule-the-waves]The formal opening of the studios in
Butetown , Cardiff was held on25 October 2007 in an event attended by Rt. Hon.Rhodri Morgan AM (First Minister of the Welsh Assembly Government) [cite web |url=http://www.wefo.wales.gov.uk/default.asp?action=newsdetail&ID=2162 |title=First Minister Meets EU Commissioner |publisher=Welsh European Funding Office |date=October 31 2007 |accessdate=2008-02-08] and Rodney Berman (Leader of Cardiff County Council).The station's mission statement is “to deliver a diverse range of music with shows that break the mould of traditional radio”.
Radio Cardiff has also developed a programme of training and development in the medium of radio. [ [http://news.glam.ac.uk/news/en/2007/nov/06/radio/ Radio Cardiff links up with Glamorgan for training courses, News Centre ] ]
Funding problems led to the station closing down temporarily on 15th July 2008 http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/07/18/sound-of-silence-at-radio-cardiff-91466-21363082/ - but it was back on air a week later with a presenter-less music format. The station is now in negotiations with the University Of Glamorgan to relaunch as a partnership http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7525657.stm.
The University of Glamorgan also has a partnership arrangement with Pontypridd-based community radio station GTFM http://glamlife.glam.ac.uk/community/459 It has studios at it's central Cardiff creative arts campus known as The Atrium http://cci.glam.ac.uk/
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External links
* [http://www.radiocardiff.org Radio Cardiff website]
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