Bio

Background and format: Swansea Sound is a regional radio station for the Swansea and Gower area. The music played is a blend of hits from the past four decades as well as current music. Swansea Sound aims to provide local news and sport and broadcasts full match commentary on all Swansea City games, home and away. They also broadcast special shows featuring Welsh choirs, country music, plus programmes in Welsh. It is available on 1170 MW, DAB Digital Radio and Online. Owner: UTV Radio. Schedule: A full schedule can be viewed here. Target Audience: Swansea Sound is aimed at the listeners in Swansea aged over 40. Circulation: Source: RAJAR for period ending March 2020. Ad Rates: Advertising details can be viewed here Tips for PRs: For general enquiries you can contact them at reception@swanseasound.co.uk There are roughly 20 programmes broadcast on Swansea Sound per week – the guest booking opportunities and lead times differ from show to show. Automation and Local Programming Automation - During daytime hours Swansea Sound is fully live and does not run automated programming. Local Programming - We are locally programmed Monday to Friday 6am to 10pm. From 10pm until 2am programmes originate from the UTV Network Centre. They run an automated locally produced programme overnight on Swansea Sound (2am-6am, until 7am on Sundays). In addition they also run an automated locally produced programme 6pm -10pm on Saturdays and from 2pm until 4pm on Sundays. From 4pm until 7pm on Sunday they run a specially centrally UTV produced Flashback Top 40 show hosted by David 'Kid 'Jensen Awards: 2018 - IRN Awards, Campaigning Journalism Award: Don’t Dance Alone (winner)