Bridge FM

Bridgend
Broadcast area	Bridgend County Vale of Glamorgan
Frequency	FM: 106.3 MHz
RDS	BRIDGEFM
Programming
Format	Hot AC
Ownership
Owner	Nation Broadcasting
History
First air date	1 May 2000 (23 years ago)
Links
Website	bridgefm.wales

Bridge FM is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to Bridgend County Borough and the surrounding areas. It is owned and operated by Nation Broadcasting and broadcasts on 106.3 FM from studios at the St Hilary transmitter in the Vale of Glamorgan.

The station plays chart music from the 1980s to the present day, alongside local news, travel and community information.

As of March 2024, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 19,000, according to RAJAR.^[1]

Bridge FM was formerly owned by Tindle Radio but sold to Town and Country Broadcasting (now Nation Broadcasting) in 2006, becoming the company's fifth local radio station.

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  The very first Bridge FM logo used between 2000 and 2003
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  The second Bridge FM logo used between 2003 and 2006
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  The third Bridge FM logo used between 2006 and 2015

Bridge FM's output is produced and broadcast from Nation Broadcasting's St Hilary studios broadcasting on FM, DAB and Online. ^[2] Most programming and presenters is shared with sister stations Swansea Bay Radio, Radio Pembrokeshire, Bridge FM and Radio Carmarthenshire.^[3]

Presenter-led shows air from 6am - 7pm on weekdays, 8am - 6pm on Saturdays and 8am - 9pm on Sundays. Including Lee Jukes who presents the weekday breakfast programme between 6am-10am.^{[4] [5]}

Local news bulletins air hourly from 6am - 7pm on weekdays and 7am - 1pm at weekends with headlines on the half-hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime.^[6]

National news bulletins from Sky News Radio air hourly at other times.

• Official website

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