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Broadcast area | Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Llanelli |
Frequency | FM: 96.4 MHz DAB: 12A (Swansea) DAB: 12C (South East Wales) |
RDS | HITS S W |
Branding | South Wales' Hits Radio The Biggest Hits, The Biggest Throwbacks |
Programming | |
Format | CHR/Pop |
Network | Hits Radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | Bauer Media Audio UK |
Greatest Hits Radio South Wales | |
History | |
First air date | 30 September 1974 (49 years ago) |
Former names | Swansea Sound (1974–1995) Sound Wave (1995–1998) The Wave (1998–2024) |
Former frequencies | 95.1 FM 1169 MW 1170 MW |
Technical information | |
Transmitter coordinates | 51°37′45″N 3°55′13″W / 51.62917°N 3.92028°W |
Links | |
Website | Hits Radio South Wales |
Hits Radio South Wales, formerly The Wave, is an Independent Local Radio station based in Swansea, Wales, owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Hits Radio network. The station broadcasts to Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Llanelli.[1][2]
The station was known as The Wave from 1998 to 2024, having previously been branded as Sound Wave and Swansea Sound. As of March 2024, the station has a weekly audience of 130,000 listeners according to RAJAR.[3]
History
Early years
Initially broadcasting as 257 Swansea Sound on 1169 AM and 95.1 FM on 30 September 1974, the AM frequency was later adjusted to 1170 and FM changed to 96.4. The station split into two separate services on 30 September 1995, creating a new music-led station called 96.4 Sound Wave, while Swansea Sound continued to broadcast on 1170 AM. The separate stations were based at studios in Gowerton, from where Swansea Sound began broadcasting. In 1998, the FM station changed its name to 96.4 The Wave.[4]
The Wave
2000s
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The Wave continued providing a local service to Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Llanelli. In 2002, The Radio Authority announced plans for a Swansea DAB multiplex to form, allowing The Wave to broadcast on a digital platform under the format of contemporary hit radio.[5] 2003 saw the station adding the South Wales' Hit Music tagline as their slogan[6] as well as a highly popular competition called A Week on Wheels, which returned the following year as a promotion.[7]
In January 2004, The Wave was officially launched on the new DAB multiplex.[8] The Wave came under management of UTV Radio in 2005, when the company acquired The Wireless Group, the owner of the station in the early 2000s.[9] The station also ran Party in the Park concerts in Singleton Park, Swansea for many years, but due to the financial cost, the event ended in 2006.[10] Instead, The Wave began a partnership with Escape into the Park, a similar music event involving mostly contemporary dance music.[11] In 2008, The Wave began using the marketing brand You Love It, We Play It, which was processed by then-owners UTV Radio.[12] The following year, the station switched to the Today's Best Mix strapline.[13]
2010s
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The Wave and Swansea Sound were involved in UTV Media's Wales Live scheme, an aborted attempt to provide a service designed to support local news through radio, television and online services. The project was set to launch by October 2010, but ultimately failed.[14]
The Wave, along with other local commercial radio stations within the UK, became a part of the Radioplayer UK project, an internet service formed by the BBC, Global Radio and the Guardian Media Group to supply a listen live feed of UK radio stations across the world.[15][16] The Wave's owner, UTV, was renamed the Wireless Group in 2016.[17] On 8 February 2019, The Wave was sold alongside Swansea Sound and the Wireless Group's network of local radio stations to Bauer Radio.[18]
2020s
In May 2020, Bauer announced that The Wave would join the Hits Radio network, while retaining its localised on-air branding.[19] The Wave began carrying most of the network's off-peak programming from Manchester from 15 June 2020.[20] The Wave officially joined the Hits Radio network on 20 July 2020.[21] In May 2022, The Wave began broadcasting network programming after the local breakfast show on weekdays, alongside hourly local news bulletins seven days a week and traffic updates at peak times.[22]
Hits Radio rebrand
On 10 January 2024, station owners Bauer announced The Wave would be rebranded as Hits Radio from 17 April 2024, as part of a network-wide relaunch involving 17 local radio stations in England and Wales.[23][24] The local breakfast show was retained, along with local news and traffic bulletins, with the station rebranded Hits Radio South Wales.[25]
Coverage area
The station's official Ofcom measured coverage area (MCA) covers Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Llanelli on 96.4 FM, with the signal coming off the transmitters on Kilvey Hill. Hits Radio also broadcasts on DAB, online and on the station app.[26] Following the rebrand to Hits Radio, the station replaced the UK version on the neighbouring NOW SE Wales DAB multiplex, extending coverage to South East Wales.
Music policy
The station broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format[27] by syndicating Bauer's Hits Radio playlist.[28]
Programming
Networked programming originates from Bauer's Manchester studios.[20] Local programming is produced and broadcast from Bauer's Swansea studios from 6am-10am on weekdays.[21]
News
Bauer's Swansea newsroom broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am-7pm on weekdays and from 7am-1pm on weekends. Headlines are broadcast on the half-hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows.[29] The local bulletins also air on sister station Greatest Hits Radio South Wales.
The station also simulcasts hourly Sky News Radio bulletins at all other times.
See also
- Greatest Hits Radio South Wales (formerly Swansea Sound)
References
- ^ Local Radio Licence: Coverage Brief and Specification (Swansea). Ofcom. 1994.
- ^ Public File
- ^ "RAJAR". www.rajar.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "Details of 1998 Name Change" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "2002 – The Wave on DAB". Ofcom.org.uk. 13 December 2002. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^
- ^ "Week on Wheels". 12 October 2003. Archived from the original on 14 December 2003. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "DAB 2004". Radio-now.co.uk. 31 January 2004. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ UTV 2005 Takeover Archived 21 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "PITP". Shop.rexfeatures.com. 19 June 2005. Retrieved 20 November 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Escape into the Park comes under Swansea Bay festival, therefore, the event is sponsored by The Wave 96.4". Swansea.gov.uk. 2 June 2006. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "UTV Marketing/Format". Radiotoday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "New Style 09". Digital Spy. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "The Wave and Swansea Sound mentioned in UTV press release". U.tv. 9 December 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "Radioplayer UK – About". Radioplayer.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "Search 96.4 FM The Wave – Radioplayer UK". Radioplayer.co.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "UTV brings back the Wireless Group name". 29 February 2016.
- ^ "Bauer buys Wireless Group's local radio stations". 8 February 2019.
- ^ "Dozens of local radio stations to vanish across England". The Guardian. 27 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ a b Radio Today: Hits Radio networking starts on new Bauer stations
- ^ a b Bauer starts to roll out Hits and Greatest Hits to new radio stations Stuart Clarkson, Radio Today, 9 July 2020
- ^ More Hits Radio network programming for five Bauer radio stations, Radio Today, 21 April 2022
- ^ "Fifteen local stations get set for Hits Radio rebrand". Bauer. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "Bauer to rebrand heritage FM stations in England and Wales to Hits Radio". RadioToday. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "Hits Radio is coming on April 17th". Hits Radio South Wales. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "Analogue Broadcast Radio Measured Coverage Area (MCA) Maps" (PDF). Ofcom. 28 September 2004.
- ^ "CHR Format". Nyradioguide.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2006. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ Hits Radio Networking Starts on New Bauer Stations: Radio Today
- ^ The Wave public file
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