Radio Cardiff

Radio Cardiff (98.7 FM) is a community radio station serving Cardiff, the capital of Wales. It broadcasts locally on 98.7 FM, DAB and via live streaming on the Internet. The station has a MOBO (Music Of Black Origin) policy, and features reggae; soul; funk; jazz; soca; calypso; world music: bhangra; hip-hop; R&B; house music and drum & bass. Many UK Chart and Billboard Chart songs are played in non specialist shows, giving the station a wide variety of music from mainstream, eclectic to genre specific shows. 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; a show by students from the University of South Wales and a weekly programme for Cardiff's Somali community. Radio Cardiff 98.7 FM began live broadcasting on Monday 8 October 2007. It was originally part-funded by Communities First and the European Union Social Fund (ESF Objective 3), and is initially broadcasting on an initial 5 year licence. The formal opening of the studios in Butetown, Cardiff took place on 25 October 2007 in an event attended by Rt. Hon. Rhodri Morgan AM (First Minister of the Welsh Assembly Government) 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 also developed a programme of training and development in the medium of radio. As with many community radio stations, the workforce is voluntary.