BBC Cymru Wales
 .svg) BBC Cymru Wales's area within the UK |
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| TV stations |
BBC One Wales BBC Two Wales |
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| TV transmitters |
Blaenplwyf Carmel Llanddona Moel-y-Parc Preseli Wenvoe |
| Radio stations |
BBC Radio Wales BBC Radio Cymru |
| Headquarters |
Broadcasting House, Llandaff, Cardiff |
| Area | Wales |
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Key people
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Rhodri Talfan Davies (Director of BBC Cymru Wales) |
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Launch date
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February 9, 1964 |
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Official website
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BBC Wales (English) BBC Cymru (Welsh) |
BBC Cymru Wales (an amalgamation of the English: BBC Wales and the Welsh: BBC Cymru) is a division of the BBC, and the national broadcaster for Wales. Established in 1964, BBC Cymru Wales is based in Cardiff and directly employs some 1,200 people to produce a range of programmes for television, radio and online services in both English and Welsh.
BBC Cymru Wales operates two TV channels (BBC One Wales, BBC Two Wales) and two radio stations. Wales raises some £182 million in licence fee resources; however, spend on local content by BBC Wales (including S4C £76 million) is £151 million, £31 million of which is for BBC-produced television productions.
BBC Cymru Wales operates two television services, BBC One Wales and BBC Two Wales, which can opt out of the network feed of these two channels to broadcast regional programming. These two channels broadcast a variety of programmes in English, including the flagship news programme BBC Wales Today which broadcasts several bulletins throughout the day including the main evening programme.
In addition to these two channels, BBC Cymru Wales is required to provide programmes in Welsh, which it supplies to the Welsh channel S4C free of charge using the BBC Cymru brand. These programmes include a Welsh news service Newyddion, covering international, UK and Welsh news, and a soap opera Pobol y Cwm, the longest running television soap opera made by the BBC.
BBC Cymru Wales operates two radio stations covering the entire country. BBC Radio Wales is the English language network, broadcasting local programmes for approximately 20 hours a day and simulcasting the BBC World Service during the station's down time. BBC Radio Cymru broadcasts Welsh programmes for approximately the same time covering a wide variety of genres: a specifically branded youth section C2 contributes to this by broadcasting songs from the pop and rock genres. While off air, Radio Cymru simulcasts BBC Radio 5 Live's overnight programme.
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