Capital Cymru

Capital Cymru
Broadcast areaGwynedd, Anglesey and North Wales Coast
Frequency
BrandingGorsaf Gerddoriaeth Siartiau Orau Gogledd Cymru
Programming
Language(s)Welsh
English (networked programming)
Format
Network
Ownership
OwnerGlobal
History
First air date
  • 11 December 1998 (1998-12-11) (as Champion 103
  • March 2009 (as Heart Cymru)
  • 6 May 2014 (as Capital Cymru)
Technical information
Transmitter coordinates
53°01′12″N 4°16′24″W / 53.0199°N 4.2732°W / 53.0199; -4.2732
Links
WebcastGlobal Player
Websitewww.capitalfm.com/cymru/ Edit this at Wikidata

Capital Cymru is a local Welsh-language radio station owned and operated by Global. The station broadcasts to Gwynedd and Anglesey from studios in Gwersyllt, Wrexham via the Arfon transmitting station.

Previously, the station formed part of the Heart network and earlier the Marcher Radio Group.[1] It switched to the Capital network on 6 May 2014. Heart North and Mid Wales now covers the region as part of the Heart network.

  1. ^ "Nine more Hearts makes 33". Radio Today. 28 April 2009. Nine more radio stations will be re-branded as Heart on June 22nd, including the former Marcher Group stations in North Wales and North West England.