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{{Short description|Independent local radio station that broadcasts to Pembrokeshire}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = Radio Pembrokeshire
| logo             = 1025pembrook.png
| city             = [[Narberth, Pembrokeshire|Narberth]]
| area             = [[Pembrokeshire]]
| coordinates      = {{Coord|51.8992|-4.8665|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
| branding         = ''Your Music, Your Station''
| airdate          = 14 July 2002 (21 years ago)
| frequency        = [[FM broadcasting|FM]]: 102.5 MHz<br>107.5 MHz ([[Fishguard]] and [[Tenby]])<br>[[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]]: 12D (Mid and West Wales)
| format           = [[Adult Contemporary]]
| power            =
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| owner            = [[Nation Broadcasting]]
| website          = [http://radiopembrokeshire.wales/ Radio Pembrokeshire]
}}
'''Radio Pembrokeshire''' is an [[Independent Local Radio]] station that broadcasts to [[Pembrokeshire]].  It is owned and operated by [[Nation Broadcasting]] and broadcasts on 102.5 and 107.5 FM and DAB from studios near the [[St Hilary transmitting station|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 June 2024, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 24,000, according to [[RAJAR]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=RAJAR |url=https://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly_listening.php |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=www.rajar.co.uk}}</ref>
==History==
[[File:LOGO PEMBS.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Radio Pembrokeshire logo used until 2016]]
[[File:Radiopembrokeshirestudios2007.jpg|thumb|left|280px|The original studios of Radio Pembrokeshire were at the Old School Estate in [[Narberth, Pembrokeshire|Narberth]]]]
Radio Pembrokeshire was founded by Keri Jones and Stephen Cole as ''Haven FM'', a [[Restricted Service Licence|RSL]] station which carried out a 30-day trial broadcast to the [[Pembroke, Pembrokeshire|Pembroke]], [[Pembroke Dock]] and [[Neyland]] areas during the summer of 1999. Based at a small studio at Bethany Chapel, the station returned for a further trial period in November and December 1999 – and encouraged listeners to lobby the [[Radio Authority]] to license a permanent local radio station.
Two further RSL broadcasts took place in 2000 – by the end of the year, Haven FM launched its bid to secure a countywide licence for the whole of [[Pembrokeshire]]. Two further groups, More FM and [[Real Radio]], also applied for the licence. In November 2001, Haven FM was awarded an eight-year licence.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2001-11-20 |title=Haven FM celebrates radio licence victory |language=en |work=Western Telegraph |url=https://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/6652643.haven-fm-celebrates-radio-licence-victory/ |access-date=2023-05-19}}</ref>
The station was renamed Radio Pembrokeshire following a pre-launch competition to find a new station name. Originally intended to broadcast from studios in [[Haverfordwest]], a lack of suitable premises led to the station setting up studios at the Old School Estate in [[Narberth, Pembrokeshire|Narberth]], around nine miles to the east of Haverfordwest and near the border with neighbouring Carmarthenshire.
Radio Pembrokeshire began broadcasting on Sunday 14 July 2002, broadcasting on 102.5 FM from the [[Haverfordwest transmitting station|Haverfordwest transmitter]] near [[Woodstock, Pembrokeshire|Woodstock]] with low power relay stations in [[Fishguard]] and [[Tenby]], broadcasting on 107.5 FM.
Nearly two years after the launch of Radio Pembrokeshire, the station's Narberth studios became home to a second local station, [[Radio Carmarthenshire]], followed in March 2010 by [[Radio Ceredigion]]. In August 2006, the station was sold to [[Nation Broadcasting|Town and Country Broadcasting]] (now Nation Broadcasting).
In September 2016, Nation Broadcasting announced plans to relocate Radio Pembrokeshire and its two neighbouring counties services from the Narberth studios to studios near the [[St Hilary transmitting station|St Hilary transmitter]] on the outskirts of [[Cowbridge]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-09-14 |title=Jobs at risk as Nation Broadcasting plans to relocate stations |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-37365313 |access-date=2023-05-19}}</ref> The station switched broadcasting to the St Hilary studios at 10{{nbsp}}am on Tuesday 22 November 2016.
==Programming==
The majority of Radio Pembrokeshire's output is produced and broadcast from Nation Broadcasting's St Hilary studios. Some programming and presenters are shared with sister stations [[Swansea Bay Radio]], [[Radio Carmarthenshire]] and [[106.3 Bridge FM|Bridge FM]].<ref name="pdf">[http://radiopembrokeshire.wales/wp-content/uploads/Radio-Pembrokeshire-Public-File.pdf Radio Pembrokeshire public file], April 2022</ref>
Presenter-led shows air from 6{{nbsp}}am to 7{{nbsp}}pm on weekdays, 8{{nbsp}}am to 6{{nbsp}}pm on Saturdays and 6{{nbsp}}am to 10{{nbsp}}pm on Sundays. A weekly hour-long Welsh language music programme on Sunday evenings, shared with Radio Carmarthenshire.
===News===
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.<ref name="pdf"/>
National news bulletins from [[Sky News Radio]] air hourly at other times.<ref name="pdf"/>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{Official website|http://radiopembrokeshire.wales/}}
{{South Wales radio}}
{{Town and Country Broadcasting}}
{{Radio in Wales}}
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[[Category:Radio stations in Wales]]
[[Category:Pembrokeshire]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 2002]]
[[Category:Nation Broadcasting]]
[[Category:Adult contemporary radio stations in the United Kingdom]]