Gtfm Specialist Interest Programme Information & Highlights
PROGRAMME NEWS:
The Cardiff City Phone-in is now broadcast twice a week, on Monday and Wednesday from 7-8pm.
See Thursday at 6.35pm below for information about Lee Woods new Computer and Video Games feature, his email contact details. An extended discussion on the subject, chaired by Lee, is available via an mp3 stream which you can hear by clicking the link below. This feature will be updated on a monthly basis.
Also, check-out Marie-Claire's new 'JAZZ MEETS SOUL' SHOW ON WEDNESDAYS FROM 8-10PM. This programme replaced Sean Chapman's 'Soul Train' following his move to the land of Northern Soul. We wish him well and will let you know how you can hear him when he gets his show back on the air somewhere 'up there'.
Email: chapmanrecords@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.chapmanrecords.co.uk/
MONDAY
THE CARDIFF CITY PHONE-IN - Is now broadcast from 7-8pm on Mondays and Wednesdays. The programme is produced in the studios of the University of Glamorgan at their Atrium Building in Cardiff. Phone 01443 654654 to take part, or email: bluebirds@mail.com.
BOB AND NORM'S BLUES SHOW - Mondays from 8 - 10pm. Listen every week for the best in Blues music plus local gig news.Email: bluesshow@gtfm.co.uk.
Click here for Bob and Norm's Blues Show Page
Click here to link to their special Blues Show site
NEW MUSIC SHOWCASE - Mondays from 10pm to Midnight with Adam and Lee. It's Gtfm's unsigned bands/new music show. Former 'Showcase Wales' presenters Stan and Wilf have a programme called 'Music Therapy' on the second Thursday of every month from 7-9pm.
Email: showcasewales@gtfm.co.uk
Click here for the Showcase information page
Check out their Myspace site too, on: www.myspace.com/showcasewales
TUESDAY
CLWB CYMRAEG is GTFM's award winning magazine programme broadcast in the medium of Welsh, every Tuesday from 7-10pm with Ioan, Kate, Gary, Aled & the Team. Also see Saturday 7-8am and Sunday 7-9pm. Award winning Welsh programmes click here
HIGHLY STRUNG WITH HOWARD REES - Tuesdays from 10pm to Midnight: Listen every week for the best in folk and world music plus local gig news.
WEDNESDAY
THE CARDIFF CITY PHONE-IN - Is now broadcast 7-8pm on Mondays and Wednesdays. The programme is produced in the studios of the University of Glamorgan at their Atrium Building in Cardiff. Phone 01443 654654 to take part, or email: bluebirds@mail.com.
JAZZ MEETS SOUL with Marie Claire - 8-10pm. Email: smoothjazz@gtfm.co.uk
HOWARD'S RETRO SHOW - This progamme features great oldies and fascinating information about them. You can hear it twice a month on the first and third Wednesday each month from 10pm-Midnight. Email howard via howard@gtfm.co.uk.
The other regular monthly programmes from 10pm-Midnight Wednesday are:
LATE NIGHT LOVE SONGS - Craig Parry - with a wide selection of love songs (second Wednesday of each month). Email your dedication to
EASY BLEND - Dave Frantony with a great mix of music and fascinating observations on life in his world since last month's show (fourth Wednesday of the month).
THURSDAY
6.35pm (approx) every Thursday in Drivetime: The Computer and Video Games (CVG) feature with Lee Woods. He has the latest information on - and reviews of - new releases. To contact Lee follow this email link: cvg@gtfm.co.uk Click below to hear Lee's extended discussions with other local games enthusiasts via mp3 streams:
Click a link and allow time for it to start playing (it's dependent on your internet connection speed). After a pause you should see a player control strip appear on an otherwise blank screen. To return to this page afterwards, press 'back' on your browser.
7-9pm
on the first Thursday of the Month, Restarting after Christmas &
New year on Thursday 2nd Feb: VALLEYS BUSINESS (7pm) our monthly
business programme.
The motoring interest programme 'Drivers Seat' with Ian Edwards is
also scheduled to return in February 2012 in the 8-9pm slot.
7-9pm on the second Thursday of every month its MUSIC THERAPY - with ex-Showcase Wales co-hosts Stan & Wilf. Expect live guests, gig news and a great mix of (mainly) Rock genre music.
7-9pm on the third Thursday of every month its THE FATHER AND SON SHOW - with Ian and Rhys Edwards. Local varied interest magazine programme.
7-9pm on the fourth Thursday of the month its THE SLIGHTLY SERIOUS SHOW - with local weather forecasting guru and (Kirk the) duck keeper, Jonathan Powell. Hard to describe but fun to listen-to! Also featuring Pirate Pete.
THE Gtfm ROCKSHOW - 9-11pm every week.
Presented by Andy Fox
, who recently celebrated
25 years in broadcasting, the programme contains all the best 'Classic
to Modern Rock, Progressive to Metal and all things in between' and interviews
with visiting rock bands, live guests, a featured album, rock news,
and a weekly competition to win CD's,Dvd's or gig tickets.
Email: rockshow@gtfm.co.uk
Hear interviews again at http://gtfmrockshow.wordpress.com
Learn more about Andy and the show on the Rockshow Page
THURSDAYS FROM 11pm:
THE MOORE SHOW - Featuring an extended interview with Kevin Moore's special guest on paranormal, space or UFO related subjects
(fourth Thursday of the month 11pm-Midnight).
FRIDAY
THE PONTY RUGBY SHOW - 6.30-7pm - with Alun Jones. Talking all things rugby with special guests.
NEW RELEASES/LATEST CHART NEWS - 7-11pm - 'Something For The Weekend' with Gavin Powell. Featuring the 'Top 10 @ Ten' chart update (10pm) Email gavin@gtfm.co.uk
WELSH LANGUAGE BREAKFAST HOUR 7-8 am. Start your Saturday with Kate and a mixture of Welsh and English songs plus presentation suitable for Welsh learners.
THE ALBUM CHART - Noon-2pm with Andy Fox. The Album Chart show has a new look for the new year, this week featuring the retro Album and Singles chart from this week in history. Plus the usual current Top 20 rundown, new release and No1 of your life.
SPORTS REPORTS, RESULTS (and music) - 2-6pm in 'The Season Ticket', with Darren & the Team. Sports news - and Alex has motorsport after 5pm, including Formula 1 during the Grand Prix season.
90's BASED DANCE CLASSICS - 9-11pm, with Jamie Jay and the Quantize team
SUNDAY
THE HUMANITY OF CHRIST - a series of five minute talks written and read by Rev. Ken Owen, broadcast at 7.45am
CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC and HYMNS included in SUNDAY BREAKFAST SHOW - 8-10 am, normally with Rev. Vaughan Rees.
NOSTALGIA plus requests included in OLD GOLD - 10am-Noon with Howard Griffiths Email: howard@gtfm.co.uk
ROCK N' ROLL is featured in JOAN's JUKE BOX - Noon-1pm with Joan Smart Email: joan@gtfm.co.uk
70's & 80's OLDIES - 1-3pm with Andrew Johnson
SPOTLIGHT - MUSICAL THEATRE & STAGE PERFORMANCE NEWS & MUSIC - 3-4pm,
with Becci. There's more about this show in Becci's corner
THE GTFM FILM SHOW - 4-5pm, with Ioan Dyer Email: filmshow@gtfm.co.uk
CLASSICAL MUSIC - 5-6pm with Nick Jones
COUNTRY MUSIC - 6-7pm, with Dave Spernaes Email: davescountry@gtfm.co.uk
WELSH LANGUAGE MUSIC & PRESENTATION - 7-9pm 'Ar Y Gweill' with Gary Ellis. Join Gary for two hours of bi-lingual entertainment, with Welsh language music during the first hour and a mixture of Welsh & English during the second. There's also a 'just for fun' competition, information & details of Welsh events in the local area, plus what to watch out for on S4C.
Welsh language programmes are also broadcast on Tuesday 7-10pm & Saturday 7-8 am. You can also hear Wales-wide news in Welsh every weekday at 3pm, courtesy of BBC Radio Cymru.
For more individual programme email addresses click here
Regular Information Spots
LOCAL NEWS BULLETINS - are compiled in our own newsroom and broadcast hourly from 6.02am on Monday to 6.02am every Saturday morning.
UK and WORLD NEWS - is provided in two-minute bulletins by Sky News and broadcast 'on the hour' every hour.
NEWS HEADLINES - are broadcast at approximately 20 minutes past and to the hour on weekdays from 7.20-8.40am and 4.20-6.20pm
LOCAL WEATHER FORECASTS - Summaries are broadcast after hourly news bulletins from 6am on Mondays to 5pm on Saturdays, plus 8am to Noon on Sundays. We also broadcast Met Office Severe Weather and Advisory Warnings as soon as they become available.
During severe weather Gtfm broadcasts the latest FLOODWATCH information for local rivers from The Environment Agency. The FLOODLINE Information number is 0845 988 1188. We also
bring you the latest information about closed schools as soon as it is
available every morning (see our Newsroom page for a link to the RCT website an alternative source of local school closure information.
TRAFFIC & TRAVEL - Information
about local road and rail links, plus the M4 and any delays being
experienced at Cardiff International Airport are summarised every 20
minutes on the weekday Breakfast and Drivetime programmes from
7.20-8.50am and 4.20-6.20pm inclusive.
What's On Announcements and Entertainment Guide
Do
you have a local event coming up? Are you organising a fundraising or
charity event? Why not let us promote it for you? Get in touch via
email to events@gtfm.co.uk
or phone
01443 406111 and - free of charge - we can include details of your
event in our regular Gtfm What-on/Events Diary announcements,
which appear every hour throughout weekday daytimes, plus Weekend
mornings and overnight.