Radio Tircoed

Radio Tircoed was the little community station of Tircoed, a village west of Swansea in south Wales - self-funded, volunteer-powered and broadcasting on 106.5 FM to the north and east of the city. In 2024 it rebranded, and the Tircoed studios now carry Welsh Coast Radio for Swansea and South Wales.

The music policy was classic community radio: pop and classic rock, local chat and listener requests, the sound of a village station that knew its audience by name. Weekends brought specialist shows, weekdays kept the village company, and the phone line never stayed quiet for long. The rebrand widened the ambition - from one village to the whole Swansea area - without leaving the village studios.

The station can still be found on 106.5 FM and online, with the studio phone and WhatsApp open for requests. In an age of national brands, it remains the kind of hyperlocal radio Britain does well: small signal, big local heart.