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Radio Cymru announces exciting new season
As
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Cymru announced a new season of programmes today (Wednesday
6 August), it revealed plans for an important series reflecting
the history of local eisteddfodau in Wales.
Over
the next few months, Radio Cymru will be working closely with Cymdeithas
Eisteddfodau Cymru (the eisteddfodau society of Wales) which is
holding its annual meeting on the Eisteddfod field today.
"What
better place to launch a series like this than the National Eisteddfod?"
says ´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales news presenter Garry Owen.
"Local
eisteddfodau are a major part of our culture and are the backbone
of the National. I, and a lot of other people, owe them a lot. This
series is an opportunity to look at just how important their contribution
is today and in the future."
An
exciting element to the new season of programmes is a dedicated
day in which a series of programmes will honour one of Wales' finest,
as he celebrates his 60th birthday.
Radio
Cymru will pay homage to Dafydd Iwan, by turning the Bank Holiday,
25 August, into Diwrnod Dafydd Iwan.
A series
of programmes on this day takes a look back at his career, and listeners
will be able to choose their top ten favourite Dafydd Iwan songs
in Deg Ucha' Dafydd.
A two
hour programme will look back on his 40 year singing career and
will broadcast his reading of Gerallt Lloyd Owen's now infamous
poem at the 1969 Urdd Eisteddfod.
Friends
will also have the opportunity to pay tribute - people like Ray
Gravelle and Meredydd Evans.
In
another new series, Chwarae Dy Gêm, presenter
Lowri Roberts looks at how sport is reflected in prose and poetry,
past and present.
Presented
by Derwyn Williams, Yn Y Busnes follows the goings
on in Welsh business including the Corgi factory in Ammanford, which
sells socks to Prince Charles, Siop Eifionydd in Porthmadog and
a new PR company, Equinox.
Y
Gamp Lawn is returning to bring all the excitement of the
new sport season direct to Radio Cymru's listeners – from
the World Cup, the latest happenings in the Welsh rugby clubs around
the country and of course, all the excitement from the Welsh football
games.
Twm
Morus returns with a new series of Mewn Gair where
he'll be looking at the meaning and history behind the Welsh language.
He's
busy out and about on the Eisteddfod field at the moment collecting
place names and words from the Meifod area to include in the first
show.
Beti
George will present a new series of Oed yr Addewid
and Y Rali will be following the Caerwedros Young
Farmers Club as they prepare to welcome the annual rally for the
first time.
Mewn Sesiwn will hear some of Wales' most well
known singers and musicians perform and explain their music, including
as Tecwyn Ifan, Caryl Parry Jones, Steve Eaves and Dafydd Iwan.
Radio
Cymru continues its presence at some of Wales' biggest summer festivals,
bringing the buzz of all the local events to homes across the country
– including Sioe'r Tair Sir in Carmarthen, The Anglesey Show
and Gwyl Cefni.
"Over
the next few weeks Radio Cymru will have something for everyone,"
says Aled Glynne Davies, the station's Editor, "from the fun
in Milan where the Welsh football team will be challenging Italy,
to a special programme commemorating the military coup in Chile
30 years to the day, as told by some of the Welsh people who were
there or connected to it in some way."
Notes
to Editors
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Among radio listeners in Wales, Radio Cymru are those who listen
for the greatest number of hours according to recent RAJAR figures.
The
average Radio Cymru listener hears up to 15.5 hours per week.
•
The share of Radio Cymru listeners among fluent Welsh speakers has
leapt to 26.5% - the highest number for two years.
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