As the capital of Wales,media in Cardiff plays a large role in the city and nationwide. Employment in the sector has grown significantly in recent years, and currently provides employment for 2.1% of the city's workforce – higher than the level across Wales (1.1%) and marginally lower than that across Great Britain as a whole (2.2%).[1]
At 5pm on 13 February 1923, 5WA Cardiff, a forerunner of BBC Radio Wales, first broadcast from a music shop at 19 Castle Street inCardiff city centre. Later that evening at 9.30pmMostyn Thomas, sangDafydd y Garreg Wen, which was the firstWelsh language song to be broadcast. A commemorative plaque records the event.[2] 5WA Cardiff was a radio service which began broadcasting on 13 February 1923 and ended on 27 May 1933.[3]
Cardiff's daily tabloid newspaper is theSouth Wales Echo, founded in 1884 and formerly based in Thomson House, now in 6 Park Street in thecity centre. There are two daily editions –News Extra in the morning andCity Final edition. TheWeekend Edition is published on Saturday. Roughly 50,000 copies are sold daily. The national newspapers, theWestern Mail and Wales on Sunday, are also based in Thomson House as all are owned byTrinity Mirror. The Western Mail has a daily circulation of about 40,000.
The Cardiff edition ofMetro is available daily on public transport in the city and around South Wales.[4] Both theSouth Wales Echo andMetro publish daily information for the city such as the weather and entertainment listings.
TheTimes Educational Supplement Cymru is based in the city, but the paper itself is printed in England.
Gair Rhydd is the award-winning weekly broadsheet published by the students ofCardiff University and is available free in theCardiff University Students' Union.[5]
Cardiff County Council publishes the monthlyCapital Times, and theEcho Extra is delivered free to homes. The Welsh language newspaperY Dinesydd (or Papur Bro) is published monthly for the city. Additionally, all British daily newspapers are widely available in the city.[6][7]
Magazines based in the capital include Jazz UK, Buzz magazine andPrimary Times
All of Wales' national broadcasters are based in Cardiff.BBC Cymru Wales used to have its headquarters at, the now largely demolished,Broadcasting House inLlandaff whileITV Cymru Wales is based near theSenedd inCardiff Bay and the Welsh language broadcasterS4C broadcasts fromLlanishen.
In addition, a local television channel for the city,Made in Cardiff, is based in offices at St Mary's Street in the city centre. An analogue local TV channel,Capital TV, broadcast as a low-power RSL analogue station from 2002 to 2009.[8][9][10]
The city also has its own Ofcom-licensed local digital television spectrum, owned byCube Interactive.[11]
As the national broadcaster,BBC Cymru Wales, used to broadcastBBC Radio Wales (103.9 FM) andBBC Radio Cymru (96.8 FM) on various frequencies across Wales fromBroadcasting House in Llandaff.
Cardiff's principal commercial radio stations areCapital South Wales (103.2 FM),Heart South Wales (105.4 FM) andSmooth Wales (DAB); all three of which originate local programming from studios at theRed Dragon Centre inCardiff Bay.
Radio Cardiff (98.7 FM) is a community station based in theButetown area andRadio Glamorgan broadcasts to theUniversity Hospital of Wales inHeath.[12][13]
Student radio station Tequila Radio broadcasts from theUniversity of South Wales'sATRiuM Campus andXpress Radio originates fromCardiff UniversityStudents' Union.[14][15]
TheCardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies is based atCardiff University.[16]TheAtrium building houses most of the Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries faculty (CCI for short) of theUniversity of South Wales.
Cardiff is the filming location and/or setting for many mainstream television programmes such asDoctor Who and its spin-offs,Torchwood andThe Sarah Jane Adventures,Class (2016 TV series),Merlin (TV series),Gavin & Stacey,The Story of Tracy Beaker (TV series),His Dark Materials (TV series), Netflix'sSex Education (TV series),Caerdydd andPobl y Cwm, and for films such asHuman Traffic,The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain,Infinite (film) and28 Weeks Later.[17][18][19] It is also referenced inMars Attacks![20]
It was announced on 15 October 2008 that theBBC is to move the filming shows such asCasualty andCrimewatch to studios inCardiff.[21] and confirmed on 27 March 2009 that filming would be begin in 2011.[22]
In 2010, Cardiff was used for filming of a contemporary update ofArthur Conan Doyle'sSherlock Holmes inSherlock, and for a remake ofUpstairs, Downstairs.
In 2012, Cardiff was the filming location of newMTV reality showThe Valleys. The reality caused controversy and Welsh viewers were angered with the way theWelsh were stereotyped. The reality show takes young hopefuls fromThe Valleys and move them to Cardiff to pursue their dream careers. The show also shows the cast binge drinking, fighting, having casual sex and revealing themselves.
The BBC Two quizOnly Connect is produced in Cardiff.[23]
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