Calon FM

Calon FM is a community radio station broadcasting primarily to Wrexham and the surrounding urban areas, along with fair coverage through much of the central areas of Wrexham County Borough, and parts of southern Flintshire.[1] The station is owned and operated by Calon Communications Limited, an independent company limited by guarantee no. 06492937, and broadcasts from studios in the Centre for Creative Industries (CCI) [2] on Glyndŵr University's campus in Wrexham.

Calon FM was first launched as a RSL radio station, originally covering events at the 2005 Wrexham Science Festival on 87.7FM.[3] In 2006, the station was granted a 5-year community radio licence. The station officially launched on Saturday 1 March 2008 on 105FM in Wrexham after a short period of test transmissions.

Calon FM broadcasts around 100 hours a week of music, features, sport, talk and specialist programming produced and presented by volunteers, alongside national news bulletins from Sky News Radio during live programming hours.

The station aims for its daytime output to consist of 70% music and 30% speech, whilst its evening output to be 80%-20% respectively, with weekly programmes in Welsh featuring alongside occasional programming in other languages.[4][5]

In August 2017, Calon FM began carrying live commentaries on Wrexham A.F.C. matches throughout the football season[6] The station's live coverage ended after two seasons.[7]

Calon FM is one of three local radio stations based in the town; the other being Global Radio's Capital North West and Wales and Communicorp's Heart North Wales. The station has won the Wales category in the Radio Academy Nations and Regions Awards twice in a row, in 2013 and 2014.[8]