I had only a mobile phone when I visited. There may be nothing to see as this CR station closed at the end of 2011
According to Wikipedia: "Afan FM was established in 2003 and went on to run five Restricted Service Licence (RSL) trial broadcasts before becoming the UK's first new Community Radio station (following the initial tranche of 16 "Access Radio" trial stations) by the award of Licence CR005 by the UK Broadcast Regulator Ofcom in April 2005. Afan FM began test transmissions on 107.9MHz on 17 April 2007 and was officially launched at 2pm on 20 April 2007.
The station completed its second coverage phase when it launched its transmitter on 97.4 MHz for the Neath and Neath Valleys area on Thursday 23 October 2008[...]
Afan FM was rebranded as XS Wales on 7 January 2011 in order to reposition itself as Neath & Port Talbot's Hit Music Station, complete with a new logo, audio imaging, website, and a launched schedule.
The station ended live programming on Tuesday 13 December 2011 and ceased broadcasting a day later."
BBC News reports the station having financial difficulties during late 2011 and being unable to continue operating
transplan UK were involved with the station's engineering and a case study on their web site confirms: "The transmitter serving Port Talbot on 107.9 from the top of Aberavon House was commissioned on 12 April 2007" |
