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In November 2001, BBC Wales introduced a special opt-out service known as BBC 2W, which aired weekdays from 8.30 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the BBC Two Wales channel space on digital television, and carried a separate schedule of Welsh-produced programming in comparison to the analogue BBC Two Wales. BBC 2W was discontinued in 2008 due to the ...
BBC2 had extended its coverage to Wales on 12 September 1965. To mark the occasion, the channel broadcast BBC-2 Comes to Wales to introduce the service, featuring the Secretary of State for Wales James Griffiths, the Lord Mayor of Cardiff, the Deputy Mayor of Newport, Chairman of the Broadcasting Council for Wales Professor Glanmor Williams, David Attenborough and BBC2 Wales Controller Alun ...
BBC Radio Wales – An English-language radio station covering Wales. BBC Radio Cymru – A Welsh language radio station. BBC Radio Cymru 2 – A part-time Welsh language radio station which opts out at breakfast time from Radio Cymru.
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The BBC mainly uses live announcers on its flagship television channels BBC One and BBC Two, and on its digital channels (apart from BBC News and BBC Parliament, which do not use announcers at all). Separate continuity for BBC One and BBC Two in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is provided by local announcers who also double as transmission ...
BBC 2W closed down on 2 January 2009 in the run-up to digital switchover as part of plans to achieve 3% annual efficiencies at BBC Wales. Digital BBC Two in Wales reverted to the network version, with less frequent regional programmes as is the arrangement on Analogue BBC Two Wales. [3]
BBC One Wales and BBC Two Wales begin broadcasting from new studios in Cardiff's Central Square. [42] 28 September – The final edition of BBC Cymru Wales's flagship news programme, Wales Today, is broadcast from its Llandaff studios shortly after 9am, and the first edition is aired from Central Square at lunchtime. [43]
The launch of BBC Cymru Wales (BBC Wales at the time) on 9 February 1964 provided a specific television service for the country. The new service was heavily promoted (proclaiming that Wales gets its very own TV service in 1964!) with animated promos using the sound of Welsh choirs to explain about interference from the mountains. [2]