The fine folk at Radio Tircoed (http://www.radiotircoed.com/) welcomed me into their midst yesterday - and an educational visit it was too (for me, not them).
Station manager Phil England was at the controls of his morning show, accompanied by sidekick-for-the-day Caroline Carpenter.
As well as providing the usual mix of chat, travel info, weather and news, they were getting heartily stuck into promoting day one of the UK-wide local radio Hope for Haiti auction. Swansea Sound and The Wave are also involved.
As the day progressed it turned into a fine effort. Tickets to see song-and-dance quartet JLS went for £650, for instance.
Today's lots include items from the likes of Harry Connick Jr, La Roux and Avril Lavigne. Tomorrow's items include goods from Will Young, Nelly Furtado, Nickelback and many more.
Tircoed's national link is sitting comfortably with the station's community ethos. The walls of their studio are lined with business cards and publicity for local entertainers and business people who have found popularity on their respective Swansea Bay circuits.
They include Andrew Harley and his Kings of Cool Show (http://bit.ly/aNpwxm), and Loughor-based violin restorer John Carpenter (http://www.johncarpenterviolins.co.uk/).
Today's top news story was about a Welsh assembly vote next week enabling AMs to trigger the process for a referendum on further powers.
And all this week The Morning Show is playing two Carpenters double-plays, marking the February 4 anniversary of Karen Carpenter's 1983 death.
On FM, incidentally, you can tune in to Tircoed on 106.5.
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