February 19's Swansea Bay Media Highlights

... For all those interested in & working in the Swansea Bay media
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Online BBC Cymru Wales Click

Don’t miss – Fabulous images from a new exhibition tracing the lives of Italians in Wales – it features evocative black and white shots of folk across Swansea Bay. Detail right. Click
Key local story - A commemorative sculpture of Ray Gravell has been commissioned by BBC Cymru Wales. Click
Publicity power – A horticulturist is pictured with bananas grown at Carmarthenshire’s National Botanic Garden; a nice plug for this day-out treasure. Other tour attractions should try similar publicity tricks – but don’t try growing subtropical herbaceous edibles. Click
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Broadcast Bay Radio Click
Key local story – Swansea and Neath Port Talbot could each be £4m better off every year if Assembly funding was fairer, according to Plaid Cymru’s Dr Dai Lloyd.
Typical ad break – Tact Cymru fostering services, Day’s vehicle rentals, South Wales Scorpions rugby league.
Get involved – Bay’s online hot question for listeners today is: Should we all work just 21 hours a week? Click here and hit Burning Question
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Print South Wales Guardian Click
Lead story – A young Ammanford motorist seriously injured in a road smash is trying to find the Good Samaritan who comforted her as she lay in her VW’s wreckage.
Key opinion – A public meeting might be considered to save Hendy Library should Carmarthenshire Council vote to close it soon.
Promo power – WordPress seems to be the web’s content management site of choice for many these days – and very fine it is too. So it’s good to see Ammanford’s My Custom Wordpress trying to capitalise with an ad flogging websites for £100.
Don’t miss – The return of Shane Williams fever. Post-Scotland, the Amman Valley flier is touted for a knighthood on page one ... and the Papacy on page three!
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Community Radio Tircoed Click
News - Swansea Council has been criticised for chopping down a protected tree.
Show info - Stuart Loosemore has local singer/song writter Aislinn Peters in on The Acousstic Show today from 8pm.
Business - Petrol price cuts not passed on, claim.
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Swansea Bay media duo cuddle up to the Scorpions

Two of Swansea Bay's most youthful media operations have become a key player in a new sports team.
Bay Radio and Nation Radio have linked up with Neath-based rugby league freshmen the South Wales Scorpions.

It could be a stirring combination - a new sporting spectacle for the region and two of the area's most innovative broadcasters. With God's game being a passion of mine, I wish all involved great success in this partnership.
The Scorpions' official radio stations for the 2010 season are part of the Town and Country Broadcasting Group that own six stations including Llanelli's Scarlet FM, Radio Carmarthenshire, Bridgend's Bridge FM and Radio Pembrokeshire.
Bay covers Swansea Bay, Nation a larger tranche of South Wales, including Cardiff, Newport and Swansea.
The two stations are pledging what is believed to be the largest amount of advertising ever for a rugby league club in Wales.
They plan broadcasts the week before each of the Scorpions’ 11 home fixtures, starting with a big-name friendly against Wigan Warriors at The Gnoll on Sunday (kick-off 2.30pm).
The Scorpions are the newest professional RL side in Wales. Following the game against Wigan, they will be playing 20 matches in the Co-operative Championship 1 against the likes of Oldham and Workington Town.
In addition to adverts throughout 2010, Bay and Nation will provide editorial support when needed in the form of interview opportunities plus a link to the Scorpions website on Bay and Nation home pages.
Bay and Nation logos will appear on the Scorpions’ home and away shirts and there will be advertising boards at The Gnoll. Both stations will have ads in match programme and links from the Scorpions website.
Scorpions’ owner Phil Davies told Media Master: “They’ve had us in as studio guests a few times already and Sunday’s Wigan fixture was announced first on Bay Radio. This will be the start of a long and fruitful partnership.”
Andy Griffiths, broadcast director of Town and Country, said: “I'm impressed with the club’s enthusiasm, determination to develop local talent and their already good relationship with the supporters and local community.”
For Scorpions-Wigan tickets click here.