Showing posts with label Stereophonics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stereophonics. Show all posts

Thursday, June 24, 2010

June 24's Swansea Bay Media Highlights

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For all those interested in & working in the Swansea Bay media
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Broadcast The Wave Click
Key local story - Pink got the party started for Swansea fans at the Liberty Stadium last night. As well as pumping out the hits, she performed a trapeze act and ventured into the audience in a giant plastic ball.
You heard it here - Australia has its first female prime minister ... Julia Gillard, born in Barry, Wales.
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Print Llanelli Star Click
News - Police investigate claims of dirty tricks aiming to scupper Pembrey Country Park's Beach Break Live student music festival - but Carmarthenshire Council hails the event a huge success. Click
Community – Great effort by the Star as it devotes four pages to photos of the Llanelli Waterside 10k and its 1,000 runners. The races were started by football hero John Hartson. Click
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Online Afan FM 97.4 & 107.9fm Click
Key ads - Top home page advertisers include Apollo Cinemas, Sin City and the Grand Theatre, Swansea. Promo – Cute hook-up with Stereophonics: Win a signed guitar from the band in an Afan FM competition. Click
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Monday, June 21, 2010

June 21's Swansea Bay Media Highlights

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For all those interested in & working in the Swansea Bay media
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Print South Wales Evening Post Click
Business - Emergency Budget: Swansea-based investment manager Richard Croydon, of Brewin Dolphin, says the Government's proposed changes to capital gains tax would have a devastating effect on savers and buy-to-let investors.
Music – The Storys' penultimate gig, at Swansea Grand Theatre's intimate Depot venue on Friday, is reviewed by arts writer Graham Williams: "At a time when the Welsh music industry is mourning Stuart Cable it's heartening to see another iconic Wales-based outfit going out in style."
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Broadcast BBC Radio Wales 93-104fm, 657 & 882mw Click
UK - The Chancellor's putting the final touches to tomorrow's Emergency Budget. He says painful spending cuts are inevitable.
Wales - The chief executive of the Ars Council of Wales says some arts organisations are at risk after a major funding review.
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Online Real Radio 105-106fm Click
News - The funeral of original Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable will take place today at St Elvan's Church, Aberdare. It's expected to feature a horse-drawn carriage. Click
Commercial - Yesterday saw auditions for a big wedding promotion. From tomorrow each finalist will try to convince Real Radio listeners that they should be the station's Bride on the Run. Prize: A wedding on the set of the Wales Millennium Centre's Mamma Mia! Click
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Friday, June 11, 2010

June 11's Swansea Bay Media Highlights

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For all those interested in & working in the Swansea Bay media
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Print Llanelli Star Click
World Cup - Llanelli Tesco manager Nerys Hughes: "We won't be selling England flags here." Llanelli B&Q's Mel Griffiths: "We haven't been sent any England-specific stock." Tal Einon, manager of town centre restaurant Altalia: "We'll be supporting Italy all the way."  Paul Brookfield, of the Metropolitan: "As a bar, we'll be supporting America and Mexico."
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Print Carmarthen Journal Click
World Cup - TV dealers Jones, of Nantgaredig, and Vaughans (Haverfordwest, Llanelli, St Clears, Aberystwyth) plug football-themed small screen offers.
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Broadcast Real Radio 105-106fm Click
World Cup - Legendary England goalkeeper Peter Shilton says England can win the tournament - if they have plenty of heart to match their talent.
Music - A campaign is running to get the Stereophonics' Local Boy In The Photograph to Number One as a tribute to Stuart Cable. Real Radio's helping. Click
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Online Western Mail Click
World Cup - Nice "what if" blog by Gareth Rogers: Veteran Wales' hopes at South Africa 2010 are hit after seven players are sensationally sent home in disgrace after a late-night curry house brawl in Cape Town. Click
Video - Watch slightly bashful reporter Simon Gaskell taste-testing a series of fine ales at Cardiff's Welsh Beer Festival. They include Kinver's May Bug, Kingstone's Abbey Ale, Taffy's Tipple from Jolly, a light ale from Jacobi and Great Orme's Celtica. Click
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

June 8's Swansea Bay Media Highlights

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For all those interested in & working in the Swansea Bay media
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Print Western Mail Click
News – Stuart Cable tributes from Stereophonics' Kelly Jones, the Alarm's Mike Peters, fans, Lostprophets' Lee Gaze, Cerys Matthews, the Manic Street Preachers, Katherine Jenkins, the Automatic's Iwan Griffiths.
Commercial – The big tease goes on as the Western Mail trails the launch of its five-day money-saving promotion with Ikea (starts Thursday).
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Broadcast Swansea Sound 1170mw Click
News – Rhossili Beach has been voted Britain's best by thousands of sand-and-surf lovers across the UK.
Sport – Swansea Sound plan to unveil the new Swans kit at 8.30am today (although you can have a sneak preview here, on the South Wales Evening Post back page or on the Western Mail's page 36). Plus, competitions to win kits tomorrow, Thursday and Friday. Click
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Online South Wales Evening Post Click
The final frontier 1 – Spot the streets, the young inebriated and the pavement pizzas in a made-to-shock video from DrinkWise. Click
The final frontier 2 – They're back: Years after last appearing in the paper, Swansea Astronomical Society's unique night sky star charts are back ... online. Here's June 2010. Click
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