Môn FM is a bilingual

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station serving

Anglesey Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strait and some islets and skerries. Anglesey island ...

and

Gwynedd Gwynedd (; ) is a county and preserved county (latter with differing boundaries; includes the Isle of Anglesey) in the north-west of Wales. It shares borders with Powys, Conwy County Borough, Denbighshire, Anglesey over the Menai Strait, and C ...

. The station broadcasts on 96.8, 102.1 and 102.5 FM and online from studios in

Llangefni Llangefni (meaning "church on the River Cefni", ) is the county town of Anglesey in Wales and contains the principal offices of the Isle of Anglesey County Council. United Kingdom Census 2011 recorded Llangefni's population as 5,116 people, maki ...

town centre.

Overview

MônFM broadcasts around 80 hours a week of locally-oriented music and speech programming in English and Welsh, including local news and current affairs features, sports, specialist music shows and events coverage. Most of MônFM's programming is produced and presented locally by volunteers, except for national news bulletins produced by

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in London 24 hours a day. The station's FM signal also extends to cover large parts of north

. In recent years, MônFM's editorial content has been expanded beyond its primary Anglesey TSA (target service area) to provide ample coverage of the mainland county. In 2021, the station's official TSA was expanded to include Gwynedd.

History

Following an RSL transmission on 87.9 FM for the Llangefni area in March 2012, the station continued to produce online output before being granted a full-time licence in August 2013, allowing MônFM to broadcast across most of the island via a transmitter at Gwalchmai. Full-time broadcasting on 102.5 FM and online began at 8am on Saturday 12 July 2014. In March 2019, the broadcast regulator

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extended the station's FM licence for a further five years. In August 2019, OFCOM granted permission for MônFM to expand its FM coverage area by building two new transmitters at

Penmynydd Penmynydd (; ), meaning "top of the mountain" in Welsh, is a village and community on Anglesey, Wales. It is known for being the birthplace of the Tudors of Penmynydd, which became the House of Tudor. The population according to the United Kingd ...

and Nebo. The station began broadcasting on 96.8 FM from the Penmynydd transmitter, targeting eastern Anglesey and north Gwynedd, on 6 May 2021. On 25 May 2021, MônFM opened its third FM transmitter at Nebo, near

Amlwch Amlwch (; ) is a port town and community in Wales. It is situated on the north coast of the Isle of Anglesey, on the A5025 which connects it to Holyhead and to Menai Bridge. As well as Amlwch town and Amlwch Port, other settlements within t ...

, serving north Anglesey on 102.5 FM. As a result, the Gwalchmai transmitter, serving west Anglesey, moved its frequency to 102.1 FM. In October 2019, the station won a Gold award for its live sports programme, ''MônFM Sport'', at the annual

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. The following year, MônFM picked up Bronze in the Station of the Year category.Bro Radio picks up Station of the Year award
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References

External links

MônFM
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