Radio
The national radio broadcaster, BBC Cymru Wales, broadcasts BBC Radio Wales (103.9 MHz) and Radio Cymru (96.8 MHz) on various frequencies across Wales from Broadcasting House Cardiff. Real Radio (105.4 MHz), broadcasts across Wales from Morganstown in north-west Cardiff.
Cardiff's principal commercial radio stations are Capital FM South Wales (103.2 MHz), Gold (radio) (1359 kHz AM), both of which are based in the Red Dragon Centre in Cardiff Bay, and Nation Radio based at the Media Centre in Culverhouse Cross (sharing facilities with ITV Wales).
Radio Cardiff (98.7 MHz) is based in the Butetown area and plays music of black origin. Radio Glamorgan is based in Heath and broadcasts across the University Hospital of Wales.
Xpress Radio is broadcast from Cardiff University Students' Union. Tequila Radio broadcasts from the University of Glamorgan's ATRiuM Campus
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