BBC Radio Wales is BBC Wales's national English language radio station in the English language. The station began broadcasting on 12 November 1978 following the demise of the old 'Radio 4 Wales' service (previously the Welsh Home Service) and BBC Radio 4's transformation into a national network, moving medium wave to long wave. The current managing editor for the station is Steve Austins.
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“To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.”
—Anonymous. quoted in “Quote Unquote,” Feb. 22, 1982, BBC Radio 4.
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