BBC Radio Cymru 2

On 19 September 2016, BBC Cymru launched a pop-up radio station, Radio Cymru Mwy (Radio Cymru More), broadcasting for three months in the run-up to the station’s 40th anniversary. Consisting of five hours of music-led entertainment programming each weekday, Radio Cymru Mwy was available on DAB in south east Wales and online.

Six months after the station closed, BBC Cymru announced it would launch a permanent second station, Radio Cymru 2. The new service airs for two hours every morning on digital and online platforms, as a music and entertainment alternative to the main network, which airs the breakfast news programme.

BBC Radio Cymru 2 began broadcasting at 6.30am on 29 January 2018.It airs as an opt-out service from 7-9am on Mondays – Saturdays and from 7-10am on Sundays. The daily breakfast show broadcasts from Cardiff (Monday–Saturday) and Bangor (Sundays) with short news bulletins on weekdays from Aberystwyth.