DJ Councillor shows up home town

Tony's back on the air waves - but not in Neath

 Former Radio One DJ and Cllr.Tony Wyn-Jones is to make yet an other come back when he  joins the team of Radio Tircoed - a community radio station on 106.5 FM or on the internet at:
www.tircoedforestvillage.org.uk/
Tony will be presenting the drive time show on Monday's & Wednesday's 4pm to 6pm.  Everybody who works at the station are all volunteers  and receive no payment at all.
Tony said: "I'm really looking forward to it very much, it's a long time since I was on the radio but now I'm back and raring to go."
For more information contact mail@tonywynjones.co.uk or on Facebook

The above photo shows the part of the studio which is located at the village hall pictured left.  It is understood that the radio station was funded by a lottery grant.  The exciting thing about Tircoed Radio is that it can be heard on the Internet - this means that Tony can be heard all over the world!

It is rather ironical that a little village with around 500 houses should have its own radio station while Neath, with thousands of homes hasn't one.   With a little vision, the Empire Cinema would make an ideal base for such a venture, with other community facilities.   It would certainly save Cllr. Tony Wyn-Jones travelling all the way to Tircoed!

Ed. Note   Tircoed Forrest Village, Nr. Penllergaer, is run as a trust where every household pays a sum to a central fund (it was £50 per annum) - this pays for cutting open grass areas and the running if the village hall.   Residents can use the village hall for parties FREE OF CHARGE - unlike our area where we pay well over £150 per household as a community charge through our council tax and also have to pay to use our community centres.   Now, unlike Neath, Tircoed have their own community radio station - which you can listen to on the Internet.

It goes to show that smaller communities can be run far better than bigger ones.  Dyffryn Clydach is another example.