affected by the network restructuring. On 6 February 2014, Global announced that Heart Cymru would be rebranded as Capital, with the North Wales licence of Real Radio Wales being sold to Communicorp and relaunched as a new separate Heart station for North and Mid Wales. Capital Cymru was launched on 6 May 2014. All local output, including extended Welsh language shows, news bulletins and network opt-outs were retained. On 23 May 2019, Capital Cymru dropped all of Capital's networked programming and introduced a full schedule of local output, including an additional Welsh-language daytime show. The station retains both the Capital branding and much of the network's Contemporary hit radio music playlist. The Sky VIP Official Big Top 40, simulcast on Heart North Wales, continues to air on Sunday afternoons. Outside programming hours, the station broadcasts automated output, including a full hour of Welsh language music at 5am on weekday mornings. Programming The majority of Capital Cymru's output is produced and broadcast from Global's Wrexham studios - including presenter-led programming from 6am-7pm on weekdays, 9am-12pm on Saturdays and 9am-4pm on Sundays The Sky VIP Official Big Top 40 on Sunday afternoons originates from Global's London headquarters. The station's local presenters are Alistair James (Capital Breakfast, Saturday mornings), Cerian Griffith (weekday daytime), Kev Bach (weekday afternoon), Megan Llŷn (Sunday mornings) and Owain Llyr (Sunday afternoons). News Capital Cymru broadcasts hourly localised news updates from 6am-7pm on weekdays and 6am-12pm at weekends. On weekdays, bulletins during local programming are broadcast in Welsh. Global's newsrooms in Wrexham and Cardiff Bay produce the bulletins, alongside those for Capital North West and Wales and Heart North Wales. See also List of Celtic-language media References External links Radio stations in Wales Marcher Radio Group Welsh-language mass media Bangor, Gwynedd Radio stations established in 1998 Cymru 1998 establishments in Wales