BBC Radio Wales

BBC Radio Wales is a Welsh radio station owned and operated by BBC Cymru Wales, a division of the BBC. It is an English language national radio station for Wales, broadcasting news talk during breakfast and drive time, documentaries at 6.30pm, and a mixture of music and speech at other times​​.

Launched in November 1978, the station replaced the 'Radio 4 Wales' opt-out service and was initially broadcast for only 20 hours per week. Now, BBC Radio Wales broadcasts for up to 20 hours a day, including each weekday from 5.30am to 12:30am and from 5am to 1am at weekends, live from the headquarters of BBC Cymru Wales at Central Square, near the main railway station in Cardiff city centre​​.

As of August 2022, the station's managing editor is Carolyn Hitt, who is also editor of BBC Wales Sport. According to RAJAR, BBC Radio Wales has a weekly audience of 329,000 listeners and a listening share of 5.6%, as of March 2023​​.