Available on 97.4 and 103.2, Red Dragon FM is a South Wales radio station which plays all the hits of the moment. This is great if you're between the ages of 8 and 17, but not quite so great is you mind hearing the same songs playing over and over and over and over... No, to be fair, Red Dragon is not nearly so bad as some other station where they literally play the same 20 songs, at least here there are requests for older songs, so you'll occasionally find yourself listening to a bit of a gem. Train's 'Drops of Jupiter' springs to mind. Who's that tutting in the back? Red Dragon FM are very involved in the local community, looking through the galleries on their website showed a massive amount of local events that they've been a part of. They are also very involved while on air, with local listeners forever honing in for competitions or other random involvement. Anyway, this is the kind of station you might flip on while you do the housework or might have to listen to while in work, but it's not going to speak many words or wisdom or enhance the culture in your life. read more

Capital FM - http://www.reddragonfm.co.uk/sectional.asp?id=12819 - Radio Stations Near Me - Cardiff, CRF

Love all of the popular chart tunes; want to listen to fun and friendly people and voices on your radio machine? Then this is your ideal radio station. If you go down to Cardiff Bay and visit the Atlantic Wharf centre, then you're surely in for an entertaining time, or rather your children perhaps really are... A five star radio show; it has competitions, quizzes, phone in call sessions, guess the song and singer games, they have the local news updates, traffic and weather updates, they go out and about locally, they know their gossip about the arts and entertainment world and often help with charities. They are very sensitive towards their audiences, polite and caring. They also have a website. Which is full of games: news, competitions and of ways in how, if you should so wish to, to get in touch. You can watch them speak in their attractive studio of a station. I recommend for all teenagers, and young adults from ages; 12 - 30 year olds, preferably for those who live in Cardiff or Wales. read more

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At the moment Red Dragon are in a good place they play the tunes you expect them to play - pop. Ok I never tune in for the content as its not about that - its all about the music. If it's a summer day and you want some pop music to reflect the superficial attitude you have to the globe ie the sun is shining and everything is ok with the world Red Dragon is for you. If you're in an introspective mood and fancy something a little bit deeper then put your ipod or listen to Nation Radio. Basically if you hate pop you'll hate Red Dragon. read more

Capital FM - Radio Stations Near Me - Cardiff, CRF

Pop fans will generally be happy campers if they listen to Red Dragon FM, an independent local radio station broadcasting out of the Red Dragon Centre in Cardiff Bay. It covers the capital city itself, Newport, and surrounding areas - with a potential audiences of around a million people. They play current chart toppers and offer the usual light-hearted waffle you'd expect from a local radio station - as well as some more serious news, weather and traffic reports. Just be prepared for lots of repetition if you listen to the station for too long - just as is the case with Radio 1, which (while enjoyable) also seems to have a fairly limited playlist on most shows. Red Dragon is often involved in high profile local events, such as Cardiff's Party In The Park and an annual Bonfire Night fireworks display. Apparently, Red Dragon is due to be rebranded as 97.4 & 103.2 Capital FM in January 2011 as part of a merger of Global Radio's Hit Music and Galaxy networks (forming the nine-station 'Capital Network'). At the same time its local programming will be cut to ten hours on weekdays and four hours at weekends, with generic 'networked' output from London introduced at all other times - making it that bit less 'local'... read more

I love Red Dragon and listen whenever I am in the car! It perks me up no end and I'm usually the one you pull up next to at the traffic lights singing my head off to myself. If you've never listened to it before and you love pop music where have you been? Thats pretty much al lthey play and its mainly current songs from the charts no matter what tiem of day it is. Whenver I'm driving in the morning I listen to Kam and Sally in the and Leigh in the evenings. The frequency is 103.2 & 97.4 Poptastic - loves it! read more

I can vividly remember visiting the Red Dragon Studios on a school trip, I'm almost certain they took us back for a career day too. For anyone in school who wishes to get into radio when they leave school then I suggest getting your teacher or headmaster to give them a call and find out if they can arrange a visit. The actual radio booth is viewable from outside the studio offices so even if you haven't arranged to get inside you can go down and have a look and listen to them from just outside in Atlantic Wharf Leisure Village. As I remember, the people who work here (and I don't just mean the djs) were very pleasant to meet. I guess I always had this image in my mind of them rushing around with not enough time to spare to worry about meeting real people. They surely have stories to research etc. This wasn't the case though, well, they probably did have stuff to research but they were very welcoming and friendly and willing to answer any questions we had about this kind of industry. read more

As a student who is often looking for music to dance to, music to accompany a failure to revise, music to have as background when doing Varsity promotions, I would have to say that I love Red Dragon. It is true that it does have a very specific target audience. However, being part of that audience, I can reliably inform you that it fulfills everything that it should. Yeah, sure, the music is sometimes repeated but then so is the music on Radio One which, seeing as we pay for it, should be the best radio station in the country (seriously, if you have the radio on at work, you will go insane after hearing DianaVickers for the 17th time). Also, sometimes the music is a little bit too poppy for some people. But it's mainstream and that has to be expected. I love Red Dragon. read more

Back in the days of Jason and Emma in the mornings (anyone else remember?) I used to be pretty obsessed with Red Dragon FM. In recent years I've converted to radio 1 (the DJ's are generally funnier, and the guests are unsurprisingly much better), but this is still a good local station. During the day they mostly play new music by popular artists, and music in the charts (so pretty similar to most local stations). Some of the DJs can be rather naff, however they frequently discuss local issues and events, plus they often have Cardiff residents calling in to make request or have a chat. As a Cardiff resident you do feel part of a real community when listening to this station. read more

Cardiff's chief commercial FM radio station, Red Dragon has trodden a similar path to a host of similar regional/local broadcasters around the country in becoming incrementally blander and blander over the years. It vaguely mirrors the downward spiral of many local newspapers, increasingly attempting the impossible task of pleasing all the people all the time as funding available in the sector steadily dwindles. The only really useful functions it serves are for local news, traffic and weather reports - at least two of which are fairly easily accessed via various other outlets - because its uninspiring chart music rotation is done infinitely better on national stations like Radio 1. Red Dragon does give a certain amount back to the community, supporting various local events. But with plans in motion to re-brand the station as part of Capital FM restructuring, it seems Red Dragon's days in its current incarnation are very much numbered. read more