English: In the initial period when we were developing Radio Beca, when we were working on the transmitters and so on, we did have a series of meetings with the heads of Radio Cymru, which were very positive, where we looked at joint developing, whilst recognising that there was some overlap in terms of the contexts despite being, essentially, different. I was very pleased of that, because back in the days of Radio Ceredigion - I have not said this in the past - but Radio Cymru were looking to kill off the station and there were some quite strident attacks on us, as a radio station, namely from the point of view of attracting staff away from us, but also in terms of our rights to become involved with various parts of community life, where the BBC would insist that we didn't have a right to delve into particular areas. So, we welcome that change very much. By now, of course, we are operating in an area which, to a great extent enables - . From the point of view of Radio Cymru, Radio Cymru does what it does and we do what we do. I do anticipate that we would like to restart the discussion at some point in the future, so that - . There is a historical partnership with S4C and we're in the process of renewing that at the moment. One of the things at the heart of that partnership with S4C is the intelligence on the ground in terms of, 'This is the reality of the discourse on the ground'. Whatever people tell you formally and officially and when you put a camera in front of them, this is what's being discussed and this is the real mindset, and we can carry that intelligence in order to help S4C, for example, to come from that place where they're trying, from the centre, to imagine what the needs and potential of their audience is, where we are amongst the audience, we are the audience and we're an audience that is creative. So, there is further potential to that. What causes some concern is not so much the personalities leading Radio Cymru, but that the BBC, as a structure, is hierarchical and it could never actually do away with that central management. And, as has happened with a great deal of the move towards internet broadcasting, it wants as much control as it can possibly have and we need to keep a very close eye on that.
Welsh: Yn y cyfnod cychwynnol o ddatblygu Radio Beca, pan oeddem ni'n gweithredu ar y trosglwyddyddion, cawsom ni gyfres o gyfarfodydd gyda phenaethiaid Radio Cymru a oedd yn bositif iawn, lle roeddem ni'n edrych am gyd-ddatblygu, gan gydnabod bod y cyd-destunau'n gorgyffwrdd ond, yn y bôn, yn wahanol. Roeddem ni'n falch iawn o hynny, oherwydd, yn ôl yn adeg Radio Ceredigion - nid wyf i wedi cyhoeddi hyn - mi oedd Radio Cymru yn gwneud ei orau glas i ladd yr orsaf, ac fe gawsom ni ymosodiadau go haerllug arnom ni, fel gorsaf, a dweud y gwir, yn bennaf, o safbwynt denu staff, ond hefyd o safbwynt ein hawl i ymwneud â gwahanol rannau o fywyd cymdeithasol, lle'r oedd y BBC yn mynnu nad oedd gennym ni hawl i fynd i mewn i'r lleoedd arbennig hynny. Felly, roeddem ni'n croesawu'r newid yna'n fawr iawn, iawn. Erbyn hyn, wrth gwrs, rŷm ni'n gweithredu mewn maes sydd, i raddau helaeth, yn galluogi - . O safbwynt Radio Cymru, mae Radio Cymru yn gwneud beth mae'n ei wneud, a rŷm ni'n gwneud beth rŷm ni'n ei wneud. Rydw i yn rhagweld rhyw bwynt pan fyddwn ni'n licio ailgychwyn y drafodaeth, fel bod y pethau - . Mae yna bartneriaeth hanesyddol gennym ni gyda S4C ac rŷm ni yn y broses o'i hadnewyddu. Un o'r pethau canolog yn y bartneriaeth gyda S4C yw'r intelligence ar lawr gwlad nawr, o ran 'Dyma realiti'r drafodaeth ar lawr gwlad'. Beth bynnag mae pobl yn dweud wrthych chi'n ffurfiol ac yn swyddogol ac o flaen y camera pan fyddwch chi'n rhoi camera o'u blaenau nhw, dyma'r hyn sy'n cael ei ddweud, dyma'r meddylfryd go iawn, ac rydym ni'n gallu cario'r intelligence yna i helpu S4C, er enghraifft, i ddod o'r lle yna lle maen nhw'n ceisio, o'r canol, dychmygu beth yw angen a photensial cynulleidfa, lle rŷm ni yn y gynulleidfa, a'r gynulleidfa sydd yn creu. Felly, mae yna botensial pellach iddo fe. Yr hyn sydd yn codi ofn, wrth gwrs, yw nid yn gymaint y personoliaethau sydd yn arwain Radio Cymru, ond mae'r BBC fel strwythur yn hierarchaidd ac nid yw hi byth, mewn gwirionedd, yn gallu colli'r rheolaeth ganolog yna. Ac fel sydd wedi digwydd gyda llawer o symud tuag at we-ddarlledu, mae'n moyn cymaint o reolaeth ag y mae'n gallu'i chael ac mae'n rhaid cadw llygaid ar hynny drwy'r amser.