English: This week has seen the forty-fifth anniversary of the opening of Swansea Sound, Swansea's independent local radio station. I would, first of all, like to congratulate them on their forty-fifth anniversary. For those people living in the area, it's well-known just how important that institution is for our part of south-west Wales, which is Neath Port Talbot, Swansea and Carmarthenshire. It began broadcasting on 30 September 1974, as the first commercial radio station in Wales, the seventh in the United Kingdom, but the first to broadcast in both English and Welsh. In 1995, the station was split into two separate services because of battles over frequencies, and the two stations are Swansea Sound, which continued as it was previously, and The Wave, aiming at a younger listenership, which probably left me out. Swansea Sound has had a large number of presenters over the last 45 years, many of whom have gone on to national broadcasting, both in Wales and in London. It has also had some very long-serving broadcasters, such as Kevin Johns and Steve Dewitt, both of whom are incredibly well-known in the Swansea area. It's been involved in organising events and campaigns, such as, every Christmas it raises money for charity and it organised an event at the Liberty Stadium for veterans, which was attended by several other Assembly Members from Swansea. The highlight of the Swansea Sound week for politicians is the Sunday morning phone-in with Kevin Johns. I don't think there's any local Member representing that part of south-west Wales who hasn't been on Swansea Sound, and one or two from outside the area. With the opportunity to answer questions from the public as they phone in, it's been a huge success, and I'm looking forward to the next 45 years, but I think somebody else might be making this speech. [ Laughter.]
Welsh: Yr wythnos hon mae'n 45 o flynyddoedd ers agor Sain Abertawe, gorsaf radio leol annibynnol Abertawe. Yn gyntaf oll, hoffwn eu llongyfarch ar eu pen-blwydd yn 45 mlwydd oed. Mae'r bobl sy'n byw yn yr ardal yn gwybod yn iawn pa mor bwysig yw'r sefydliad hwnnw i'n rhan ni o dde-orllewin Cymru, sef Castell-nedd Port Talbot, Abertawe a sir Gaerfyrddin. Dechreuodd ddarlledu ar 30 Medi 1974, fel yr orsaf radio fasnachol gyntaf yng Nghymru, y seithfed yn y Deyrnas Unedig, ond y gyntaf i ddarlledu yn Saesneg ac yn Gymraeg. Yn 1995, rhannwyd yr orsaf yn ddau wasanaeth ar wahân oherwydd brwydrau dros amleddau, a'r ddwy orsaf yw Sain Abertawe, a barhaodd fel cynt, a The Wave, a anelai at wrandawyr iau, nad oedd yn fy nghynnwys i, yn ôl pob tebyg. Bu gan Sain Abertawe nifer fawr o gyflwynwyr dros y 45 mlynedd diwethaf, gyda llawer ohonynt wedi mynd ymlaen i ddarlledu'n genedlaethol, yng Nghymru ac yn Llundain. Bu ganddi rai darlledwyr a fu wrthi ers amser maith hefyd, fel Kevin Johns a Steve Dewitt, y ddau ohonynt yn hynod o adnabyddus yn ardal Abertawe. Mae'r orsaf wedi bod yn rhan o'r gwaith o drefnu digwyddiadau ac ymgyrchoedd, a phob Nadolig er enghraifft, mae'n codi arian i elusen ac fe drefnodd ddigwyddiad yn Stadiwm Liberty ar gyfer cyn-filwyr, a fynychwyd gan sawl Aelod Cynulliad arall o Abertawe. Uchafbwynt wythnos Sain Abertawe i wleidyddion yw'r rhaglen ffonio i mewn ar fore Sul gyda Kevin Johns. Credaf fod pob Aelod lleol sy'n cynrychioli'r rhan honno o dde-orllewin Cymru wedi bod ar Sain Abertawe, ac un neu ddau o'r tu allan i'r ardal hefyd. Gyda'r cyfle i ateb cwestiynau gan y cyhoedd wrth iddynt ffonio i mewn, mae wedi bod yn llwyddiant ysgubol, ac rwy'n edrych ymlaen at y 45 mlynedd nesaf, ond rwy'n credu efallai mai rhywun arall fydd yn gwneud yr araith hon bryd hynny. [ Chwerthin. ]