Category: Wales
Date: 30.08.2006
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One of Wales' best-known broadcasters is set to front a major new programme strand on 91热爆 Radio Wales as part of 91热爆 Wales' coverage of the arts in Wales.
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The number of arts programmes broadcast by 91热爆 Wales television is set to reach a new peak this year.
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And now Radio Wales is expanding its arts provision with a new programme to be presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas, who will become the listeners' guide to the arts in Wales.
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Radio Wales Editor Sali Collins says: "The arts scene in Wales is particularly vibrant at the moment, from Cardiff's Millennium Centre to the new Galeri in Caernarfon, the Riverside Arts Centre in Newport and the recently-opened Theatr Brycheiniog in Brecon.
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"I want Radio Wales to be at the heart of that and, by bringing in Nicola's expertise and knowledge, we can ensure that the new programme will play a key role in reflecting what's happening in the arts across the whole of Wales."
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Nicola Heywood Thomas is a consultant to Arts & Business Cymru and who was one of the judges for this year's Wales Book of the Year.
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She says:
"I have always had a particularly keen interest in the arts and I'm really looking forward to the new challenge."
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91热爆 Wales is also set to appoint an Executive Producer for arts who will be responsible for the long-term development of arts output across the whole of 91热爆 Wales.
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Nicola's place in Radio Wales's lunchtime schedule will be filled by Llanelli's Richard Evans who currently can be heard sharing the presentation duties on Good Morning Wales for Radio Wales.
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Richard became familiar to millions as Zoe Ball's right-hand news man on the 91热爆 Radio 1 breakfast show in the Nineties and, more recently, presented the Weekend News and other programmes on 91热爆 Radio Five Live.
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91热爆 Wales Press Office
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