Bethan Elfyn
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Bethan Elfyn (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a Welsh radio and television presenter.
Elfyn was born in Bangor, Gwynedd, was brought up in Newtown, Powys,[1] and now lives in Penarth, Glamorgan with her husband, Clwb Ifor Bach Promoter and Works Manager Richard Hawkins. They have two children.[2][3]
Career
Elfyn is a fluent Welsh speaker and has appeared as a panellist on Welsh-language channel S4C's music talent show Wawffactor. She co-hosted Radio 1's first Welsh-language programme as part of the oneclick strand in August 2005 with Aled Haydn-Jones from The Chris Moyles Show.
Elfyn co-presented the Wales programme on BBC Radio 1 with Huw Stephens as part of the station's regional output every Thursday evening. She joined Radio 1 in 1999 during the Cool Cymru era of music and arts popularity, as part of the aforementioned new regional output, and left in 2010 after 11 years at the station.[4]
She currently presents the Saturday evening show for BBC Radio Wales on the current Welsh music scene, with live sessions, interviews and a mix of classic rock and pop.[5] Elfyn also presents The Bethan Elfyn Show on Amazing Radio where she plays a music from new and emerging artists.[6][7] She also appears occasionally on BBC 6 Music as cover for presenters including Lauren Laverne.[8]
Elfyn is also one of the architects of the BBC/Wales Arts Council programme Horizons Gorwelion, supporting new Welsh bands. The programme was established in 2014.
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External links
- Bethan Elfyn (BBC Radio Wales)
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