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Bethan Elfyn
Born
Bethan Elfyn

Bangor, Wales
SpouseRichard Hawkins
Children2
Career
ShowBethan Elfyn
StationBBC Radio Wales
Time slot19:00–22:00 Saturday
StyleClassic rock and new Welsh music
CountryWales and United Kingdom

Bethan Elfyn (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈbɛθan ˈɛlvɨn]) 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, Richard Hawkins, who is promoter and word manager at Clwb Ifor Bach. They have two children.[2][3]

Career

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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.

References

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  1. ^ Elfyn, Bethan. "BBC - Wales Music: Greetings from Bethan". BBC.
  2. ^ Elfyn, Bethan (28 February 2012). "Today my daughter Tegan is 3 weeks old - time flying by already!".
  3. ^ Williams, Kathryn (8 October 2022). "BBC DJ Bethan Elfyn 'ready to fight' after devastating lung transplant diagnosis". WalesOnline. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  4. ^ "DJ Bethan Elfyn to leave Radio 1". walesonline. 2 November 2010.
  5. ^ "BBC Radio Wales - Bethan Elfyn". BBC.
  6. ^ "Amazing Radio signs former Radio 1 DJs". 31 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Amazing Radio". amazingradio.com. Archived from the original on 2 November 2011.
  8. ^ "BBC Radio 6 Music - Lauren Laverne, Bethan Elfyn sits in". BBC.
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Spin. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2014. Elfyn, Bethan (25 June 2012). "Introducing: Gulp". BBC Wales Bethan Elfyn Blog. BBC Wales. Retrieved 16 May 2014

Heist or Hit Records

Huw Stephens on his BBC Radio 1 show. In November 2011 the label was Bethan Elfyn's choice for her 'Label it Up' feature on Amazing Radio. [(Cutscene)]

Charlotte Church

Surprised When You're a Ghost", and "Say It's True" on BBC Radio with Bethan Elfyn. Church released her first EP ONE on 4 September 2012. On 19 December

Georgia Ruth

from the album gained significant radio airplay from Adam Walton and Bethan Elfyn on BBC Radio Wales, Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1, Steve Lamacq and Tom

Benny & Jolene

Daz The Film was received well by Music Industry aficionados including Bethan Elfyn of BBC Radio One who described the picture as, "Charming, surprising

BBC Radio 1

was hosted by Jen Long between January 2011 until May 2012. Previously Bethan Elfyn occupied the slot, who had at one time hosted alongside Huw Stephens