Bethan Elfyn

Bethan Elfyn (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈbɛθan ˈɛlvɨn]) is a Welsh radio and television presenter.

Bethan Elfyn
Born
Bethan Elfyn

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

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.

References
  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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