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Hywel Gwynfryn (born 13 July 1942) is a Welsh television and radio personality and lyricist. [ 1 ] [ self-published source ] [ 2 ] He started working for the BBC in 1964 and joined BBC Radio Cymru at its inception, being the first voice heard on the new station.
It had number of presenters over the years. The first presenters were Hywel Gwynfryn and Marged Esli and a number of other presenters included Naomi Jones and Caryl Parry Jones who joined in 1979 after graduating. [citation needed] After moving to S4C, new presenters included Emyr Davies , Dewi Williams, Angharad Mair and Ynyr Williams .
The sons of Maredudd ap Hywel, Robert and James, took opposing sides during the last war of Welsh independence led by Owain Glyndŵr between 1400 and c.1412. Robert, the elder brother and the ancestor of the Wynn of Gwydir family sided with Glyndŵr but survived the war receiving a Royal Pardon from Henry IV and later by his son Henry V .
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Heddiw (English: Today) was a television news programme in the Welsh language, broadcast by BBC Television between 1961 and 1982. [1] The programme ended when all Welsh-language programming was transferred to the new channel S4C.
Evans was born in Cardiff and lived in Prestatyn in north-east Wales from the age of 10 until returning to Cardiff at 18. [2] He is the son of TV and radio presenter Hywel Gwynfryn and his wife Anja (who died in 2018) and has four siblings.
This was followed at 7am by the first edition of the breakfast magazine show Helo Bobol!, presented by Hywel Gwynfryn with contributions from a network of local reporters in studios across Wales. The first record played on Radio Cymru was Plas-y-Bryniau by Hergest.
Anfonaf Angel", which he wrote in 2008 with Hywel Gwynfryn, has since been recorded by many artists, including Ffion Hâf, Trio, Elgan Llyr Thomas, Rhys Meirion, Piantel and the London Welsh Male Voice Choir. It was recorded in 2011 by Bryn Terfel in order to raise funds for the Welsh Air Ambulance Service. [5]