Editing S4C (section)

===Early years===
The name S4C was the first thing to be decided at a meeting held in [[Gregynog]] on 31 January and 1 February 1981. No other names were considered for the new service. By year's end, when the IBA was adapting transmitters to enable the carriage of [[Channel 4]] and S4C, no transmitters in northern Wales were converted, meaning that the population in an area with a significantly large Welsh-speaking population was to be deprived of the new service. Some transmitters were not scheduled to be adapted until 1985 at latest.<ref name="BFW"/>

S4C started broadcasting on 1 November 1982, broadcasting around 22 hours a week of programmes, mostly during prime time (7 to 9:30pm)<ref name="dailypost"/> with a teatime slot for children; with English language programmes from [[Channel 4]], rescheduled to fit around the Welsh programmes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-63414736|title=S4C: Birthplace of SuperTed and Fireman Sam turns 40|work=BBC News |date=1 November 2022}}</ref> The first night of the channel started at 6pm with a pre-recorded<ref name="dailypost">{{cite news |title=S4C celebrates its 30th birthday |url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/film-tv/s4c-celebrates-its-30th-birthday-2649773 |work=[[South Wales Evening Post|Daily Post]] |date=27 October 2012}}</ref> bilingual preview programme fronted by [[Owen Edwards (broadcaster)|Owen Edwards]],<ref name="Owen">{{cite web |last1=Stapley |first1=Nigel |title=A Tribute to Owen Edwards |url=https://transdiffusion.org/2010/09/09/a_tribute_to_ow/ |website=Transdiffusion |date=9 September 2010}}</ref> which also featured the first episode of ''[[SuperTed]]'' and excerpts of Channel 4's launch programme ''Preview'', in anticipation for the latter's launch the following day.<ref>{{cite web |title=Croeso i S4C - From our archive |url=https://transdiffusion.org/2021/08/03/croeso-i-s4c/ |website=Transdiffusion |date=3 August 2021}}</ref> The launch programme was accompanied by Robin Jones, Siân Thomas and Rowena Jones-Thomas.<ref name="BFW"/> ''SuperTed'' opened the floodgates for the development of animation in Wales, with or without S4C's support.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Noelle |title=Cardiff's Animation History |url=https://www.creativecardiff.org.uk/index.php/cardiffs-animation-history |website=Creative Cardiff |date=20 April 2018}}</ref>

S4C's bilingual nature rejected that the Welsh language had to be directly translated to English, as the English and Welsh viewing demographics differed heavily. Over time, the price per hour of the independent producers increased.<ref name="BFW"/>

Owen Edwards retired from his post at S4C in 1989, having just been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.<ref name="Owen"/>