Established in 1964, BBC Cymru Wales is based in Cardiff and directly employs some 1,200 people to produce a range of programmes for television, radio and online services in both English and Welsh.

Since January 2009 the administrative base of the NOW has been the BBC Hoddinott Hall, in the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff.

However, this changed with the launch of S4C on 1 November 1982 as all Welsh-language programming on both the BBC and the ITV contractor HTV was transferred to the new channel.

As part of a guaranteed ten hours a week of BBC-produced programming, Pobol y Cwm switched to the new channel while a newly expanded news service, Newyddion, was launched.

The first web pages for Wales began to appear on BBC Online in 1997, including a variety of features surrounding programming, schedules, community events and other stories.

[13] Expansion in the number of drama productions handled by BBC Cymru Wales since 2011 has resulted in the construction and opening on a new studio centre in Cardiff.

[16] The BBC confirmed in 2015 that Central Square would be the location of their new headquarters building[17] and began to move out of Llandaff studios in 2019.

[21] The current headquarters of BBC Cymru Wales is New Broadcasting House, based in Cardiff's Central Square in the heart of the city.

[22] The new building is the base for almost all BBC Cymru Wales staff, and is purpose built to house radio and TV production teams.

Fewer studios were needed in the new headquarters partly as a result of the new purpose build facilities for drama and BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Cardiff Bay.

[23] Staff started to move into the new headquarters in October 2019,[24] The expansion of BBC Cymru Wales' drama productions in recent years has resulted in investment for new studios.

Drama production for BBC Cymru Wales is currently based at Roath Lock studios in Cardiff Bay.

Despite the investment in Upper Boat, the studio complex soon became too small to house new productions being moved to the BBC Nations.

Located in Porth Teigr, Cardiff Bay, Roath Lock Studios gained permission in January 2009[26] and construction began in June 2010[27] with the building topping out in February 2011.

They then moved to new purpose built facilities at BBC Hoddinott Hall in January 2009, as part of the Wales Millennium Centre campus.

[7] The studio centre was built in 1966 and opened the following year as a purpose-built location to house the expanding presence of the BBC in Cardiff.

BBC Cymru Wales's main studios outside of Cardiff are based in Bangor, Gwynedd, and are home to around 50 staff.

In recent years, its drama output has been particularly successful, including the 2005 revival of the classic science fiction series Doctor Who and its spin-offs Torchwood (2006) and The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007).