A Liberal Democrat AM supported language campaigners' calls to devolve responsibility for S4C to Wales in a rally over the future of broadcasting in Wrexham on Saturday.The calls follow news that over 100 jobs will be lost at BBC Wales on top of plans announced last year for the Government to cut its grant to S4C by 94% over the next four years.Former Wrexham council leader and AM for north Wales Aled Roberts, Plaid Cymru Councillor Marc Jones, local campaigner Nia Lloyd and Wrexham MP Ian Lucas addressed the annual rally of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg outside the BBC studios in the town.Speaking at the rally, Aled Roberts AM, described the plans for S4C as a 'threat' to the future of the language:"There's a fair amount of agreement amongst political parties in Wales about keeping S4C independent, and Westminster politicians should take note of this point of view. It's not acceptable that decisions about the future of our only Welsh language channel are taken in London according to the Minister's recent statement. There should be an agreed formula for funding the channel from 2015 onwards and operational decisions should be taken by S4C managers. The channel is a weapon in the struggle to establish Wales as a bilingual country, and the present plans are a threat to our plans to bring more of our children up as Welsh speakers because they threaten the continuation of the channel."Reacting to the comments, Bethan Williams, Chair of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg said:"I'm pleased that members of every party in Wales are willing to criticise the ill-considered plans for S4C. Although there's a strong consensus here against the plans, it's not succeeding in changing the decisions in Westminster at the moment. The cuts to the BBC and S4C make the case for devolving broadcasting to Wales stronger than ever before."The BBC bosses claim they're saving S4C, a corporation that's facing cuts itself and just announced they're cutting two thousand jobs. They're also making plans with the government behind the channel's back so they can decide on the channel's budget and take it over. Well, if this is the BBC and the Government saving S4C what hope is there? Our campaign over the last year has had a clear message - the people of Wales don't want these plans. Our message to the BBC today is: thanks, but no thanks."Wrexham's Labour MP Ian Lucas added:"S4C is an essential part of life in Wales, it must be preserved and developed. The whole way in which the UK government has approached the issue can give us no confidence at all that it understands the importance of the channel."Local Wrexham Plaid Cymru Councillor Marc Jones said:"S4C was created because of the strength of protest right across Wales. It's a channel with deep roots in our communities - employing hundreds through small independent companies and experimenting with programmes like Sgorio and Superted. But over a quarter century later, that key connection was lost and S4C became a self-important corporation feeding a few other big corporate companies. This present crisis is an opportunity to reconnect our channel - a channel for the people of Wales - with our communities once again."