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69-624: It was announced in September 2008 that most of The One Network would be re-branded ' Heart ', this being completed by June 2009 with seven retaining their name as a new Hit Music Network , and Power FM becoming Galaxy South Coast , as part of the Galaxy Network . The One Network was subsequently folded into the Heart Network or The Hit Music Network , both owned by Global, and programming aligned accordingly. In January 2011,

138-508: A Sunday daytime service called CFM, broadcasting a more contemporary mix of music than normally broadcast by the station. This was precursor to the Broadcasting Act 1990 which required all ILR stations to permanently split simulcasting output on both its AM and FM frequencies in order to create new local radio stations and improve choice. Capital responded in 1988 by launching a golden oldies station called Capital Gold , initially at

207-483: A company backed by Lloyds Development Capital and Phil Riley . Heart Network Heart is a network of thirteen independent adult contemporary radio stations in the United Kingdom, broadcasting a mix of local and networked programming. Ten of the stations are owned and operated by Global , while the other three are owned and operated under separate franchise agreements. The national version of

276-650: A franchise agreement with Global. Global Radio extended the Heart network to the Real Radio network of regional stations from Tuesday 6 May 2014. The two stations based in Wrexham – Heart North West and Wales and Heart Cymru – became part of the Capital FM Network on the same date. On 20 November 2017, CN Group announced The Bay would be sold to Global along with sister station Lakeland Radio –

345-463: A new high-powered medium-wave station at Saffron Green , Barnet, was completed. In the meantime Capital Radio set about obtaining premises from which to broadcast and employing staff and on-air personnel, setting up temporary headquarters at 96 Piccadilly in London's Mayfair . Michael Bukht was appointed programme controller, Aidan Day Head of Music and Ron Onions Head of News, while Gerry O'Reilly

414-572: Is already available, were sold because Global already owns Heart and Galaxy in this region. However, it has also been said that these stations would be sold because the newly merged company (Global and GCap) would have too much control in the West Midlands area. It was announced in April 2009 that Bauer Radio were interested in the stations, however, in May 2009, the stations were sold to Orion Media,

483-470: Is also home to Capital's parent company, Global . The studio complex is shared with many other stations, including Heart , Smooth Radio , Classic FM , Capital XTRA , Radio X , LBC and Gold . The station launched its website in September 1996 resulting in high demand which led to it crashing within a few hours. Beginning in late 2005, the station went through a number of changes. In December 2005, Chris Brooks moved from weekend breakfast to host 1–4 in

552-844: Is produced and broadcast from the headquarters of Global at Leicester Square in central London. Most of the network's output is broadcast live, although some weekend shows are voicetracked . As of 21 June 2019, Heart's Club Classics is simulcast with sister station Heart Dance . The Sky VIP Official Big Top 40 on Sunday afternoons is simulcast with Heart's sister network, Capital . Source: All Heart stations broadcast local news bulletins each day – updates air hourly from 5am to 7pm on weekdays and from 6am to 12pm at weekends, similar to how Capital broadcasts news updates. In accordance with OFCOM speech requirements, some Heart stations produce separate localised bulletins. For example, Heart West produces bulletins for Bristol and Somerset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Devon and Cornwall. As of 2014,

621-653: The Capital Radio Helpline which helped listeners through matters ranging from how to cook a turkey at Christmas time to suicide prevention. In this era the station also lent its support to London-based orchestras, choral societies, the British Film Institute Children's Film Festival and many other ventures. 1976 saw the launch of the Flying Eye , a traffic-spotting light aircraft, which could see traffic congestion below on

690-581: The GWR Group head office in Passage Street, Bristol to broadcast across the network. In 2004, the GWR Group commissioned Thus to design and implement an upgrade to allow broadcasts across The Mix Network to be delivered using an MPLS IP VPN meaning that content could not only be delivered from any station in the group to the whole network, but also to individual groups of stations excluding

759-634: The West Midlands on 6 September 1994 as 100.7 Heart FM , becoming the UK's third Independent Regional Radio station, five days after Century Radio in North East England , and Jazz FM North West . The first song to be played on 100.7 Heart FM was Something Got Me Started by Simply Red . Its original format of " soft adult contemporary " music included artists such as Lionel Richie and Tina Turner . Reflecting this, its early slogan

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828-554: The West Midlands , the East Midlands and Wiltshire were unaffected by the changes. Heart Cymru , serving Gwynedd and Anglesey, moved its studios from Bangor to Wrexham but retained its extended local output of 10 hours on weekdays and 8 hours on Saturdays and Sundays. Heart North West and Wales retained an opt-out on 96.3FM (the North Wales Coast) for Welsh language programming. On 1 January 2011, Orion Media,

897-466: The "More Music Variety" One Network stations were broadcast from GCap Media studios , Leicester Square, London (now the studio used for Gold network programming). The One Network consisted of thirty eight regional contractors, previously owned by GWR and Capital Radio, and prior to that, mostly independent. All of the stations in the network broadcast the same programming in off-peak times, with most local programming allotted in daytime hours. On air, there

966-530: The Capital Countdown show, he was replaced at breakfast by the former Radio London partnership of Kenny Everett and Dave Cash (known for The Kenny & Cash Show ). Immediately after going on air, Capital Radio suffered co-channel interference from Radio Veronica , a pirate radio station off the coast of the Netherlands . Veronica began broadcasting in the 1960s and it was suggested that

1035-619: The Capital network. Network Three - A group of stations in the West Midlands that went on to be bought by Orion Media after competition issues required their divestment - these stations were initially part of Network Two from Nottingham, but on being split off for sale, the network feed for these stations (Beacon Radio, Mercia, Wyvern) came from BRMB in Birmingham - These stations ceased carrying Global content and are now known as Free Radio as of March 2012. Main syndicated programmes across

1104-764: The Cornwall ILR station Atlantic FM from joint owners Tindle Radio and Camel Media. Atlantic FM became part of the Heart Network and merged with Heart Devon on Monday 7 May 2012 to form Heart South West , which is based in Exeter. On 6 February 2014, Global Radio announced it would be rebranding all Real Radio stations as Heart and would be selling Real Radio Yorkshire and the Northern licence for Real Radio Wales to Communicorp . The Communicorp-owned stations use Heart's network programming and branding under

1173-611: The Help a London Child charity, which aimed to raise money for London's poorest children. The charity appeal went on to become one of the longest-running in broadcasting and the most recognised in British radio. In recognition of this, Network Southeast named British Rail Class 47 47710 "Capital Radio's Help a London Child", in August 1991. In 1976, Capital Radio, Thames Television , London Weekend Television and British Telecom launched

1242-497: The Hit Music network. This is because all these stations apart from Red Dragon served areas where Heart was already available on FM or are in a major urban area. Red Dragon and Capital produced all of their own programming, while Mercury, RAM, Ten-17 and Leicester Sound took networked programming from Trent FM's studios when not carrying their own locally split output.. In 2010, Ten-17 and Mercury FM were rebranded Heart as part of

1311-523: The London area in 1973 as one of Britain's first two commercial radio stations. Its brief was to entertain, while its opposite number, London Broadcasting (LBC) , was licensed to provide news and information. In search of a larger audience in 1974, Capital Radio rapidly moved from a general and entertainment station with drama, features, documentaries and light music to a more successful pop music-based format. In 1988 it became two stations: 95.8 Capital FM and Capital Gold . After some national expansion with

1380-465: The London local radio market ratings, recording the lowest-ever share of the London audience and for the first time falling behind Emap -owned station Magic and Heart , now owned by Global. Capital 95.8's audience share slipped from 4.6 to 4.1 per cent over the quarter. The station then returned to the "London's Hit Music Network" tagline on 10 December 2007, with ex- Absolute Radio presenter Greg Burns replacing Lucio on drivetime, and Lucio moving to

1449-455: The Marcher stations simulcast many of its sub-regional programming throughout its four local licences. Capital FM Network was the collective brand name of local radio stations owned by Capital Radio , all purchased between 1993 and 1998. The stations were roughly based around the format of the company's London based station Capital FM and were linked by sharing the same logo. Stations under

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1518-581: The Midlands. FM reception remained unaltered. Capital continued broadcasting, having been a 24-hour station from the beginning. The so-called ' needle-time ' restrictions on playing recorded music were eased, which meant it could play more of it, although they were not abolished entirely until 1988. They're even worse because they had the chance, coming right into the heart of London and sitting in that tower right on top of everything. But they've completely blown it. I'd like to throttle Aiden Day. He thinks he's

1587-544: The Mike Allen hip hop show was influential during this time to bring the new music culture to the UK. In 1987, a new programme controller Richard Park , oversaw an overhaul of Capital's output from a full-service station to a music-intensive CHR format, which proved highly successful. The revamp was underlined by a new on-air imaging package, known as 'Music Power'. As part of an IBA experiment in split broadcasting on Independent Local Radio , in 1986, Capital runs

1656-643: The North East of England, Wales, central and southern Scotland, the West Midlands and Yorkshire continue to serve their single licence areas as before. In April 2023, it was announced Heart Scotland would reintroduce local breakfast, daytime and weekend programming from 2 May 2023, as part of a major expansion of Global's Scottish radio operations. As of May 2019, Heart's regional network consists of twelve stations: As of 12 September 2024, Heart's national spin-offs consist of ten stations, broadcast from Global's London headquarters: Heart's network programming

1725-468: The afternoon and Richard Bacon presenting The Go Home Show between 4–7. A new policy started of two advertisements in each break to win favour with listeners, though there were more frequent breaks as a result. This policy was changed within a few months. On 9 January 2006, the station was relaunched under its original name Capital Radio , with a modified line-up of presenters and a slightly tweaked music format. After this re-launch turned out not to have had

1794-590: The allocation of 539 metres to ILR may have been an attempt to block reception of overseas broadcasts – a battle which preceded the launch of BBC Radio 1 . Capital finally moved into office blocks in Euston Tower in September 1973, just a few yards away from Thames Television headquarters. Euston Tower was, at the time, London's tallest office tower. In 1975, the IBA opened the transmission facilities at Saffron Green which allowed both LBC and Capital Radio to move up

1863-561: The average person's listening habits and tastes. Such practices were led by Group chairman Ralph Bernard, who oversaw the creation of the tightly formatted sound where popular Top 40 chart hits and ex-Top 40 songs were blended in with older hits. Despite the changes of schedule and management, the stations continued to be commercial market leader in the areas in which they operated. To increase the listener's perception of each station's local output, GWR came up with 'The Black Thunders', often Mitsubishi 4x4s that travel around local events promoting

1932-430: The brand were Fox FM (Oxfordshire), Red Dragon FM (South Wales), Power FM (South Coast), Southern FM (Sussex), Beat 106 (Central Scotland), BRMB (Birmingham) and Invicta FM (Kent). The stations still used these logos until September 2007 and were closely linked until 2005. Due to falling listening figures Capital FM was removed from the network and re-branded Capital 95.8 . The other stations then fell under

2001-523: The desired success, a new Programme Controller was appointed that September. Scott Muller came from the Nova group in Australia, and the station saw another tweak in style. The changes continued seeing Capital re-branded back to "London's Hit Music Station", a play on the station's earlier brand of "London's Number One Hit Music Station" with noticeable improvements – leading to a rise in audience figures at

2070-557: The dial. Capital moved to 1548 kHz mediumwave (194 m) and LBC to 1152 kHz (261 m). Saffron Green needed to be highly configured as it was sharing the same frequency as other ILR stations and needed to prevent co-channel interference from new ILR stations in Birmingham and Manchester . Previously the aerial wire suspended between the towers of Lots Road site gained Capital and LBC the semi-humorous nickname of "Radio Clothesline" however both stations could be heard as far away as

2139-503: The end of 2006. The station also changed its on-air name to 95.8 Capital Radio , incorporating the frequency of "95.8" back into the station since it was dropped at the January 2006 re-launch. In March 2007, the station was then renamed Capital 95.8 and its slogan became "The Sound of London". The marketing campaign combined outdoor, cinema, and print adverts. RAJAR figures for Q2 2007 showed Capital 95.8 slipping to fourth place in

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2208-439: The end of the year. This reduced total weekly hours of local programming on each station from 43 to 15 and led to dozens of job losses. Drivetime output were reduced from 23 localised shows to 10 programmes covering enlarged areas, formed from the merger of Heart stations. Ten studios producing local programming were closed. Localised news, traffic updates and advertising was retained across all licence areas. In April 2019, it

2277-722: The establishment of local commercial radio stations in the United Kingdom to operate alongside the national radio stations provided by the BBC . In October 1972 the Independent Broadcasting Authority invited applications for two local radio licences in London: one for a general and entertainment station, the other for news and information. The licence for the entertainment service saw eight organisations applying, many of them with established entertainment pedigrees. Associated Television , run by Lew Grade ,

2346-491: The evening show. Lucio took over from Bam Bam ( Peter Poulton ) who left Capital in early December 2007. On 6 June 2008, Global completed its £375 million takeover of Capital's owner GCap Media . On 3 January 2011, the Capital brand began to be rolled out across the UK when Capital London became a founder member of a nine-station Capital network as part of a merger of the Global owned Hit Music and Galaxy networks and with

2415-420: The exception of advertisements and local station identities /slogans, pre-recorded weather and brief social action or What's On inserts. Many avid listeners were disappointed by GWR's approach to networking programmes and reducing local content, but GWR felt that networking was the way forward and as a result, GWR gained much financial success, mainly due to the group's long held philosophy of heavily researching

2484-516: The exception of weekday breakfast and drivetime plus weekend mornings, all output was simulcast with the rest of the network. On 12 May 2011 it was announced that 95.8 Capital remained the most-listened-to commercial radio station in London, on both share and reach, beating rival Magic 105.4 . However, on 4 August that year it was announced that rival Magic 105.4 had overtaken the position. As of April 2019, only one programme - weekday drivetime - remains local, with all other programming coming from

2553-614: The hands of the One Network. The One Network's logo was initially an amalgamation of the two original logos, utilising the Mix Network's symbol and the Capital FM Network font. In July 2007, a unified look for all the One Network stations was adopted, covering everything from car stickers and on-stage branding to letterheads and screensavers, based on a visual identity of green and pink bubbles. The One Network's logo

2622-476: The impresario Robert Stigwood , the then radio producer John Whitney , the record and electronics company EMI , and Mecca Leisure Group . The theatre director Peter Hall (director) supported Artists in Radio. The successful franchisee, however, was Capital Radio Limited. This company, with shareholders including Rediffusion Radio Holdings Limited, Local News of London Limited and The Observer (Holdings) Limited

2691-554: The last remaining "heritage" radio stations owned by Global and operating as The Hit Music Network were merged with The Galaxy Network and rebranded under the Capital FM name becoming The Capital FM Network . Only a handful of the original One Network stations in the English Midlands , sold to Orion Media , remained (see below) until they were merged to create Free Radio . The origin of The One Network stemmed from

2760-564: The licence such as Lord Willis and John Whitney had joined the board. Test transmissions by the IBA commenced in January 1973 using the VHF frequency 95.8 MHz for FM from the Croydon transmitter and the MW frequency 557 kHz (539 m) for AM from London Transport 's Lots Road Power Station , Chelsea. The location of the medium-wave transmitter and the frequency used were only temporary until

2829-464: The merger of GWR Group 's The Mix Network and Capital Radio 's Capital FM Network. On 1 August 2007 there was a change to the logo and sound of ex-Capital stations to harmonise with former GWR stations. The One Network (previously 'The Mix Network') was created by GWR Group in attempt to create a national radio network on minimal cost by simulcasting the same programmes across all stations at off-peak times of day. All of GWR's networked stations used

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2898-408: The merger of some Heart stations and the reduction in local programming, following the relaxation of local content guidelines by OFCOM . Official website [REDACTED] 95.8 Capital FM Capital London is an Independent Local Radio station owned and operated by Global Media & Entertainment as part of its national Capital Network. As Capital Radio it was launched in

2967-502: The network is widely available on Global Player, Freeview , Sky , Freesat , Virgin Media and Digital One DAB . The Heart radio stations have a combined reach of 9.7 million listeners as of September 2024, making it the third most-popular radio network and the biggest commercial radio brand in the UK after BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4 . The total reach for all Heart-branded stations is over 12.9 million. Heart began broadcasting in

3036-501: The network included: On Friday and Saturday evenings the network formerly split in some areas, with two shows being sent simultaneously. The local stations could choose which programme they wished to broadcast depending upon their audience. The shows on the split networks were: On the previous Mix Network, stations were traditionally supplied syndicated content using a dedicated satellite network, which proved costly and relatively inflexible. Network show presenters would have to travel to

3105-592: The network uses jingles and themes produced by ReelWorld Europe, based in Salford. Previously, Heart used a jingle package, composed by the Seattle-based music production company IQ Beats. In August 2010, listeners in Bedfordshire and Crawley, West Sussex , complained about the merger of Heart stations and called for a boycott of the station. Some listeners have complained about what they regard as

3174-573: The network, e.g. Fox FM, GWR FM, Invicta FM, Beacon Radio Shropshire*) Network Two - Stations which retained a CHR format, and used the slogan "(TSA's) Hit Music Station" - these would go on to form the Hit Music Network after the other stations converted to Heart in 2009. Some of these were made Heart in July 2010 (Mercury Herts, Mercury 102.7, Ten-17) The rest of the stations (including Trent FM, Leicester Sound, Red Dragon FM) are now part of

3243-452: The owners of Heart East Midlands (one of the original three Heart stations) renamed and relaunched the station as ' Gem 106 ', ending a franchise agreement with Global Radio formed when Global purchased GCap – the agreement allowed Orion to use the Heart identity and carry networked programming from London. The move saw Heart's networked programming replaced by local output from Nottingham. On 19 March 2012, Global Radio announced it had bought

3312-511: The purchase of other radio stations the Capital Radio Group merged with GWR Group in 2005 to form GCap Media which in turn was taken over by Global Radio in 2008. In 2011, Capital was launched nationally, apart from the daily breakfast and weekday drivetime shows, becoming part of the Capital FM Network. In 2019, the breakfast show also became national, with 11 regional drivetime shows. The Sound Broadcasting Act 1972 allowed for

3381-586: The reorganisation of the 33 local Heart stations into a network of 15 larger regional services; as a result the HMN consisted of Capital, Red Dragon and the three stations in the East Midlands; Trent, RAM FM and Leicester Sound. In January 2011, these stations were merged with The Galaxy Network and rebranded under the Capital FM name becoming The Capital FM Network . The West Midlands stations BRMB, Beacon, Mercia and Wyvern, which also serve an area where Heart

3450-400: The repetitive nature of Heart's playlist. A public complaint to the regulator Ofcom in 2012 that the "More Music Variety" slogan was materially misleading was not pursued as Ofcom deemed that it did not warrant further investigation. Ofcom stated that "We did not consider listeners were materially misled by this slogan." Further complaints were made to the station in 2019, largely regarding

3519-422: The rest of the network if desired. Content was delivered around their IP network using a system designed in-house by GWR Group, called BLAST. BLAST can automatically adjust to any problems during broadcast; it would drop an audio stream from stereo to mono to save bandwidth if it realises contention and if a packet is dropped BLAST will stretch the audio stream by 26 milliseconds to fill. The network shows for all

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3588-476: The sale was finalised by 1 December 2017. The Bay was rebranded as Heart, with Lakeland Radio becoming Smooth on 4 March 2018. Music from the 1960s , 1970s & 1980s was removed from the original FM station after Christmas 2017. In February 2019, following OFCOM's decision to relax local content obligations from commercial radio, it was announced Heart would replace its local breakfast and weekend shows with additional networked programming from London by

3657-412: The same branding and presentation design, alongside similar slogans , initially "today's better music mix", later "today's best mix" and "the best mix of the 80s, 90s and today." All centrally produced programming and playlists were broadcast from GWR FM Bristol (later Leicester Square, London at Capital FM's studios), and songs were broadcast simultaneously as neighbouring group stations, albeit with

3726-581: The self appointed Minister of Public Enlightenment. We've just written a new song called Capital Radio and a line in it goes "listen to the tunes of the Dr Goebbels Show". They say "Capital Radio in tune with London". Yeah, yeah, yeah! They're in tune with Hampstead. They're not in tune with us at all. I hate them. What they could have done compared to what they have done is abhorrent. They could have made it so good that everywhere you went you took your transistor radio – you know, how it used to be when I

3795-623: The station they were allocated to. The Mix also ran for a short while as a station on its own nationally on Sky Digital taking the same format as the other stations, but was unsuccessful even though it was promoted on the FM stations. A similar concept of syndicating programmes across local radio stations had previously been used by the Marcher Radio Group bouquet of stations, which eventually became part of The One Network. In addition to The One Network's networked programmes from Bristol,

3864-510: The streets of Central London. LBC also had a similar service but was forced to suspend operations due to cost. Capital's aircraft was originally a Piper Seneca model, and, later, a twin-engined Grumman Cougar . Charlie Gillett had his world music programme The World of Difference on Sunday evenings. Several of Capital's early presenters had moved on, to be replaced by newer disc jockeys, some of whom had experience presenting on Radio Luxembourg. Although it would only broadcast for three years,

3933-570: The target audience. All of the thirty-eight stations used the same generic imaging, with exception of the sung station-names. These were produced by Music4. Following Global Radio's takeover of GCap, it was announced that One Network stations would be integrated into Global's Heart Network and Galaxy Network brands. The only One Network stations to survive the Heart/Galaxy re-brand were Mercury FM, Red Dragon FM, RAM FM, Ten 17, Trent FM and Leicester Sound, which joined Capital 95.8 to become

4002-530: The weekend prior to going full time on 1 November, on its AM frequency while Capital on FM became 95.8 Capital FM , a chart contemporary music station. Both stations received brand-new jingle packages from Californian jingle house Who Did That Music (later Groove Addicts, now GrooveWorx ), that went on to become well known and essential parts of its music programming. From 1997, the studios of 95.8 Capital FM have been based in Leicester Square , which

4071-574: Was 100.7 Degrees Cooler! Heart 106.2 began test transmissions in London in August 1995, prior to the station launch on 5 September. This included live broadcasts of WPLJ from New York City . In 1996 the station's original "soft AC" music format was replaced with a generally more neutral Hot AC playlist. Century 106 in the East Midlands became the third station of the Heart network in 2005 after GCap Media sold Century. Chrysalis' radio holdings were sold to Global Radio in 2007. When GCap Media

4140-444: Was also the first ever legal radio commercial on LBC. Capital's programming remit, as with all ILR stations at the time, was to appeal to the broadest range of people as possible, which included specialist music programmes, radio plays, classical music, community features and news documentaries. The host of Capital's first show was former BBC Light Programme and former BBC Radio 1 presenter David Symonds . After Symonds moved to

4209-582: Was appointed Chief Engineer. On 16 October 1973 Capital commenced regular transmissions with the British national anthem " God Save the Queen ", then a message from director Richard Attenborough "...This, for the first time, is Capital Radio" followed by the Capital Radio theme jingle, made by Blue Mink : Simon & Garfunkel 's song " Bridge over Troubled Water " followed the jingle. The first radio commercial came from Birds Eye fish fingers, which

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4278-407: Was at school. I'd have one in my pocket all the time or by my ear'ole flicking it between stations. If you didn’t like one record you'd flick to another station and then back again. It was amazing. They could have made the whole capital buzz. Instead Capital Radio has just turned their back on the whole youth of the city. — Joe Strummer The mid-1970s saw Capital Radio expand with the launch of

4347-458: Was headed as chairman by the actor and film director Richard Attenborough . Other board members at that time included record producer George Martin , actor and film director Bryan Forbes , theatrical producer Peter Saunders , and a millionaire dentist and long-time commercial radio enthusiast Barclay Barclay-White. By the time of Capital Radio’s launch in October 1973 some of the competitors for

4416-420: Was no reference to a national network (except during some competitions); just plainly the regional name. Besides advertisements, slogans, and ten second pre-recorded weather and What's On/social action inserts (to satisfy the demands of regulator Ofcom ), weekday networked programmes were identical across all stations. On Saturday evenings, stations either broadcast 'Hairbrush Divas' or 'Party Anthems' dependent on

4485-423: Was one of them, as was the long-established Isle of Man broadcaster Manx Radio . Others were specially formed companies: Piccadilly Radio under the leadership of the film producer Lord Brabourne , Network Broadcasting headed by the writer Lord Willis and the broadcaster Ned Sherrin , the actor and comedian Bernard Braden ’s London Radio Independent Broadcasters and London Independent Broadcasting which included

4554-493: Was reported the local Heart Breakfast shows would be replaced by a national Heart Breakfast show from London on 3 June 2019, presented by Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden . The merging stations ceased local output on 31 May 2019. In Hertfordshire, a further change saw Heart Hertfordshire , based in Watford, merged with BOB fm – following its acquisition by Communicorp – to form a single countywide service. Stations in

4623-583: Was sold to Orion Media, along with the West Midlands network of local stations, due to the same competition concerns that had forced its earlier sale to Chrysalis. Between June and September 2010, Global Radio merged the majority of the 33 Heart stations to create a smaller network of 18 local and regional stations, in line with new OFCOM guidelines on local output requirements. Two Hit Music Network stations were also closed and merged with Heart stations. Stations in Gloucestershire , Kent , London ,

4692-481: Was taken over by Global Radio in 2008, it announced plans to dissolve the 41-station One Network , with one station ( Power FM ) becoming part of the Galaxy network, four stations ( BRMB , Beacon Radio , Mercia FM and Wyvern FM ) forming a West Midlands regional network, seven stations joining Capital FM to form The Hit Music Network and the remaining 29 stations forming the Heart Network. Heart East Midlands

4761-401: Was then adapted to become the logo for the new, but now defunct "Hit Music Network" Ahead of the breakup of the network and rebranding of its stations, the One Network stations were split up into three groups: Network One - Stations that were to become Heart; these carried the slogan "More Music Variety" and adopted AC/Hot AC formats more similar in tone to Heart services. (Most stations in

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