Heart Cambridge
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Broadcast area | Cambridge,NewmarketandHaverhill |
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Frequency | FM:97.4 & 103.0MHz DAB RDS: Heart___ |
Programming | |
Format | Hot AC |
Ownership | |
Owner | Heart Network,Global Radio |
History | |
First air date | 12 February 1989 |
Links | |
Website | Heart Cambridge |
Heart 103(formerlyQ103) was anIndependent Local Radiostation broadcasting toCambridgeon 103.0 MHz andDAB Digital Radio.Heart also broadcast inNewmarketandHaverhillon 97.4 MHz.
History
[edit]The station was originally owned byMid-Anglia Radioand began life asCNFM(Cambridge and Newmarket FM) in February 1989, before being renamed toQ103 FMin June 1994 when it was acquired by theGWR Group.
In 2004 the name was slightly adjusted toQ103 Cambridgeafter their launch on DAB Digital Radio. On 1 August 2007, Q103 reverted to their 2004 strapline of "Today's Best Mix", also dropping the "Cambridge" from their name to reflect the newly extended TSA area (coveringHaverhilland the longly served Newmarket on theCambridgeshire-Suffolkborder). Q103 also introduced their new jingle package. On Monday 30 June 2008, Q103 along with other One Network stations adopted the straplineMore Music Variety,in essence a reversion to the previous strapline.
On 5 January 2009, the station was rebranded asHeart Cambridge.
On 21 June 2010, Global Radio announced plans to merge Heart Cambridge’s programming withHeart Peterboroughas part of plans to reduce the Heart network of stations from 33 to 16.[1]The new station,Heart Cambridgeshirebegan broadcasting from Peterborough on Friday 2 July 2010.[2]On 19 September 2011, the station announced it would relocate to the former Q103 studios just outside Cambridge, in Histon.[3]
On 3 June 2019[4]a new national breakfast show launched, broadcast live from Leicester Square and hosted by Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden. Hannah Clarkson became the host of a new Heart East drive show, broadcast from Milton Keynes with the Cambridge studios closing.[5][6]
Past Straplines
[edit]- A Better Music Mix for Cambridge
- Today's Better Music Mix
- Cambridge's Music Station
- Today's Best Mix
- More Music, Less Talk
- Today's Best Mix, Today's Best Variety
- The Best Mix of the 80s, 90s and Today
- More Music Variety
- Today's Best Mix
- More Music Variety for Cambridge
References
[edit]- ^Global Radio to halve number of local Heart stations,mediaguardian.co.uk, 21 June 2010
- ^Heart slims but strengthensArchived2010-06-26 at theWayback Machine,RadioToday, 21 June 2010
- ^Heart Cambridgeshire to leave Peterborough,RadioToday, 19 September 2011
- ^Radio Today, 28 April 2019
- ^Radio Today, 20 May 2019
- ^Radio Today, 26 February 2019