Heart Yorkshire
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| Broadcast area | SouthandWest Yorkshire |
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| Frequency | FM:
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| Branding | This is Heart |
| Programming | |
| Format | Hot Adult Contemporary |
| Network | Heart |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Communicorp UK |
| Operator | Global |
| Capital Yorkshire | |
| History | |
First air date | 25 March 2002 (as Real Radio) 6 May 2014 (as Heart Yorkshire) |
Last air date | 1 April 2014 (as Real Radio) |
| Links | |
| Website | Heart Yorkshire |
Heart Yorkshire(previously Real Radio Yorkshire) is a regionalradio stationowned by Communicorp UK and operated byGlobalas part of theHeartnetwork. It broadcasts toSouthandWest Yorkshirefrom studios inLeeds.[1]
Overview[edit]
Real Radio[edit]
Real Radio Yorkshire launched on 25 March 2002.[2]The station transmitted fromEmley Mooron 106.2MHzFM,which covers the majority ofSouth YorkshireandWest Yorkshire,includingYork,Selby,Harrogate,Doncaster,Huddersfield,Leeds,RotherhamandWakefield.It also broadcast from Idle on 107.6 MHz FM toBradfordandHalifax,and on 107.7 MHz FM fromTapton HilltoSheffield.Real Radio Yorkshire also broadcast across the whole of Yorkshire on DAB using the Regional MXR multiplex.
Heart[edit]
On 25 June 2012 it was announcedGlobal(the owner of stations such asCapitalandHeart) had boughtGMG Radio.The former GMG stations, including Real Radio, continued to operate separately as 'Real and Smooth Limited' until 1 April 2014.[3][4]
On 6 February 2014, Global announced it would be rebranding all Real Radio stations as Heart.[5]On 1 May 2014, local programming moved from Tingley, Wakefield to share facilities with sister stationCapital Yorkshirein Hanover Walk, Leeds.
The full relaunch as Heart Yorkshire took place on Tuesday 6 May 2014. The station's audience share increased from 5.5% to over 7% following the relaunch.[6]In June 2015 the Yorkshire MXR multiplex closed.[7]Heart Yorkshire moved their services to local multiplexes in Leeds, Bradford and Sheffield, however they chose not to take up options in Hull and York.
In February 2019, following OFCOM's decision to relax local content obligations from commercial radio, Global announced it would replace Heart Yorkshire's local breakfast and weekend shows with networked programming from London.[8]
As of 3 June 2019, the station's local output consists of a three-hour Drivetime show on weekdays, alongside local news bulletins, traffic updates and advertising.[9]
Programming[edit]
All networked programming originates from Global's London headquarters, includingHeart Breakfast,presented each weekday byJamie TheakstonandAmanda Holden.
Regional programming is produced and broadcast from Global's Leeds studios from 4-7pm on weekdays,[10]presented by David Dixon and Emma Lenney.
News[edit]
Global's Leeds newsroom broadcasts hourly regional news bulletins from 6am-7pm on weekdays and 6am-12pm at weekends with headlines on the half hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows.[10]
National news updates air hourly from Global's London headquarters at all other times. The Leeds newsroom also produces bulletins forCapital Yorkshire.
Former notable presenters[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^Global confirms Heart expansion detailsRadio Today, 14 April 2014
- ^"Heart Yorkshire: British ac radio station".media.info.
- ^GMG Radio sold to Global for £50mMark Sweeney,The Guardian,25 June 2012
- ^Global Radio seals £50m purchase of GMG RadioMaisie McCabe, Media Week, 25 June 2012
- ^Martin, Roy (6 February 2014)."Communicorp buys 8 Global stations".RadioToday.Retrieved6 February2014.
- ^"Heart Yorkshire - listening figures".media.info.
- ^"DAB radio changes in Yorkshire as MXR closes".RadioToday.2 June 2015.
- ^Global to network Capital, Heart and Smooth breakfast shows,RadioToday, 26 February 2019
- ^Amanda Holden to join Jamie Theakston for Heart UK Breakfast,Radio Today, 29 April 2019
- ^abPublic File - Yorkshire,heart.co.uk, 1 June 2019
- ^West, Gillian (8 March 2013)."Boots UK launches radio and online programme hosted by Kate Thornton".The Drum.Retrieved11 March2013.
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