Heart North and Mid Wales is a regional radio station owned by Communicorp UK and operated by Global Radio as part of the Heart network. It broadcasts to North and Mid Wales.Global confirms Heart expansion details Radio Today, 14 April 2014
History In December 2008, GMG Media was awarded an FM licence to launch a new Real Radio station serving North and Mid Wales. Initially, the company pledged to produce separate local programming and news bulletins for the region in addition to off-peak pan-Wales output. Following an agreed format change request, the existing service covering south and west Wales was instead expanded to form a national service with no opt-outs. Real Radio Wales began broadcasting to the area at 8am on Tuesday 4 January 2011.
On 6 February 2014, Global Radio reached an agreement to sell the Northern licence for Real Radio Wales and seven other stations across the UK to Communicorp. The adjoining South and West Wales licence remains under Global's ownership. Under OFCOM rules, the sale required the then all-Wales station to be split into two with separate Heart stations launched under separate owners.
The new Heart North and Mid Wales station launched at 6am on Tuesday 6 May 2014. The move coincided with the rebrand and relaunch of Heart's North West and Wales and Cymru stations as part of the Capital network. The Heart and Capital stations shared facilities at Global's studios in Gwersyllt, near Wrexham.Global confirms Heart expansion details, Radio Today, 14 April 2014
In February 2019, following OFCOM's decision to relax local content obligations from commercial radio, Global announced it would replace Heart North and Mid Wales' local breakfast and weekend shows with networked programming from London.Global to network Capital, Heart and Smooth breakfast shows, RadioToday, 26 February 2019
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.Amanda Holden to join Jamie Theakston for Heart UK Breakfast, Radio Today, 29 April 2019
As of 24 February 2025, Heart's regional Drivetime show was replaced by a new national show for Wales, presented by Simon Jagger and Chris Wood, broadcast from Global's Cardiff Bay studios and simulcast on both Heart stations in Wales.Global confirms new nationwide radio shows for Heart, Capital & Smooth, Global, 5 February 2025 The Wrexham studios were closed although local news and traffic bulletins were retained.
Analogue (FM) Transmitter Site Frequency Power RDS Name PI Code Area County Wrexham-Rhos 88.0 MHz 1.4W Heart C3AA Wrexham, Chester, and northwest Shropshire Clwyd Long Mountain 102.8 MHz 0.2W Heart C3AA Welshpool, Oswestry Powys and Shropshire Llandinam 106.0 MHz 0.04W Heart C6A3 Powys Mid Wales Moel-y-Parc 106.9 MHz 0.45W Heart C3AA Rhyl Flintshire Arfon 107.2 MHz 0.45W Heart C3AA Bangor Gwynedd Gwaenysgor 107.3 MHz 0.07W Heart C3AA Prestatyn Clwyd Aberystwyth 107.7 MHz 13W Heart C3AA Aberystwyth Ceredigion
Digital (DAB) Multiplex Name Bitrate Short Label Long Label SID MuxCo North East Wales & West Cheshire 40kbit/s Heart Heart N&M Wales C2DF On air date March 2014Radio Listeners Guide 2010 Programming All networked programming originates from Global's London headquarters, including Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden.
Programming for both of Wales' Heart stations is produced and broadcast from Global's Cardiff Bay studios on weekdays from 4-7pm. presented by Simon Jagger and Chris Wood.Global confirms new nationwide radio shows for Heart, Capital & Smooth, Global, 5 February 2025
News Global's Cardiff Bay 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.Public File - North Wales, heart.co.uk, 1 June 2019
National news updates air hourly from Global's London headquarters at all other times.
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