The station originally broadcast as two separate stations. Fox FM served Oxfordshire and West Buckinghamshire and was latterly owned by Capital Radio. Radio 210, later 2-Ten FM, served Berkshire and North Hampshire and was eventually acquired by the GWR Group forming part of GWR's Mix Network. This later merged with Capital's equivalent Capital FM network (comprising the former Invicta FM, the former Southern FM, BRMB, Red Dragon FM and the former Power FM) to form The One Network, after the GWR Group plc and Capital Radio Group plc merged in May 2005. Global Radio acquired GCap Media in 2008 and rebranded most of the One Network stations to Heart, in phases by area, from January 2009.
On 21 June 2010, Global Radio announced it would merge the Oxford and Reading stations as part of plans to reduce the Heart network of stations from 33 to 16.[1] The new station began broadcasting from Reading on Friday 9 July 2010, leading to the closure of studios in Oxford.[2]
The stations still carried local advertising and travel bulletins, and accordingly were sub-branded as "Heart Thames Valley for Oxfordshire" and "Heart Thames Valley for Berkshire and NW Hampshire".[3]
From 3 June 2019, local output will consist of a three-hour regional Drivetime show on weekdays, alongside localised news bulletins, traffic updates and advertising.[5]
Heart Thames Valley ceased local programming on 31 May 2019, although the station's Reading studios were retained as offices for newsgathering and sales. Local breakfast and weekend shows were replaced with network programming from London.
Heart South began broadcasting regional programming on 3 June 2019.[6]
Referencesedit
^Global Radio to halve number of local Heart stations, The Guardian, 21 June 2010. . Archived from the original on 27 June 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^Heart slims but strengthens, RadioToday, 21 June 2010 26 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^Find your local Heart station, Heart, UK. 23 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^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
^Amanda Holden to join Jamie Theakston for Heart UK Breakfast, Radio Today, 29 April 2019
heart, thames, valley, local, radio, station, owned, operated, global, radio, part, heart, network, broadcast, berkshire, oxfordshire, north, hampshire, parts, west, buckinghamshire, from, studios, reading, southern, england, readingbroadcast, areaberkshire, o. Heart Thames Valley was a local radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the Heart network It broadcast to Berkshire Oxfordshire north Hampshire and parts of west Buckinghamshire from studios in Reading southern England Heart Thames ValleyReadingBroadcast areaBerkshire Oxfordshire north Hampshire and parts of west BuckinghamshireFrequencyFM 97 0 Reading 97 4 Banbury and Brackley 102 6 Oxford Bicester Didcot Abingdon Finstock Shipton under Wychwood Radley Bicester Islip Charlbury Tackley Ascott under Wychwood Combe Appleford on Thames Kingham Culham Heyford Hanborough Cholsey Wallington Goring on Thames Shiplake Streatley King s Sutton Pangbourne Tilehurst Faringdon Stonesfield Chipping Norton Eynsham Winnersh Mortimer Saunderton Wokingham Princes Risborough Sheepwash Channel Burford Woodstock Wallingford Thame Bampton Wantage Minster Lovell and Witney 102 9 Basingstoke Streatley and Whitchurch 103 4 Henley on Thames DAB 10B Oxfordshire 12D Reading and Basingstoke BrandingThis is HeartProgrammingFormatAdult ContemporaryOwnershipOwnerGlobalHistoryFirst air date9 July 2010Last air date3 June 2019LinksWebsiteHeart Thames ValleyThe station was formed as a result of a merger between Heart Oxfordshire formerly Fox FM and Heart Berkshire formerly 2 Ten FM Contents 1 History 1 1 Station merger 2 References 3 External linksHistory editFurther information Heart Berkshire and Heart Oxfordshire The station originally broadcast as two separate stations Fox FM served Oxfordshire and West Buckinghamshire and was latterly owned by Capital Radio Radio 210 later 2 Ten FM served Berkshire and North Hampshire and was eventually acquired by the GWR Group forming part of GWR s Mix Network This later merged with Capital s equivalent Capital FM network comprising the former Invicta FM the former Southern FM BRMB Red Dragon FM and the former Power FM to form The One Network after the GWR Group plc and Capital Radio Group plc merged in May 2005 Global Radio acquired GCap Media in 2008 and rebranded most of the One Network stations to Heart in phases by area from January 2009 On 21 June 2010 Global Radio announced it would merge the Oxford and Reading stations as part of plans to reduce the Heart network of stations from 33 to 16 1 The new station began broadcasting from Reading on Friday 9 July 2010 leading to the closure of studios in Oxford 2 The stations still carried local advertising and travel bulletins and accordingly were sub branded as Heart Thames Valley for Oxfordshire and Heart Thames Valley for Berkshire and NW Hampshire 3 Station merger edit On 26 February 2019 Global announced Heart Thames Valley would be merged with three sister stations in Hampshire and Dorset Kent and Sussex and Surrey 4 From 3 June 2019 local output will consist of a three hour regional Drivetime show on weekdays alongside localised news bulletins traffic updates and advertising 5 Heart Thames Valley ceased local programming on 31 May 2019 although the station s Reading studios were retained as offices for newsgathering and sales Local breakfast and weekend shows were replaced with network programming from London Heart South began broadcasting regional programming on 3 June 2019 6 References edit Global Radio to halve number of local Heart stations The Guardian 21 June 2010 Archived copy Archived from the original on 27 June 2010 Retrieved 16 July 2010 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Heart slims but strengthens RadioToday 21 June 2010 Archived 26 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine Find your local Heart station Heart UK Archived 23 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine 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 Amanda Holden to join Jamie Theakston for Heart UK Breakfast Radio Today 29 April 2019External links editHeart Thames Valley Map of the coverage area of Heart Thames Valley permanent dead link as approved by Ofcom dead link 51 26 32 N 1 02 14 W 51 4422 N 1 0372 W 51 4422 1 0372 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Heart Thames Valley amp oldid 1189122318, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
