Radio 1521 (later Heartbeat 1521) was a radio station based in
County Armagh,
Northern Ireland from 1996 to 1999. The station broadcast from
Craigavon Craigavon may refer to:
* Craigavon, County Armagh, a planned town in Northern Ireland
** Craigavon Borough Council, 1972–2015 local government area centred on the planned town
* Viscount Craigavon, title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
** ...
and covered much of
mid-Ulster.
The station launched in 1996 before being bought by Belfast station
Belfast CityBeat in 1998 and rebranded to "Heartbeat 1521". At the end of 1998, with 9,000 listeners per week, it was one of the two smallest commercial broadcasters in the UK. The station and its sister station
Goldbeat 828 ceased broadcasts on 22 May 1999.
See also
*
Belfast CityBeat
References
External links
"From Downtown to out of town"— an article about Independent Radio in Northern Ireland
"Jailed Oyston could lose radio stations"— December 1997 article from
BBC News
Radio stations established in 1996
Radio stations disestablished in 1999
Radio in Northern Ireland
Defunct radio stations in the United Kingdom
Mass media in County Armagh
1996 establishments in Northern Ireland
1999 disestablishments in Northern Ireland
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