Heart South Devon (formerly South Hams Radio) was an

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station serving the

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area of Devon, England. The station began broadcasting on 1 December 1999 and until its closure, was run as a joint venture between

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and Global Radio from studios at South Hams Business Park at

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, Kingsbridge. The station's main frequency was on 101.2 FM, broadcast initially from Bolberry Down near

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, but later moving to a site near Soar in 2003. The station also broadcast from three relay transmitters at

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(100.5FM), Dartmouth (100.8FM) and

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(101.9FM). In 2017 the main transmitter on 101.2FM was moved from Soar to the Kingsbridge TV relay site near West Alvington. Some of the Presenters on South Hams Radio included Ian Calvert, David FitzGerald, Pat Holness, David James, Rob Wheeler, Lisa Hartwell, Dave Gould, Chris Batchelor, Matt Lissack, Carmella Mckenzie, Craig Armet, Allen Fleckney, John Coates, and Graham Russell.

History

On Monday 23 March 2009, South Hams Radio became Heart South Devon, as part of the

Heart Network Heart is a British radio network and brand of 13 adult contemporary local stations operated by Global throughout the United Kingdom, broadcasting a mix of local and networked programming. Ten of the Heart stations are owned by Global, while the ...

. By this time, most of the station's programming was produced in London, with the only local shows being the breakfast and drivetime shows during the week. On 21 June 2010, Global Radio announced plans to close Heart South Devon and merge the station with Heart Plymouth,

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and Heart North Devon as part of plans to reduce the Heart network of stations from 33 to 16. The new station, ''

Heart Devon Heart South West was a regional radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the Heart network. It broadcast to Devon and Cornwall from studios in Exeter. The station launched on Friday 27 August 2010 under the name 'Heart Devo ...

'', began broadcasting from Exeter on Friday 27 August 2010.Heart slims but strengthens
, RadioToday, 21 June 2010

References

Radio stations in Devon Radio stations established in 1999

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