Heart Cambridgeshire was a local

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owned and operated by

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as part of the

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network. It broadcast to

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and eastern

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and parts of surrounding counties from studios in Cambridge.

History

The regional station originally broadcast as two separate stations - Hereward Radio began broadcasting in July 1980 and Q103 (formally CNFM) served the Cambridge and Newmarket areas since February 1989. By 1995, both stations had been sold off to the GWR Group. Ten years later, the owners merged with Capital Radio to form GCap Media (later Global Radio). The stations were among the first outside London and the Midlands to be rebranded as Heart in 2009. On 21 June 2010, Global Radio announced it would merge the two stations as part of plans to reduce the Heart network of stations from 33 to 18. The new station began broadcasting from Peterborough on Friday 2 July 2010, leading to the closure of studios in Cambridge. On 19 September 2011, the station announced it would leave its Peterborough base and relocate to new studios in the Histon area of Cambridge.

Station merger

On 26 February 2019, Global announced Heart Cambridgeshire would be merged with three sister-stations -

Heart East Anglia Heart East Anglia was a local radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the Heart network. It broadcast to Norfolk and Suffolk from studios in Norwich. The station launched on Friday 3 September 2010 as a result of a merger b ...

Heart Essex Heart Essex was a local radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the Heart network. It broadcast to Essex and East Hertfordshire from studios in Chelmsford. The station launched on Monday 26 July 2010 as a result of a merger b ...

and

Heart Four Counties Heart Four Counties was a local radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the Heart network. It broadcast to Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Northamptonshire. The station launched on Friday 16 July 2010 as a r ...

. Heart Cambridgeshire's studios in Cambridge closed with operations moving to

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- the station ceased local programming on 31 May 2019. Local breakfast and weekend shows were replaced with network programming from London. From 3 June 2019, local output has consisted of a three-hour regional Drivetime show on weekdays, alongside localised news bulletins, traffic updates and advertising.Amanda Holden to join Jamie Theakston for Heart UK Breakfast
Radio Today, 29 April 2019

References

External links

Official website
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Defunct radio stations in the United Kingdom Radio stations in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Radio stations established in 2010