too many multiple copies of heart, too much overlap of coverage areas and beyond.
some frequencies need handing back as its pointless having them as all it does is have global hog the fm band when frequencies could be freed up.

I agree with you; but what can I say! Global - Experts in destroying good local radio stations for the advertising money. Not interested in local content, only do 1 minute news bulletins to get in Ofcoms good books!

Yer he was. Maybe more shows for Dan to come?

Currently listening to Stitches by Shawn Mendes on Heart; they've done what they did with Uptown Funk and made it sound more upbeat with a re-working on the first verse (a beat).

Heart breakfast with Jamie and Emma has gained 80k

Heart nationally is at 9 million

of course heart are more likely up and have such a big share as the effectively a national station now and some places are saturated with heart heart heart.

Heart is a national station, Doesn't mean "of course" it has a big share, People can choose not to listen. Of there are several Hearts on a listeners dial doesnt mean they are more likey to listen, There are 100s of other stations.

Year on year weekly reach

Heart London is down 13.1%

Heart Kent is down 10.0%
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Heart East Anglia is up 15.0%

Heart Four Counties up 14.9%

Heart North West is up 12.9%

Heart Thames Valley is up 9.1%
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The following Heart stations are up year on year

Heart Cambridgeshire
Heart East Anglia
Heart Essex
Heart Four Counties
Heart North East
Heart North West
Heart South Wales
Heart Sussex
Heart Thames Valley
Heart West Country

The following Heart stations are down year on year

Heart Kent
Heart London
Heart North Wales
Heart Scotland
Heart Solent
Heart South West
Heart South West – Cornwall
Heart West Midlands
Heart Yorkshire

Year on year data is not available for the Heart regions not listed above

Heart Essex (Southend/Chelmsford, the former Essex Radio/FM) has a third of the possible audience tuning in. Aside from the bland playlist and inane showbiz/reality TV related prattle they have the two most annoying breakfast presenters ever (even worse than Chris Evans). Quite depressing that so many people in my area listen to this dross.

Incorrect. Heart Scotland just posted an increase YOY.

Q2/15 Share 4.8%
Q2/16 Share 6.2% (+1.4%)

Q2/15 Hours 5.7
Q2/16 Hours 7.7 (+32.3%)


Also posted an increase YOY.

Q2/15 Share 7.3%
Q2/16 Share 7.7% (+0.4%)

Q2/15 Hours 8.4
Q2/16 Hours 9.6 (+8.9%)

I bet in 5 years time heart will be on D1 national.

The figure I got could be just for June?

http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/record...ening-figures/

Maybe it's just Solent that doesn't do it then. Not that its a terribly big area.

You might find the Dorset station has slightly different news/travel or just mentions lets gave a look at Dorsets road etc.

Heart Cornwallgives a diff phone number to Devon

Any new songs on heart today, as its a friday. Roberto was teasing us earlier in week that Katy Perrys new song will be getting played today

Simon Beale is off for two weeks James Merritt will be covering.

With JK heading off later next week ahead of his wedding Zoe Hardman is covering for JK and Lucy Lucy Ellis is covering Zoe's show Thursday and Friday

Dan Gasser is covering Heart Sussex Drive from next week.

What happened to Carl Spencer in North West?

Gethin Jones & Caroline Flack are on heart breakfast next Saturday 6am to 10am

Roberto is on heart London 1pm to 5pm
Zoe Hardman is on 5pm to 7pm
James Merritt is on 9pm to 1am

Thats a few schedule changes

I wonder if MT is covering drive the following week as she's still in for Matt this week then given her weekends off?

I wonder Who's going to cover for Jamie and Emma on heart London.

How they work it on Sussex in Nicola and Jack cover whilst Tom is off then either Nicola and Jack off when Tom back so there's always either one of them there.

Gethin Jones & Caroline Flack maybe?

Axed. Craig took his spot.

Looks like Matt Wilkinson is covering for Jamie and Emma.