Background and format: Heart Essex is a local radio station that aims to broadcast classic and contemporary hits, local and national news and information for Essex. It was rebranded from Essex FM. The majority of broadcasting is now networked, except for local breakfast shows from 6am to 10am, and local afternoon shows from 4pm to 7pm. It is available on 96.3 - 102.6 FM, DAB Digital Radio and Online. Owner: Global Radio Schedule: A full schedule can be viewed here. Target audience: Heart Essex is targeted at people living in Essex aged between 25-44. Circulation: Source: RAJAR for period ending March 2020. (Chelmsford & Southend - 256000, Colchester - 39000, Harlow - 20000) Ad rates: Information on advertising can be viewed here. Tips for PRs: There are roughly 15 programmes broadcast on Heart Essex per week – the guest booking opportunities and lead times differ from show to show. The station carries pre-recorded output onFriday evenings between 7:00pm and 9:00pm, Saturday afternoons between 5:00pm and 9:00pm, Sunday mornings between 6:00am and 12:00pm, and Sunday evenings 7:00pm to 10:00pm. Heart Essex carries weekday local output from 6:00am-10:00am, 4:00pm to 7:00pm and weekends from 1:00pm until 5:00pm (Saturday) and 12:00pm until 4:00pm (Sunday) is produced and presented from the local studios, based in Chelmsford. Off-peak programming (such as Toby Anstis, Matt Wilkinson, Club Classics, The Wind Down, Emma Bunton, Mark Wright, Stephen & Emma, JK & Lucy, Jason Donovan and The Big Top 40 Show is produced at various studios owned and operated by Heart 102.4 parent company, Global Radio Holdings Limited. Awards: 2013 - EDF Energy East of England Media Awards, Radio News or Current Affairs Programme of the Year: News (nominated) 2012 - EDF Energy East of England Media Awards, Radio News/Current Affairs Programme of the Year (nominated)

Background and format:. Simon Beale plays a variety of music for those on a nightshift, on their way home from a night out or getting up early, to create a feel good sound track. Owner: Global Radio. Schedule Times: Monday-Friday, 01:00pm-05:00pm Target Audience: Listeners aged 25-44. Stats: Please refer to the front page of Heart Essex. Ad rates: Information on advertising can be viewed here. Tips for PRs:  - There is no generic email address for this show.  - Contact the team directly.

Background and format:. Tony Anstis presents the daytime morning show until lunchtime. It includes Heart's Happy Hour from 11:00am. Owner: Global Radio. Schedule Times: Saturday, 01:00pm-05:00pm Target Audience: Listeners aged 25-44. Stats: Please refer to the front page of Heart Essex. Ad rates: Information on advertising can be viewed here. Tips for PRs:  - There is no generic email address for this show.  - Contact the team directly.

Background and Format: Heart Four Counties aims to provide news, showbusiness news, music for Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Northamptonshire, available on 96-104 FM, DAB Digital Radio and Online. Advertising information can be found:  www.heart.co.uk/bedford/advertise-us/ Programme Maker/Production Company: Global Radio Target Audience: Listeners aged 25-44. Circulation: Source: RAJAR for period ending March 2020 (Northamptonshire - 174000, Bedfordshire - 87000, Milton Keys - 58000, Hertfordshire - 21000. Beds/Bucks/Herts - 112000). Top Tips for PRs: The station carries pre-recorded output on Friday evenings between 7:00pm and 9:00pm, Saturday afternoons between 5:00pm and 9:00pm, Sunday mornings between 6:00am and 12:00pm, and Sunday evenings 7:00pm to 10:00pm. Heart Four Counties carries weekday local output from 6:00am-10:00am, 4:00pm to 7:00pm and weekends from 1:00pm until 5:00pm (Saturday) and 12:00pm until 4:00pm (Sunday) is produced and presented from the local studios, based in Milton Keynes. Off-peak programming (such as Toby Anstis, Matt Wilkinson, Club Classics, The Wind Down, Emma Bunton, Mark Wright, Stephen & Emma, JK & Lucy, Jason Donovan and The Big Top 40 Show is produced at various studios owned and operated by Heart 102.4 parent company, Global Radio Holdings Limited. The studio can be reached on +44 (0)345 481 00 77 The station's Instagram account can be found here: www.instagram.com/heart4counties/ The station's Youtube channel can be found here: www.youtube.com/user/hearthomecounties Alerts: Gorkana Consumer Alert: Monday 23 August 2010 Stuart Miles and Natalie B are the new Breakfast Presenters at Heart Home Counties. They will be presenting from 6am to 10am Monday to Friday. Stuart can be reached at stuart.miles@heart.co.uk and Natalie can be reached at natalie.b@heart.co.uk

Other Information: News Bulletin schedule : Heart 97.6 broadcasts locally produced news bulletins hourly between 0600 and 1900 weekdays, and 0600 and 1200 at weekends. In addition to these, news containing nationally produced content, is broadcast hourly at all other times with the exception of during the Big Top 40 Show.

Background and Format: Formerly Severn Sound, Heart Gloucestershire is a local radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the Heart network. It broadcasts to Gloucestershire from studios in Gloucester. The station broadcasts on 102.4 FM, DAB Digital Radio and Online and plays classic and contemporary hits, local and national news. Ad Rates: advertising information available here  Programme Maker / Production Company: Global Radio Target Audience: Under 44's in the area of Gloucester and Cheltenham. Tips for PRs: The station carries pre-recorded output on Friday evenings between 7:00pm and 9:00pm, Saturday afternoons between 5:00pm and 9:00pm, Sunday mornings between 6:00am and 12:00pm, and Sunday evenings 7:00pm to 10:00pm. Heart Gloucestershire carries weekday local output from 6:00am-10:00am, 4:00pm to 7:00pm and weekends from 1:00pm until 5:00pm (Saturday) and 12:00pm until 4:00pm (Sunday) is produced and presented from the local studios, based in Gloucestershire. Off-peak programming (such as Toby Anstis, Matt Wilkinson, Club Classics, The Wind Down, Emma Bunton, Mark Wright, Stephen & Emma, JK & Lucy, Jason Donovan and The Big Top 40 Show is produced at various studios owned and operated by Heart 102.4 parent company, Global Radio Holdings Limited. Can be contacted via text as well - Text 'SHOW’ to 82122 Alerts: gorkana consumer alert: Wednesday 25th March 2009 As of this week twelve new stations have joined the Heart network, including GWR Wiltshire, GWR Bristol, GWR Bath, Gemini FM in Torbay and Exeter, Plymouth Sound, Orchard FM, Lantern FM, South Hams Radio, Fox FM in Oxford, Severn Sound and 2-Ten FM in Reading. These stations have joined the other nine Heart stations launched in phase one in early January, including Ipswich, Colchester, Norwich, Dunstable, Bedford, Peterborough, Cambridge, Milton Keynes and Northampton, plus the three original Heart stations in London, West Midlands and East Midlands – making a total of 24 stations in the current network. All the stations produce and present their own local programming between the hours of 6-10am and 1-7pm Monday to Friday and between 8am-midday on a Saturday and Sunday. The news teams at the stations have remained unchanged. gorkana consumer alert: Monday 26th January 2009 Global Radio has announced the second phase of the roll-out of the Heart brand. Twelve new stations will join the Heart network on Monday 23rd March, including GWR Wiltshire, GWR Bristol, GWR Bath, Gemini FM in Torbay and Exeter, Plymouth Sound, Orchard FM, Lantern FM, South Hams Radio, Fox FM in Oxford, Severn Sound and 2-Ten FM in Reading. These stations will join the other nine Heart stations launched in phase one in early January, including Ipswich, Colchester, Norwich, Dunstable, Bedford, Peterborough, Cambridge, Milton Keynes and Northampton, plus the three original Heart stations in London, West Midlands and East Midlands – making a total of 24 stations in the current network. Al

Background and Format:. Myles Galloway kicks off the day on Heart Breakfast. The show offers more music variety, along with news, travel and weather. From 9am, listeners can guess the year in the Time Tunnel. The show is produced in association with Sky. Ad Rates: Advertising information available at here.  Programme Maker / Production Company: Global Radio Target Audience: Listeners aged 25-44 Tips for PRs: There is no generic email address for this show. Contact form available here.  The show can be contacted on +44 (0)345 605 1062 or via SMS 82122.

Background and format:. Justin Walker gets listeners home with his Drivetime show from 4pm, with the latest music, news and travel information every 20 minutes. Ad Rates: Advertising information available at www.heart.co.uk/gloucestershire/advertise-us/#AhwZtgM7vzGwesxx.97 Programme Maker / Production Company: Global Radio Target Audience: Listeners aged 25-44 Tips for PRs: There is no generic email address for this show. Contact form available here The show can be contacted by SMS. Text Show to 8 21 22.

Background and Format: Formerly Severn Sound, Heart Gloucestershire is a local radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the Heart network. It broadcasts to Gloucestershire from studios in Gloucester. The station broadcasts on 102.4 FM, DAB Digital Radio and Online and plays classic and contemporary hits, local and national news. Ad Rates: advertising information available here  Programme Maker / Production Company: Global Radio Target Audience: Under 44's in the area of Gloucester and Cheltenham. Tips for PRs: The station carries pre-recorded output on Friday evenings between 7:00pm and 9:00pm, Saturday afternoons between 5:00pm and 9:00pm, Sunday mornings between 6:00am and 12:00pm, and Sunday evenings 7:00pm to 10:00pm. Heart Gloucestershire carries weekday local output from 6:00am-10:00am, 4:00pm to 7:00pm and weekends from 1:00pm until 5:00pm (Saturday) and 12:00pm until 4:00pm (Sunday) is produced and presented from the local studios, based in Gloucestershire. Off-peak programming (such as Toby Anstis, Matt Wilkinson, Club Classics, The Wind Down, Emma Bunton, Mark Wright, Stephen & Emma, JK & Lucy, Jason Donovan and The Big Top 40 Show is produced at various studios owned and operated by Heart 102.4 parent company, Global Radio Holdings Limited. Can be contacted via text as well - Text 'SHOW’ to 82122 Alerts: gorkana consumer alert: Wednesday 25th March 2009 As of this week twelve new stations have joined the Heart network, including GWR Wiltshire, GWR Bristol, GWR Bath, Gemini FM in Torbay and Exeter, Plymouth Sound, Orchard FM, Lantern FM, South Hams Radio, Fox FM in Oxford, Severn Sound and 2-Ten FM in Reading. These stations have joined the other nine Heart stations launched in phase one in early January, including Ipswich, Colchester, Norwich, Dunstable, Bedford, Peterborough, Cambridge, Milton Keynes and Northampton, plus the three original Heart stations in London, West Midlands and East Midlands – making a total of 24 stations in the current network. All the stations produce and present their own local programming between the hours of 6-10am and 1-7pm Monday to Friday and between 8am-midday on a Saturday and Sunday. The news teams at the stations have remained unchanged. gorkana consumer alert: Monday 26th January 2009 Global Radio has announced the second phase of the roll-out of the Heart brand. Twelve new stations will join the Heart network on Monday 23rd March, including GWR Wiltshire, GWR Bristol, GWR Bath, Gemini FM in Torbay and Exeter, Plymouth Sound, Orchard FM, Lantern FM, South Hams Radio, Fox FM in Oxford, Severn Sound and 2-Ten FM in Reading. These stations will join the other nine Heart stations launched in phase one in early January, including Ipswich, Colchester, Norwich, Dunstable, Bedford, Peterborough, Cambridge, Milton Keynes and Northampton, plus the three original Heart stations in London, West Midlands and East Midlands – making a total of 24 stations in the current network. Al

Background and Format: Heart Hertfordshire aims to provide music, showbusiness news, lifestyle for  Watford, Hemel Hempstead, St Albans and other parts of Hertfordshire, available on 966 AM, DAB Digital and Online. Advertising information can be found: www.heart.co.uk/watfordhemel/advertise-us/ Programme Maker/Production Company: Global Radio Target audience: Heart's core listeners are aged 25-44. Stats: Heart Hertfordshire is not registered on RAJAR. Tips for PRs: The weekday output from 6:00am-10:00am, 4:00-7:00pm, weekends from 1:00-5:00pm (Saturday) and 12:00-4:00pm (Sunday) is produced and presented from a local studio, based in Watford. Off-peak programming - such as Toby Anstis, Matt Wilkinson, Club Classics, The Late Show, Emma Bunton Mark Wright, Stephen & Emma, JK & Lucy, Jason Donovan and The Big Top 40 Show - is produced at various studios owned and operated by, Global Radio Holdings Limited. Friday evenings between 7:00pm and 9:00pm, Saturday afternoons between 5:00pm and 9:00pm, and Sunday evenings between 7:00 and 10:00 are pre-recorded. There are roughly 15 programmes broadcast on Heart Hertfordshire per week – the guest booking opportunities and lead times differ from show to show. The studio can be reached on +44 (0)1923 801 966 The station has an Instagram account here.