Bio

Background and Format: Heart South Coast aims to provide news, entertainment, music, showbusiness and lifestyle to an audience in Hampshire, New Forest and Dorset, available on 96 FM & 103FM, DAB Digital Radio and Online. For advertising information, please call +44 (0)1489 587 619 Programme Maker/Production Comapany: Global Radio Target audience: Listeners aged 25-44.   Circulation: Source: RAJAR for period ending March 2020. (Refers to Dorset, 119000, Hampshire, 192000) 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 7:00-10:00pm. Heart South Coast carries local weekday output from 6:00-10:00am, 4:00-7:00pm and weekends from 1:00pm until 5:00pm (Saturday) and 12:00pm until 4:00pm (Sunday). These shows are produced and presented from local studios, based in Fareham. 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 96-103's parent company, Global Radio Holdings Limited. The news team can be found tweeting at www.twitter.com/HeartSouthNews  The studio can be reached on +44 (0)345 481 11 11 Alerts: Gorkana Consumer Alert: Monday 11th May 2009 Global Radio has announced that the final stage of its Heart rebrand across the UK will be completed on 22nd June. 2CR, Champion 103, Coast 96.3, Essex FM, Invicta FM, Marcher Sound, Ocean FM, Southern FM and Wirral's Buzz 97.1 will all become Heart stations; raising the total number to 33 in the network. All of the stations will 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 remain unchanged.