salford quays broadcast area north west england branding the north west s heart slogan more music variety frequency 105.4 mhz dab 11b liverpool 12a lancashire 11c manchester first air date 8 september 1998 format adult contemporary audience share 3.5 % june 2014 1 owner global radio sister stations capital manchester smooth north west xfm manchester website heart north west heart north west is a regional radio station owned and operated by global radio as part of the heart network . the station broadcasts to north west england from studios at exchange quay salford . originally known as century radio and century fm and from 2009 real radio north west the station relaunched as heart north west on tuesday 6 may 2014 . contents 1 overview 1.1 century radio 1.2 real radio 1.3 heart 2 programming 2.1 heart news 3 notable former presenters 4 references 5 external links overview edit century radio edit the station opened as century radio on 8 september 1998 as the second century station in the country the first being gateshead based 100 102 century radio . owned and operated by border television century was founded by managing director john myers who had also established the north east station . like the first station myers also presented the breakfast show under the pseudonym john morgan . the station s launch was the subject of an episode of a bbc two fly on the wall documentary trouble at the top mainly following myers . the episode entitled degsy rides again showed myers attempts to train lunchtime phone in host derek hatton a controversial local ex politician who had never before presented on radio . myers was not confident enough in hatton for him to appear on pre launch publicity although his show the degsy debate performed well at the first rajar . also amongst its launch presenters was controversial shock jock scottie mcclue . 1 the documentary also covered the station s acquisition of exclusive commentary rights for manchester united f.c. s games . they remained united s official radio partner for almost a decade until selling the rights to xfm manchester for the 2007 08 season . myers left the group to head gmg radio overseeing the launch of the similar real radio brand . capital radio bought the century network and was subsequently acquired by gcap media . gmg radio acquired the century stations in october 2006 reuniting myers and john simons programme director on the original gateshead station with the brand . 2 real radio edit century was re branded as real radio on monday 30 march 2009 . 3 on 15 october 2012 real radio announced the station would increase its amount of networked programming . weekday daytime shows from 10am 4pm presented by darren parks and debbie mac were networked across all real radio stations on monday 5 november 2012 with further networked shows introduced at the weekend . 4 heart edit on 25 june 2012 it was announced global radio the owner of stations such as capital and heart had bought gmg radio . the former gmg stations including real radio continued to operate separately as real and smooth limited until 1 april 2014 . 5 6 on 6 february 2014 global radio announced it would be rebranding all real radio stations as heart . 7 real radio north west began a gradual transition to the heart branding on 24 march 2014 and phased out the real radio branding on sunday 20 april 2014 . on 1 may 2014 local programming moved from laser house in salford to nearby exchange quay sharing facilities with sister stations capital manchester and xfm manchester . the full relaunch as heart north west took place at 6am on tuesday 6 may 2014 . programming edit local programming is produced and broadcast from heart s salford studios from 6 10am and 4 7pm on weekdays 1 5pm on saturdays and 12pm 4pm on sundays . all networked programming originates from global radio s london headquarters including the syndicated vodafone big top 40 on sunday afternoons . the station s local presenters are joel ross and lorna bancroft heart breakfast russ morris weekday drivetime and carl spencer weekend afternoons . heart news edit heart north west broadcasts hourly regional news bulletins from 6am 7pm on weekdays and 6am 12pm at weekends including the ten minute heart nightly news at 6.45 pm on weeknights and headlines on the half hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows . national news updates air hourly from global s london headquarters at all other times . the salford newsroom also produces bulletins for capital manchester capital north west and wales on the wirral smooth north west xfm manchester and real radio xs . as century the station won three awards in the 2008 irn awards including best scoop for obtaining an eyewitness interview after the fatal shooting of liverpool schoolboy rhys jones . the station also won a bronze award at the sony radio academy awards for its coverage of the subsequent murder trial . 8 in 2010 real radio north west won news team of the year at the arqiva commercial radio awards and also picked up the social action initiative award for its internet safety campaign websafe . 9 the team also won a bronze award at the sony radio academy awards for news journalist of the year and a silver sony radio academy award for the documentary the return to hillsborough which commemorated the 20th anniversary of the hillsborough disaster . in 2012 the station was again named news team of the year this time at the irn awards . 10 the real radio north west news team also won a gold sony radio academy award in 2012 for feature of the year following its walking with the wounded documentary . 11 notable former presenters edit wes butters rich clarke ryan seacrest graeme smith kate thornton 12 references edit degsy rides again trouble at the top bbc two march 1999 fellowship for john simons . radio today . 2006 12 18 . retrieved 2007 01 06 . end of an era for century . radio today . 18 dec 2008 . real radio introduces networked daytimes radio today 15 october 2012 gmg radio sold to global for 50m mark sweeney the guardian 25 june 2012 global radio seals 50m purchase of gmg radio maisie mccabe media week 25 june 2012 martin roy 2014 02 06 . communicorp buys 8 global stations . radiotoday . retrieved 2014 02 06 . http www.gmgradio.com company awards http www.gmgradio.com news story real radio north west win prestigious arqiva awards 139 http radiotoday.co.uk 2012 03 winners of irn news awards 2012 revealed 2 http www.gmgradio.com news story a sony gold each for smooth real radio 233 west gillian 8 march 2013 . boots uk launches radio and online programme hosted by kate thornton . the drum . retrieved 11 march 2013 . external links edit heart north west v t e heart regions cambridgeshire east anglia essex four counties hertfordshire london west midlands north east north west yorkshire scotland kent solent sussex and surrey thames valley gloucestershire south west west country wiltshire north wales south wales related topics atlantic fm gem 106 orion media heart digital marcher radio group the one network real radio list of global group stations v t e global radio corporate directors lord allen chairman ashley tabor group ceo richard park executive director stephen miron ceo mark evans cfo owen mcgartol director radio stations the arrow capital capital xtra chill classic fm gold heart lbc lbc london news smooth radio x television channels capital tv heart tv related articles list of global group stations capital digital gcap media capital life capital disney core the storm thejazz century digital jazz fm planet rock real and smooth classic fm tv leicester square thisisglobal.com radio v t e radio stations in greater manchester england longwave am stations 198 bbc radio 4 252 rt radio 1 medium wave am stations 909 693 bbc radio 5 live 1089 1053 talksport 1152 key 2 1215 absolute radio 1350 radio cavell 1377 asian sound radio 1458 gold fm stations 88.4 gaydio 89.3 89.8 bbc radio 2 90.1 legacy fm 91.5 91.9 bbc radio 3 92.8 unity radio 93.7 94.1 bbc radio 4 94.4 salford city radio 95.1 104.6 bbc radio manchester 96.2 96.2 the revolution 96.5 bolton fm 96.9 all fm 97.0 crescent radio 97.2 wythenshawe fm 97.7 radio x 98.9 99.3 bbc radio 1 99.7 oldham community radio 100.4 smooth radio 101.1 classic fm 102.0 capital 102.4 wish fm 103.0 key 103 103.6 tameside radio 104.9 imagine fm 105.4 heart 106.1 xs manchester 106.6 north manchester fm 107.4 tower fm 107.8 pure radio . the fm bbc radio stations are broadcast from two transmitters holme moss and saddleworth . dab stations absolute radio absolute radio 80s absolute radio 90s asian sound radio bbc radio 1 bbc radio 2 bbc radio 3 bbc radio 4 bbc radio 4 extra bbc radio 5 live bbc radio 5 live sports extra bbc radio 6 music bbc asian network bbc world service bbc radio manchester bfbs radio classic fm capital capital xtra heart north west heat radio key 103 key 2 key 3 kiss lbc magic uk planet rock premier christian radio radio x smooth extra smooth radio north west talksport 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