west and wales and heart wales heart north wales city wrexham broadcast area north and mid wales branding this is heart slogan more music variety frequency fm 88.0 mhz wrexham 102.0 107.0 mhz north wales rds heart dab 10d first air date 4 january 2011 format adult contemporary audience share 1.8 % june 2014 1 owner communicorp sister stations capital cymru capital north west and wales website heart north wales heart north wales is a local radio station owned by communicorp and operated by global radio as part of the heart network . it broadcasts to north and mid wales from studios in gwersyllt near wrexham . 1 the new heart north wales station launched at 6am on tuesday 6 may 2014 replacing the former heart north west and wales station . the rebrand coincided with the relaunch of heart wales meaning a fully separate north and mid wales licence effectively restoring a regional service to south and west wales . 2 contents 1 history 2 programming 2.1 heart news 3 references 4 external links history edit in december 2008 gmg media was awarded an fm licence to launch a new real radio station serving north and mid wales . initially the company pledged to produce separate local programming and news bulletins for the region in addition to off peak pan wales output . following an agreed format change request the existing service covering south and west wales was instead expanded to form a national service with no opt outs . real radio wales began broadcasting to the area at 8am on tuesday 4 january 2011 . 3 on 6 february 2014 global radio reached an agreement to sell the northern licence for real radio wales and seven other stations across the uk to communicorp . 4 the adjoining south and west wales licence remains under global s ownership . under ofcom rules the sale required the then all wales station to be split into two with separate heart stations launched under separate owners . 5 6 the new heart north wales station launched at 6am on tuesday 6 may 2014 . the move coincided with the rebrand and relaunch of heart s north west and wales and cymru stations as part of the capital network . the heart and capital stations share facilities at global s studios in gwersyllt near wrexham . . 7 programming edit local programming is produced and broadcast from heart s wrexham 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 include spence macdonald and rachael howarth heart breakfast and oli kemp . heart news edit heart north wales broadcasts hourly local 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 . the news service is produced for communicorp by global radio s newsrooms in wrexham and cardiff . national news updates air hourly from global s london headquarters at all other times . references edit global confirms heart expansion details radio today 14 april 2014 global confirms heart expansion details radio today 14 april 2014 http radiotoday.co.uk 2010 11 real covers wales in january sandle paul 6 february 2014 . denis o brien buys eight uk radio stations from global radio . reuters . retrieved 10 february 2014 . http radiotoday.co.uk 2014 04 global confirms heart expansion details http www.dailypost.co.uk business business news real radio sold part 30m 6685535 global confirms heart expansion details radio today 14 april 2014 external links edit official website 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 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