Heat Radio (Digital)
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Heat Radio is a British digital radio station
, broadcasting to various parts of the UK which launched in 2003 as a non-stop music station. On 25 September 2007, Heat Radio re-launched with presenters and showbiz news throughout the day.. The station is owned by Bauer Radio, a division of the company, Bauer which owns the magazine of the same name
. The Station forms part of the Bauer Passion Portfolio
.
Heat Radio is now based alongside its sister radio stations Key 103
and The Hits Radio
, whose presenters and journalists now produce the majority of programming and showbiz news, along with a number of presenters from Bauer's other Big City Network
stations around the UK.
Heat have kept a studio in London for Heat Magazine
's Lucie Cave
and celebrity guest presenters to do shows from.
Heat Radio relaunched in the summer of 2010 with a new line up of shows - and a focus around the '10 in a row workday'. The station also increased it's celebrity news offering with a new celebrity news digest - 'HeatWorld @ 6' presented by Alex and Lucy.
Recently the station has been appearing more in heat magazine, with regular adverts, shared content and joint campaigns like a recent promotion with Channel 4
's Hollyoaks
, and ITV2
's The Only Way Is Essex
.
Digital radio in the United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, the roll-out of digital radio is proceeding since test transmissions were started by the BBC in 1990. The UK currently has the world's biggest digital radio network, with 103 transmitters, two national DAB ensembles and 48 local and regional DAB ensembles...
, broadcasting to various parts of the UK which launched in 2003 as a non-stop music station. On 25 September 2007, Heat Radio re-launched with presenters and showbiz news throughout the day.. The station is owned by Bauer Radio, a division of the company, Bauer which owns the magazine of the same name
Heat (magazine)
Heat is a British entertainment magazine published by German company Bauer Media Group. it is one of the biggest selling magazines in the UK, with a regular circulation over half a million. Its mix of celebrity news, gossip and fashion is primarily aimed at women, although not as directly as in...
. The Station forms part of the Bauer Passion Portfolio
Big City Network
Bauer Place & Bauer Passion are the names given to two radio networks owned and operated by Bauer Radio. Place incorporates 36 local radio stations in Northern & southern England and Scotland while Passion incorporates six national or semi-national music genre stations.The main rival networks are...
.
Studios
The station did broadcast from London, where it was located alongside the sister magazine, but moved to Bauer Radio's Manchester headquarters in April 2009, as part of a cost-cutting programme.Heat Radio is now based alongside its sister radio stations Key 103
Key 103
Key 103 is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the city of Manchester and the north west of England. Its output is principally contemporary pop and dance music. Formerly owned by Trans World Communications, EMAP and now by Bauer Radio, Key 103 is part of Bauer's Place Network of...
and The Hits Radio
The Hits Radio
The Hits Radio is a popular mainstream music channel operated by Bauer Media. The Station forms part of the Bauer Passion Portfolio. It is the biggest digital commercial radio station in Europe.- The Hits Radio :...
, whose presenters and journalists now produce the majority of programming and showbiz news, along with a number of presenters from Bauer's other Big City Network
Big City Network
Bauer Place & Bauer Passion are the names given to two radio networks owned and operated by Bauer Radio. Place incorporates 36 local radio stations in Northern & southern England and Scotland while Passion incorporates six national or semi-national music genre stations.The main rival networks are...
stations around the UK.
Heat have kept a studio in London for Heat Magazine
Heat (magazine)
Heat is a British entertainment magazine published by German company Bauer Media Group. it is one of the biggest selling magazines in the UK, with a regular circulation over half a million. Its mix of celebrity news, gossip and fashion is primarily aimed at women, although not as directly as in...
's Lucie Cave
Lucie Cave
Lucie Cave, whose career started with Trouble TV, is the Editor of Heat magazine. Shegraduated with a 2:1 in English Literature from the University of Sheffield in 1995, where she was the editor of the University newspaper 'Darts'.-Publications:...
and celebrity guest presenters to do shows from.
Heat Radio relaunched in the summer of 2010 with a new line up of shows - and a focus around the '10 in a row workday'. The station also increased it's celebrity news offering with a new celebrity news digest - 'HeatWorld @ 6' presented by Alex and Lucy.
Recently the station has been appearing more in heat magazine, with regular adverts, shared content and joint campaigns like a recent promotion with Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
's Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...
, and ITV2
ITV2
ITV2 is a 24 hour, free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998, and is available on digital television via satellite, cable, IPTV and terrestrial platforms. The channel has the...
's The Only Way Is Essex
The Only Way Is Essex
The Only Way Is Essex, is a British BAFTA award-winning semi-reality show based in Essex, England. It shows "real people in modified situations, saying unscripted lines but in a structured way."...
.
Monday to Friday
- 01:00 Matt Wilkins
- 06:00 Heat Radio's Dan Black at Breakfast
- 09:00 Griffo (including the Hottest 10 at 10)
- 12:00 Matt Wilkins (including the Club Sandwich at 1)
- 15:00 Hometime with Ed NellEd NellEdward Ian Nell is a British DJ, known as Ed Nell. He currently presents the drive show on Hallam Fm and weekdays 3-6pm on Heat Radio....
- 18:00 Heatworld with Alex JamesAlex JamesAlex James may refer to:*Alex James , bassist in English band Blur, newspaper columnist and cheesemaker*Alex James , songwriter and producer...
and Lucy Horobin - 19:00 Evenings with Polly James (Monday-Thursday)
- 19:00 Party Heat with Chris Birks (Friday)
- 22:00 Heat Chilled
Saturday
- 01:00 Michelle Dignan
- 06:00 Heat Radio's Wake Up
- 07:00 Victoria Larder
- 10:00 Heatworld with Lucie CaveLucie CaveLucie Cave, whose career started with Trouble TV, is the Editor of Heat magazine. Shegraduated with a 2:1 in English Literature from the University of Sheffield in 1995, where she was the editor of the University newspaper 'Darts'.-Publications:...
(direct from Heat MagazineHeat (magazine)Heat is a British entertainment magazine published by German company Bauer Media Group. it is one of the biggest selling magazines in the UK, with a regular circulation over half a million. Its mix of celebrity news, gossip and fashion is primarily aimed at women, although not as directly as in...
) - 13:00 Michelle Dignan
- 16:00 Party Heat
Sunday
- 01:00 Adam Brown
- 04:00 Michelle Dignan
- 08:00 Sunday Brunch with Darren Spence
- 12:00 Heat Radio's Sunday Confessional with Sarah Powell
- 16:00 80s Heat
- 18:00 90s Heat
- 20:00 00s Heat
- 22:00 Heat Chilled