Heart South Devon was an Independent Local Radio

Independent Local Radio

Independent Local Radio is the collective name given to commercial radio stations in the United Kingdom. The same name is used for Independent Local Radio in Ireland.-Development of ILR:...

 station serving the South Hams

South Hams

South Hams is a local government district on the south coast of Devon, England with its headquarters in the town of Totnes. It contains the towns of Dartmouth, Kingsbridge, Ivybridge, Salcombe — the largest of which is Ivybridge with a population of 16,056....

 area of Devon, England. The station began broadcasting on 1 December 1999 and until its closure, was run as a joint venture between UKRD Group

UKRD Group

The UKRD Group Ltd is a British media company which owns 16 commercial radio stations in the United Kingdom. The name originates from UK Radio Developments.-History:...

 and Global Radio

Global Radio

Global Radio UK Ltd. is a British commercial radio company, the largest in the country following acquisitions of Chrysalis Radio and GCap Media.The company's Chief Executive Officer is Stephen Miron, while the Group Chairman is Charles Allen...

.

History

On Monday 23 March 2009, South Hams Radio became Heart South Devon, as part of the Heart Network

Heart Network

Heart is a radio network of 17 adult contemporary independent local radio stations in central & southern England and north Wales. Each station broadcasts local breakfast and drive time shows and simulcasts network programming at all other times...

. By this time, most of the station's programming was produced in London, with the only local shows being the breakfast and drivetime shows during the week.

On 21 June 2010, Global Radio announced plans to close Heart South Devon and merge the station with Heart Plymouth, Heart Exeter and Heart Torbay

Heart Exeter and Heart Torbay

Heart Exeter and Heart Torbay were part of the Heart Network of commercial local radio stations operated by Global Radio in the United Kingdom. The stations were launched on 23 March 2009, and replaced Gemini FM, which was the previous commercial radio station for the Exeter and Torbay areas in...

 and Heart North Devon as part of plans to reduce the Heart network of stations from 33 to 16. The new station, Heart Devon

Heart Devon

Heart Devon is a Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to Devon. The station began broadcasting on Friday 27 August 2010 as a result of a merger between Heart Exeter and Heart Torbay , Heart Plymouth , Heart North Devon and Heart South Devon .-History:The regional station...

, began broadcasting from Exeter on Friday 27 August 2010.

Former presenters

• Chris Batchelor
• Ian Calvert (now at BBC Radio Devon
  BBC Radio Devon
  BBC Radio Devon is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Devon. It began transmissions on 17 January 1983, replacing a previous breakfast show for Devon and Cornwall broadcast on the local frequencies of Radio 4....
  
  )
• Al Dunn
• David Fitzgerald (now at BBC Radio Devon)
• Pat Holness
• Rob Wheeler
• David James
• Craig Armet
• Lisa Hartwell

• Dave Gould (now at Radio Plymouth
  Radio Plymouth
  Radio Plymouth is an independent commercial radio station broadcasting from the Devon city of Plymouth.-History:Radio Plymouth was launched at 10am on Sunday 28 February 2010 by television presenter Phillip Schofield, an investor in the station. The first song played was The Way It Is by Bruce...
  
  )
• Martin Mills
• Graham Russell (now at Palm 105.5
  Palm 105.5
  Palm 105.5 is a Independent Local Radio station based in Torquay, in Devon.Palm FM was awarded the local commercial radio licence for Torbay in September 2005, and began broadcasting in May 2006...
  
  )
• John Hogarth (now at Palm 105.5)
• Allison Sixsmith
• Alison Seymour
• Matt Lissack (now at 97.4 & 103.2 Capital FM South Wales)
• Allen Fleckney (now at Atlantic FM
  Atlantic FM
  Atlantic FM, is a radio station based in and serving Cornwall, United Kingdom. The station, owned by Atlantic Broadcasting Ltd, began broadcasting on July 6, 2006 at 0730 BST, and is broadcast from St Agnes...
  
  )
• John Coates