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Heart 80s

Heart 80s

British digital radio station

Heart 80s is a national digital radio station owned and operated by Global as a spin-off from Heart. The station broadcasts from studios at Leicester Square in London.

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Launched on 14 March 2017, Heart 80s is a rolling music service playing non-stop “feel good” music from the 1980s. It has its own dedicated live breakfast show, hosted by Simon Beale, 6–10 am weekdays and 8 am – noon each Saturday. At other times, the station is mostly an automated service.

The station broadcasts nationally on Digital One DAB and online alongside the existing Heart extra service. Shortly after its launch it replaced Heart Extra on television platforms.[1]

On 28 August 2019, the station switched its Digital One service from broadcasting in mono using DAB to a stereo service in the DAB+ standard. The surplus capacity vacated by this move was used the following day to add another sibling, Heart 90s in DAB+.[2]

Content

Heart 80s plays a selection of music from the 1980s.

Programming and Presenters

Heart 80s programming is produced and broadcast from the headquarters of Global at Leicester Square in central London. Most of the network's output is automated, with a live breakfast show hosted weekday mornings and Saturday mornings.

Presenters

Simon Beale (Heart 80s Breakfast)

Former Presenters

Neil 'Roberto' Williams

Jason Donovan

References

  1. [1]
    ""Global to launch Heart 80s nationally on DAB", RadioToday 2017-03-13".
  2. [2]
    "Heart 90s to launch on national DAB digital radio". 28 August 2019.
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