Heart South Devon
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Heart South Devon (formerly South Hams Radio) was an Independent Local Radio station serving the South Hams 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 and Global Radio from studios at South Hams Business Park at Churchstow , Kingsbridge.
Broadcast area | South Hams |
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Frequency | 100.5 MHz 100.8 MHz 101.2 MHz 101.9 MHz |
Programming | |
Format | Hot AC |
History | |
First air date | 1 December 1999 |
Last air date | 27 August 2010 |
The station's main frequency was on 101.2 FM, broadcast initially from Bolberry Down near Hope Cove, but later moving to a site near Soar in 2003. The station also broadcast from three relay transmitters at Totnes (100.5FM), Dartmouth (100.8FM) and Ivybridge (101.9FM). In 2017 the main transmitter on 101.2FM was moved from Soar to the Kingsbridge TV relay site near West Alvington.
Some of the Presenters on South Hams Radio included Ian Calvert, David FitzGerald, Pat Holness, David James, Rob Wheeler, Lisa Hartwell, Dave Gould, Chris Batchelor, Matt Lissack, Carmella Mckenzie, Craig Armet, Allen Fleckney, John Coates, and Graham Russell.