Heart Digital was a digital

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...

 radio network

Radio network

There are two types of radio networks currently in use around the world: the one-to-many broadcast type commonly used for public information and mass media entertainment; and the two-way type used more commonly for public safety and public services such as police, fire, taxicabs, and delivery...

 of stations that broadcast on DAB Digital Radio

Digital audio broadcasting

Digital Audio Broadcasting is a digital radio technology for broadcasting radio stations, used in several countries, particularly in Europe. As of 2006, approximately 1,000 stations worldwide broadcast in the DAB format....

 in the North East of England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 (on the MXR North East

MXR North East

MXR North East is a regional commercial digital radio multiplex in the United Kingdom, which serves the North East.-Transmitters:MXR North East is transmitted on frequency block 12C from the transmitter sites: -Stations broadcast:- Previous services :...

 multiplex), the North West of England (MXR North West

MXR North West

MXR North West is a regional commercial digital radio multiplex in the United Kingdom, which serves the North West of England.- Transmitter sites :MXR North West currently broadcasts from the following sites:-Stations carried:...

), Yorkshire

Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...

 (MXR Yorkshire

MXR Yorkshire

MXR Yorkshire is a regional commercial digital radio multiplex in the United Kingdom, which serves Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire and North Derbyshire.-Stations broadcast:-History:...

), South Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 and the West of England (MXR Severn Estuary

MXR Severn Estuary

MXR Severn Estuary is a regional commercial digital radio multiplex in the United Kingdom, which serves the West of England and South Wales, including Bristol, Bath, Weston-super-Mare, Cardiff, Newport, Swansea, the South Wales Valleys and north Somerset....

) and in Central Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 (Switch Scotland), 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...

. Heart Digital has now ceased, and where it could be previously heard listeners now hear London's Heart 106.2 instead. Global also used this same approached with their Galaxy branded stations, where Galaxy Yorkshire

Galaxy Yorkshire

Capital Yorkshire is an Independent Local Radio station owned by Global Radio as part of the nine-station Capital radio network which specialises in mainstream music...

 has replaced Galaxy Digital

Galaxy Digital

Galaxy Digital was a radio station broadcasting through the digital platform across the United Kingdom and was owned by Global Radio. It primarily broadcast in areas where Galaxy was not represented on FM, such as London, Leicester, Nottingham, and Derbyshire...

.

Background

The stations are currently in the Mixed Hit Music format, although some suggest that they broadcast strong Adult contemporary music

Adult contemporary music

Adult contemporary music is a broad style of popular music that ranges from lush 1950s and 1960s vocal music to predominantly ballad-heavy music with varying degrees of rock influence, as well as a radio format that plays such music....

. The station's breakfast show was a delayed simulcast of Heart 106.2's breakfast show with Jamie Theakston

Jamie Theakston

Jamie Theakston is an English television and radio presenter, producer and actor.-Education:...

 and Harriet Scott. Other presenters included Paul Hollins

Paul Hollins

Paul Hollins is a British radio presenter who can currently be heard on The Heart Network as a relief presenter which is broadcast from Heart 106.2 in London...

 and Steve Denyer. The station's Programme Manager was Carol Cheetham.

Saturday nights from 6 pm had a show called "Club Classics" - eight hours of commercial and speech-free disco music. These days, it is now presenter-led.

Chrysalis Radio Sold

On the 25 June 2007 it was announced that Heart along with its sister stations The Arrow

The Arrow (radio)

The Arrow is a British digital radio station playing pop and the softer end of rock music. It broadcasts on DAB Digital Radio . It is also broadcast on TalkTalk TV and streamed online...

, LBC

LBC

LBC Radio operates two London-based radio stations, with news and talk formats. LBC was Britain's first legal commercial Independent Local Radio station, providing a service of news and information to London. It began broadcasting on 8 October 1973, a week ahead of Capital Radio...

 and Galaxy were to be sold for £170 million to 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...

from Chrysalis Radio.