Heart Dorset & New Forest
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Heart Dorset was a British
Independent Local Radio
station, broadcast from studios at a former carpet shop on Southcote Road in Bournemouth
. Its original name was derived from the fact that its broadcast area included parts of the counties of Dorset
and Hampshire
. The station was merged with Heart Hampshire in July 2010 to form the regional station Heart South Coast
.
Former BBC Radio Solent presenter John Piper launched the station in 1980, with the words Good Morning Hampshire, Good Morning Dorset. At that time, 2CR consisted of a full service station with music, personalities, phone-ins, and a local news service. The station's longest serving staff member was office manager Rosemary Mundy, who worked for the station from its launch until 2009.
The station gained its highest RAJAR
listening figures at the turn of the millennium with a successful daytime line-up consisting of The Morning Crew (Richie, Martyn & Emma), Katherine Orman from 10am-2pm and Adrian Clarkson
from 2-7pm. Clarkson was replaced by GWR network presenter Rob Smith in 2002 and Orman left shortly afterwards to be replaced by James Lloyd from Fire Radio.
, began from Fareham on 30 July 2010.
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
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, broadcast from studios at a former carpet shop on Southcote Road in Bournemouth
Bournemouth
Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. According to the 2001 Census the town has a population of 163,444, making it the largest settlement in Dorset. It is also the largest settlement between Southampton and Plymouth...
. Its original name was derived from the fact that its broadcast area included parts of the counties of Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
and Hampshire
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
. The station was merged with Heart Hampshire in July 2010 to form the regional station Heart South Coast
Heart South Coast (regional)
Heart Solent is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to southern and western parts of Hampshire, West Sussex, east Dorset and the Isle of Wight...
.
History
The station gained its highest RAJAR
RAJAR
RAJAR was established in 1992 to operate a single audience measurement system for the radio industry in the United Kingdom. RAJAR is jointly owned by the British Broadcasting Corporation and the RadioCentre...
listening figures at the turn of the millennium with a successful daytime line-up consisting of The Morning Crew (Richie, Martyn & Emma), Katherine Orman from 10am-2pm and Adrian Clarkson
Adrian Clarkson
Adrian Clarkson in Truro, Cornwall, is a radio presenter who also does voiceovers for radio & TV commercials. He's presented on many radio stations around the South of England and is currently at Time 106.6 presenting The Big Drive Home. He often does corporate narration and provides voices on...
from 2-7pm. Clarkson was replaced by GWR network presenter Rob Smith in 2002 and Orman left shortly afterwards to be replaced by James Lloyd from Fire Radio.
Network restructuring
On 21 June 2010, Global Radio announced plans to close Heart Dorset and merge the station with Heart Hampshire as part of plans to reduce the Heart network of stations from 33 to 16. The new station, Heart South CoastHeart South Coast (regional)
Heart Solent is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to southern and western parts of Hampshire, West Sussex, east Dorset and the Isle of Wight...
, began from Fareham on 30 July 2010.
Notable past presenters
- Paul Bunker (now at Heart South CoastHeart South Coast (regional)Heart Solent is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to southern and western parts of Hampshire, West Sussex, east Dorset and the Isle of Wight...
) - Graham Mack (now at BBC WiltshireBBC WiltshireBBC Wiltshire is the BBC Local Radio station and BBC Online service for the English county of Wiltshire. The station marked its 20th anniversary in 2009.-BBC Wiltshire Sound :...
) - Richie Firth (now at Absolute Radio)
- Fran GodfreyFran GodfreyFrances Helen Godfrey is a BBC Radio 2 newsreader, most famous for her appearances on Wake Up to Wogan, the highest-rated radio show in Britain...
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newsreader) - Geoff Allen (now at BBC Radio SolentBBC Radio SolentBBC Radio Solent is the BBC Local Radio service for the Isle of Wight and the English counties of Hampshire and Dorset. Its studios are located in Southampton, in the same purpose-built office block in Havelock Road as the BBC South Today news studios, and there are district offices in Portsmouth,...
) - John Terrett (now at Al-Jazeera)
- Adrian Britton (now Crime Correspondent for ITV NewsITV NewsITV News is the branding of news programmes on the British television network ITV. Since 1955, ITV's news bulletins have been produced by Independent Television News . The channel's news coverage has won awards from the Royal Television Society, Emmy Awards and BAFTAs. Between 2004 and 2008, the...
)
- Martyn LeeMartyn LeeMartyn Lee is a national radio broadcaster, Sony award-winning radio producer, NLP Master Practitioner and Hypnotist. He is a presenter on Absolute Radio, Absolute 80s, Absolute Radio 90s, Absolute Classic Rock and, most recently, Absolute Radio 00s.He is formerly Programme Director for radio...
(now at Absolute Radio) - Andy Jackson (now at Wave105)
- Rob Smith
- Stewart Smith (now at The Breeze Hampshire)
- Bam Bam
- Charlie WolfCharlie WolfCharlie Wolf is a British-based American radio talk-show host, disc jockey and political commentator, originally from Boston, and formerly the Communications Director of Republicans Abroad UK. Wolf is best known for the TalkSport show he hosted on Saturdays and Sundays from 1am to 6am, following...
- Christian O'ConnellChristian O'ConnellChristian O'Connell is an English radio DJ who presents the Absolute Radio weekday breakfast show.He has formerly hosted BBC Radio Five Live's weekend sports game show Fighting Talk alongside the weekday breakfast show on indie music station Xfm London...
(now Absolute Radio breakfast presenter) - Adrian ClarksonAdrian ClarksonAdrian Clarkson in Truro, Cornwall, is a radio presenter who also does voiceovers for radio & TV commercials. He's presented on many radio stations around the South of England and is currently at Time 106.6 presenting The Big Drive Home. He often does corporate narration and provides voices on...
- Dan O'HaganDan O'HaganDan O'Hagan is a freelance football commentator and TV presenter, who covers the UEFA Champions League for SBS in Australia. Formerly he was the voice of the world feed for the French Football League...
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commentator)