Heart Radio Wales

Heart Radio Wales or Heart South Wales is a British independent local radio station serving South and West Wales. This station is part of the Heart radio network of stations and it is owned and operated by Global Radio. Heart Radio Wales was aired for the first time with the Real Radio brand on 3 October 2000 and it broadcasted to South and West Wales. On 4 January 2011 it began broadcasting on its North and Mid Wales frequencies. On 25 June 2012 Global Radio (the owner of stations such as Capital and Heart) bought GMG Radio. On 6 May 2014 the station was split into tow separate stations, launched under separate owners and named Heart South Wales and Heart North Wales. Heart South Wales is still to the present day a music and speech station that plays AC format.