Corazón Berkshire

Heart Berkshire (anteriormente 2-Ten FM ) era una emisora ​​de radio local independiente que daba servicio a Berkshire y al norte de Hampshire desde sus estudios en Reading .

Lanzada como Radio 210 (Dos-Uno-Cero), la emisora ​​comenzó a transmitir en marzo de 1976 en su frecuencia de onda media de 210  metros (1431  kHz). Posteriormente se la conoció como 210-FM , más tarde como 2-Ten FM , y en 2008 formaba parte del grupo de emisoras The One Network, propiedad de Global Radio. Un año después, la emisora ​​cambió de nombre y pasó a formar parte de Heart Network . ^{[ 1 ]}

La empresa matriz original, Radio Kennet, había obtenido la licencia de emisión ya en 1974, pero los planes para que la emisora ​​saliera a bolsa en la Bolsa de Londres en cuanto comenzara a emitir fracasaron al no conseguir la financiación suficiente. Radio Kennet regresó en 1976 como Thames Valley Broadcasting .

Radio 210 emitió por primera vez el 8 de marzo de 1976 a las 6  a.m. El ex DJ de BBC Radio 2, Paul Hollingdale, puso el disco de The Carpenters " We've Only Just Begun " al comienzo de su programa matutino de cuatro horas. Otros presentadores iniciales fueron Steve Wright , Mike Read , Tony Fox, Steve Crozier ("Yer Man Croze"), Howard Pearce, Mike Matthews, John Flower, Tony Holden, Steve Wood, Phil Coope, Chris Hall, Chris Kelly, Mike Quinn, Dave Glass, John Hayes (fallecido), Gavin McCoy, Bob Morrison, Graham Ledger, Mike Sanderson (el Folk Show), Martin Dean (el Soul Show) y el editor de noticias David Addis. Las estrellas emergentes Mike Read y Steve Wright copresentaron el Read & Wright Show los fines de semana antes de conseguir programas diarios y, posteriormente, desarrollar carreras de alto perfil en BBC Radio 1. Howard Pearce también siguió la ruta de Read & Wright hacia las cadenas nacionales, primero a Radio Luxemburgo y luego a la BBC. Otros presentadores hicieron lo contrario y dejaron la BBC para unirse a Radio 210 , entre ellos Bob Harris y David Hamilton , este último tras haber abandonado BBC Radio 2 debido a cambios en la política musical de esa emisora.

Radio 210 initially only served Reading with a transmitter on 97.0 MHz FM on top of The Butts shopping centre; however that changed when it began broadcasting from the Hannington transmitter on a second frequency of 102.9 MHz at midday 1 January 1987 to serve a wider area of Berkshire and north Hampshire,^[2] with a Henley-on-Thames relay added in 1997. Classic Gold gained a new AM transmitter in 1996 on 1485kHz, broadcasting to West Berkshire and North Hampshire from a site in Newbury.

In 1990, Radio 210 split frequencies (as required then to do so by Government due to a radio act recently passed to end simulcasting) to provide two services – 210-FM (Now broadcasting as Heart South) and 210 Classic Gold Radio. The AM transmitter was actually a relay of Brunel Classic Gold's service from Bristol. Also, broadcast to Bournemouth, Devon, & Swindon. It took a couple of networked shows. One Sunday Lunchtime show with David Hamilton, and also Jimmy Savile's Saviles Travels (1990–92). It stopped taking that because it was said that they preferred to broadcast their own shows. Classic Gold featured slightly more known presenters like Tony Gillham (head of music), and Trevor Fry. Paul Burnett joined in 1996, and Tony Blackburn a few years later. They were both dropped in July 2007, when Classic Gold was taken over by GCap Media, and became known as Gold.

Radio 210 claimed to be "the only comprehensive travel service in the Thames Valley and North Hampshire". The station broadcast news bulletins on the hour every hour and regional news during certain points throughout the day.

On 21 June 2010, Global Radio announced plans to merge Heart Berkshire with Heart Oxfordshire as part of plans to reduce the Heart network of stations from 33 to 15.^[3] The new station, Heart Thames Valley began broadcasting from Reading on 9 July 2010.^[4]

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