June 17, 20196 yr This maybe of interest to some of you:- (https://radiotoday.co.uk/2019/06/global-to-launch-heart-dance-with-toby-anstis-on-breakfast/) Heart Dance, a new service from Global, is launching on DAB digital radio across the UK this Friday 21st June. The Club Classics formatted station will have former Heart presenters Toby Anstis on the breakfast show, and Lucy Horobin on afternoon drive. Lucy will also be presenting a weekend show every Saturday from 10am – 1pm. Heart Dance will play club classics from the likes of Basement Jaxx, Daft Punk, Ne-Yo, Ultra Naté, Fatboy Slim and Armand Van Helden. On Friday and Saturday nights, Heart’s Club Classics show will be simulcast on both Heart and Heart Dance, with Toby Anstis hosting every Friday from 7pm and Pandora on Saturday from 7pm. James Rea, Managing Editor of Heart tells RadioToday: “Heart Dance will be a brilliant addition to the Heart brand – just in time for the Summer! “Listeners will be able to re-live the greatest times of their life with the biggest club classic dance tunes of all time. I’m delighted we’ll also have a terrific line-up that includes some of Heart’s top presenters including Toby Anstis, Lucy Horobin and Pandora.” Toby Anstis says: “To present the breakfast show on a brand-new national radio station, playing the music I have always loved with a passion, is a dream! To top it off, we also have my good mate Lucy Horobin getting listeners home at drive time. “Heart is my natural home and a place I love. I can’t wait to get started, waking up the UK with some bangers from 7am on Friday 21st June live on Heart Dance!” Heart now has a number of spin-off brands, all broadcasting nationally on D1 – Heart 80s, Heart extra and now Heart Dance.
June 25, 20196 yr Author Because Heart can't keep their playlist updated, I've cobbled together the current high rotation/A List songs into one list for reference for now. Anne-Marie - 2002 Calvin Harris & Rag'n'Bone Man - Giant Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don't Care Freya Ridings - Castles Freya Ridings - Lost Without You (Kia Love x Vertue Remix) Jess Glynne - No One Jess Glynne - Thursday Lewis Capaldi - Hold Me While You Wait Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (Future Humans Remix) P!nk - A Million Dreams P!nk - Walk Me Home Sam Smith & Normani - Dancing With A Stranger Taylor Swift feat. Brendon Urie - ME! Tom Walker - Just You And I Years & Years - If You're Over Me
July 4, 20196 yr OMGGGG Heart FM have playlisted Ellie Goulding - Hate Me!!!!????!!!! Wait, have they? Is it a original one with Juice WRLD or a solo one? Edited July 4, 20196 yr by IdentFan101
July 4, 20196 yr Author They haven’t playlisted Ellie sadly. She was a guest on breakfast this morning so they gave it a spin which they often now do with their guests.
August 9, 20196 yr Author Recent Heart additions Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho (full rotation from today, it’s had spot plays over the past week) Marshmello feat. CHVRCHES - Here With Me (same as above) Kygo x Whitney Houston - Higher Love
August 9, 20196 yr Wow! 8 months late to the Ava Max party! That’s got to be a record! Edit:- actually more like 10 months Edited August 9, 20196 yr by gavindeejay
August 9, 20196 yr Author I can’t deal with it. Who at Global sits there and thinks you know what people want, 2 older tracks on the playlist???
August 12, 20196 yr I could do a better job of compiling a radio playlist than Heart. Edited April 9, 2025Apr 9 by montyj
August 12, 20196 yr crazy, don't know the station but guess it's not about playing current hits Not at all. Half the songs they play aren't even from this century. They used to use the hilariously inaccurate catchphrase 'more music diversity' (when they have probably one of the most repetitive playlists of all UK radio stations) just because of the 'gimmick' of playing super overplayed songs from the 80s and 90s as well as from today.
August 12, 20196 yr Not at all. Half the songs they play aren't even from this century. They used to use the hilariously inaccurate catchphrase 'more music diversity' (when they have probably one of the most repetitive playlists of all UK radio stations) just because of the 'gimmick' of playing super overplayed songs from the 80s and 90s as well as from today. This is so true! I think they still use 'more music variety' as well, glad it's not just me who thinks that it's very inaccurate, presumably they only use 'more music variety' as a comparison to Capital! :lol: Every day I've listened to it - no matter which year - I hear the same set of songs (Miss Independent, Uptown Funk, It Feels So Good, Want To Want Me, etc), it's very boring to listen to for any longer than a few hours a year.
August 12, 20196 yr BUT Whats the target audience? old people? They say on their website that their core audience is aged between 25-44.
August 12, 20196 yr Author Heart have moved away from 80s music a lot now they have their own dedicated station for it so they now play more 00s and 90s stuff, mainly hits from recent years. It’s definitely more adult orientated radio but that’s always been the case since it’s inception as a station. To be honest it’s more about the Global brand as a company they have Capital and Radio X to compete with Radio 1 so Heart is like their R2 competition along with Smooth so they’re not going to diversify their playlist too much when they have other stations under the same umbrella.
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