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| Broadcast area | East Sussex and parts of West Sussex (as Heart Sussex) and Crawley and Surrey as Heart Sussex for Crawley & Surrey. Broadcasts to Chichester by DAB radio. |
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| Frequency | FM: 96.9 (Peacehaven) 102.0 (St Leonards-on-Sea) 102.4 (Hailsham) and 103.5 (Brighton & Hove) DAB: 10B (Sussex Coast) Heart Sussex for Crawley & Surrey: |
| Branding | Heart Network |
| Programming | |
| Format | Adult Contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Global Radio |
| History | |
First air date | (as Southern Sound) 29 August 1983 / Re-branded 'Heart', 22 June 2009 / Heart Sussex for Crawley and Surrey, 26 July 2010 |
| Links | |
| Website | Heart Sussex & Heart Sussex for Crawley & Surrey |
Heart Sussex (previously Southern FM, also operating as Heart Sussex for Crawley & Surrey in Crawley and Surrey) was an Independent Local Radio station which was owned by Global Radio (formerly GCap Media) and played commercial, chart-oriented popular music. Broadcast and managed from studios and offices in Portslade, Brighton and Crawley, the station played a mix of pop, rock and RnB with the overall tag line being 'The station for Sussex and Surrey' – replacing Mercury FM.
On 17 September 2008, it was announced that Southern FM was one of 30 local radio stations to face a re-brand to Heart within the next 18 months. Southern FM was rebranded as Heart Sussex on 22 June 2009. Mercury FM also merged with Heart in July 2010 to be re branded and re-launched as a sub-section of Heart Sussex operating as Heart Sussex for Crawley & Surrey or simply Heart Crawley & Surrey – sharing the same programming output.