Heart Colchester Radio

Heart Colchester combines a Colchester audience connection with the familiar songs and presenter entertainment of Heart. Its information service places the town within a wider Essex editorial area, while the main music programme is shared across the network.

Colchester reporting in the regional archive has included hospice fundraising, with other stories following Essex flooding and public-safety incidents around the county. Travel and school-closure information is also provided for Essex. The Colchester public file identifies the service on 96.1 FM and sets out a mix of local, national and world news. The edition therefore has a specific local-information setting, even though its major presenters, quizzes and entertainment features are common to Heart listeners in many other areas.

Colchester's edition follows the Heart weekday programme of Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden at breakfast, Pandora Christie and Matt Wilkinson through the day, and JK and Kelly Brook later in the afternoon. These shared shows combine familiar records with presenter conversation, while the Colchester service retains its particular Essex audience connection.

Dev Griffin presents an evening programme including The People's Popular Pub Quiz. The weekend offers a different set of features: Mark Wright and Olly Murs at Saturday Breakfast, Toby Anstis and Rezzy Ghadjar on Club Classics, and Will Manning's EE Official Big Top 40. Emma Bunton's Sunday programme includes 90s at 9. The musical scope therefore covers chart selections, dance favourites and retrospective pop without becoming a station devoted solely to one period.