Heart North West Radio

Heart North West is Global's regional Heart service for North West England, bringing familiar popular music and presenter-led entertainment to audiences around Manchester, Merseyside and the surrounding area. Its programme combines the wider Heart schedule with news and information for the region. The music crosses different periods of mainstream pop, with recognisable melodies and an upbeat mood linking the selection.

Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden supplies conversation and entertainment at the beginning of the weekday. The programme is carried across much of the Heart network, so listeners in the North West share its guests, features and on-air personalities with audiences elsewhere. During the rest of the day, presented music programmes keep the emphasis on familiar songs, with lighter conversation and entertainment alongside them.

Regional reporting provides another part of the service. Heart's North West public file describes bulletins combining local stories with national and international news, sport, weather and entertainment. This gives listeners information about the area as well as the bigger stories affecting the country. Travel material also has a practical role for people moving between the region's towns and cities, sitting alongside the main music programme.

The station participates in Global's Make Some Noise fundraising, which supports smaller charities and people facing disadvantage. That activity brings appeals and community causes into a schedule otherwise led by music and entertainment. Heart North West combines a widely shared radio show with a regional news audience; its connection with the North West is expressed through that reporting and information rather than a playlist restricted to music made in the area.