Heart Somerset Radio

Heart Somerset serves a Somerset audience with familiar music and shared Heart entertainment. It forms part of the Bristol and Somerset regional operation, whose information service connects the music-led programme with stories from the wider West Country.

The regional archive has included Exmoor public-safety appeals, rail incidents and political visits to the West Country. School-closure information provides a further practical strand. Bristol and Somerset share a published newsroom contact, with local stories sitting beside UK and international news, sport and weather. That editorial arrangement gives the Somerset edition a regional role while allowing its main music shows to remain shared across Heart. The entertainment and information services address different aspects of the same listening day.

Somerset's edition participates in the shared Heart weekday programme, beginning with Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden at breakfast. Pandora Christie and Matt Wilkinson accompany the daytime songs, followed by JK and Kelly Brook. These presenters provide the entertainment framework around the county service, with the local audience connection distinct from the network production of individual shows.

Evening features include Dev Griffin's People's Popular Pub Quiz. At the weekend, Toby Anstis and Rezzy Ghadjar present Club Classics, while Mark Wright and Olly Murs share Saturday Breakfast. Will Manning hosts the EE Official Big Top 40, and Emma Bunton includes 90s at 9 in her Sunday programme. The mix of quizzes, dance music, chart songs and familiar favourites gives the station several recurring strands within its broad Heart sound.