Radio stations in Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire lies between London and other parts of eastern England and has several distinct town audiences. An edition expressly covering Beds, Bucks and Herts includes Hertfordshire without being a Hertfordshire-only programme. A station identified solely with one town should have a narrower geographic description. The category is useful when the broadcaster actually addresses listeners in the county, rather than when a service is simply accessible there as part of a national offering. The music or speech format of a Hertfordshire service is independent of its address to local listeners. A broad pop programme and a calmer selection of familiar songs can each serve the county while sounding quite different. Some schedules are shared across network editions, so assigning this area should not be read as a promise of original local shows throughout the day. In cross-county radio, acknowledging each named area makes the scope clear; narrowing the programme to a single town or claiming that it covers all of the East of England would obscure its actual identity.