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Heart Gloucestershire (formerly Severn Sound) is a local radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the Heart network. It broadcasts to Gloucestershire from studios in Gloucester. The transmitter is at Churchdown Hill, just west of the M5; the same transmitter as Radio Gloucestershire. ==History== Severn Sound started transmissions on 23 October 1980, from its first studio at the "Old Talbot Pub" in Southgate Street, Gloucester. The pub had been bought by local businessmen including Clive Lindley (Chairman of the Roadchef motorway service stations and Chairman of Severn Sound). The station's first employee was Chief Engineer Quentin Howard who converted the pub into the radio station. The original presenters were Alan Roberts (Head of Music) on Breakfast, Christopher Musk on mid-mornings, Eddie Vickers (Programme Controller) on the Lunchtime News and Topical programme, Laura de Vere on the Afternoon Show and Steve Ellis on Drivetime. There used to be a Sunday lunch show where the presenter would go to various areas of Gloucester and share Sunday lunch with the residents of that house. Jerry Thomas, top Gloucester Comedian, used to host the show, with Christopher Musk. A variety of local presenters then hosted specialist music shows during the evenings, With Mike Longley's Sunday Gold (now BBC Producer), Roger Tovell on the Late Show. Andy Westgate and Pat Cory joined about a year after the station's launch, as Laura de Vere left the station. Jerry "The Hippo" Hipkiss hosted a Saturday soul show (Now on Gloucester FM) and Ivanhoe Campbell hosted a reggae show. Glen Thompsett (now an ITV Meridian News reporter & presenter) started his career at Severn Sound as one of the engineers, later going on to present the Saturday Rock Show, later working with Ken Goodwin (ITV West News) on the 'Glen & Ken' Kids show - formerly Dr Fosters Medicine show. The news editor was Geoff Barratt, with Nigel Dean (now at Sky Sports) as head of sport and, amongst other newsroom staff, were Graham Gardner, Ivor Ward-Davies, Peter Cullimore, Judith Dingley & Cornelius Lysaght, all subsequently at the BBC, Ken Goodwin and Mark Dyson, a Lib Dem candidate at the 2010 General Election. Other past presenters include Tony Wright, who was part of the Breakfast Show, with Lynne Scott, between 1997 & 2000. He stayed at the station until 2002 and is currently the Breakfast presenter at The Breeze South West & Late Presenter at Heart's competitor The Breeze (Cheltenham & North Gloucestershire)). Also, Russ & Garthy (breakfast presenters 2001–2005), Kate McAllister (previously part of the breakfast trio with Russ & Garthy; left to go to The Breeze (Cheltenham & North Gloucestershire)), Andy Beeley who is now on the radio in Canada, Martin Mills, Andy Henly, Gregg Upwards (Now at Sunshine Radio), Kam Kelly (Radio Aire), Shaun Moore, Nick Carter, Toni Macdonald (Now at BBC Hereford & Worcester), Neil Vincent, Dean Roberts, Robert Kenny (Now at The Breeze Thames Valley), Helen Purcell, Steve Aspey, Paul Seed, Julian Watkins and Steve Wilkinson. One, notable, director was the writer Dennis Potter, who played an active role in the station's early years and lived in Ross on Wye. Potter's ''Pennies from Heaven'' producer, Kenith Trodd, presented a Sunday programme of 78 records featuring singers such as Al Bowlly, which Todd and Potter had used in ''Pennies from Heaven''. Another Director was England rugby player, Mike Burton, who also started Gulliver's Travels, a sports travel agency. In 1983, two of the station's engineers were killed on an outside broadcast. The pneumatic mast of their radio car touched an overhead 11kV power line, whilst they were preparing for a live broadcast from Soudeley Castle, Winchcombe. The inquiry into the accident found Severn Sound guilty of Health and Safety offences and fined the company £2,500. Many new safety procedures for radio cars were introduced across the whole industry as a result of the accident. The station was sold to the ''Chiltern Radio Group'', after some resistance, in 1989 and was later taken over by the GWR group in 1995. GCap Media was sold to Global Radio in 2008. During the Gloucester/Tewkesbury flood crisis of Summer 2007, Severn Sound was forced to move, temporarily, to the GWR FM Bristol Studios, due to a loss of electricity and running water.〔(Floods force Severn Sound to move ), Press Gazette, 29 July 2007〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Heart Gloucestershire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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