Latest news about Heart Xmas

Global brings back Heart Xmas on DAB and revives Smooth Christmas

Global has launched two festive radio stations today with the return of Heart Xmas and Smooth Christmas.

Heart Xmas is back on DAB digital radio across the UK three months before Christmas

Heart’s festive radio station, Heart Xmas, has launched earlier than ever before across the UK today. The spin-off, which has been available all year on Global Player, is now playing everything festive from Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’, Wham!

Christmas comes early at Global as Heart Xmas launches nationally

As autumn begins Global has put Heart Xmas on the national Sound Digital DAB radio platform. The station is playing Christmas music 24/7 across the UK three months ahead of Christmas Day. Already heard this morning: Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’, Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’, Chris Rea’s ‘Driving Home For Christmas’ and Band Aid’s ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’...

Heart Xmas launches early for Christmas 2020

Global has started its annual festive radio station Heart Xmas early this year. The service is available on lots of local digital radio multiplexes across the UK rather than the national mux D1 used previously. The switch-on comes on the same day British Summer Time ends and more than 60 days before the big day itself. This year sees a slight name change, dropping the “extra” tag used in previous years as Heart extra changed to Heart UK in March...