Radio 1521 Explained

Radio 1521 (later Heartbeat 1521) was a radio station based in County Armagh, Northern Ireland from 1996 to 1999. The station broadcast from Craigavon and covered much of mid-Ulster.

The station launched in 1996 before being bought by Belfast station Belfast CityBeat in 1998 and rebranded to "Heartbeat 1521".[1] At the end of 1998, with 9,000 listeners per week, it was one of the two smallest commercial broadcasters in the UK.[2] The station and its sister station Goldbeat 828 ceased broadcasts on 22 May 1999.[3]

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  1. Web site: From Downtown to out of town . Colm . O'Rouke . Transdiffusion Broadcasting System . 2001 . 2008-11-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081208081108/http://www.transdiffusion.org/rmc/commercial/ulster.php . 2008-12-08 .
  2. News: Commercial stations' silver celebrations . . 1998-10-08 . 2008-11-13 .
  3. Web site: A Guide to stations off the air . 2008-04-08 . Radio-now.co.uk . Steven Hooper . 2008-11-13 .