On 21 June 2010, Global Radio announced it would merge the two stations as part of plans to restructure the Heart Network.

[1] The new station began broadcasting from Brighton on Monday 26 July 2010, with a sales office and newsroom retained in Crawley.

[2] On 26 February 2019, Global announced Heart Sussex and Surrey would be merged with three sister stations in Hampshire and Dorset, Kent and the Thames Valley.

[3] From 3 June 2019, local output consisted of a three-hour regional drivetime show on weekdays, alongside localised news bulletins, traffic updates and advertising.

[4] Heart Sussex and Surrey's studios in Brighton closed with operations moving to Fareham, Hampshire - the station ceased local programming on 31 May 2019.