In 2005, the GWR Group merged with Capital Radio to form GCap Media – shortly afterwards, Orchard FM and ten other stations (outside of the company's primary target area) were put on sale.

GWR in Bristol & Bath and Orchard FM were rebranded as Heart on 23 March 2009.

[3] On 26 February 2019, Global announced Heart West Country would be merged with three sister stations in Devon and Cornwall, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.

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

Heart West began broadcasting regional programming from the Bristol studios on 3 June 2019.