[1] Heat Radio launched in 2003 as a non-stop music station broadcasting from London, where it was located alongside the sister magazine.

In January 2015, heat moved back to London be based with Bauer's other national brands at One Golden Square.

The station has been appearing in Heat magazine, with regular adverts, shared content and joint campaigns like a recent promotion with Channel 4's Hollyoaks,[4] and ITV2's The Only Way Is Essex.

[6] On 26 September 2023, it was announced that Heat would return over Autumn 2023 to SDL nationally on DAB+ with seven other stations.

[7] Eleven months later, as part of a wider reshuffle of Bauer's digital capacity, which included the launch of Greatest Hits Radio 60s and Kisstory R&B on SDL, Heat was moved to broadcast as a DAB+ station solely in London.