Radio 1521 (later Heartbeat 1521) was a radio station based in

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from 1996 to 1999. The station broadcast from

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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". At the end of 1998, with 9,000 listeners per week, it was one of the two smallest commercial broadcasters in the UK. The station and its sister station Goldbeat 828 ceased broadcasts on 22 May 1999.

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"From Downtown to out of town"
— an article about Independent Radio in Northern Ireland
"Jailed Oyston could lose radio stations"
— December 1997 article from

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Radio stations established in 1996 Radio stations disestablished in 1999 Radio in Northern Ireland Defunct radio stations in the United Kingdom Mass media in County Armagh 1996 establishments in Northern Ireland 1999 disestablishments in Northern Ireland {{NorthernIreland-media-stub

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