Hit40UK
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| Genre | Chart |
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| Running time | Sundays 4:00pm - 7:00pm |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | 95.8 Capital FM |
| TV adaptations | 4Music, The Box and Smash Hits |
| Starring |
Dr. Fox (2003 - 2004) Katy Hill (2004 - 2005) Simon Hirst (2004 - 2006) Lucio Buffone (2006 - 2009) Rich Clarke (2009) |
| Created by | Global Radio |
| Air dates | 5 January 2003 to 7 June 2009 |
Hit40UK was a networked Top 40 chart show broadcasting on around 130 UK commercial radio stations every Sunday from 4pm to 7pm. It is now a TV programme shown on 4Music. The radio version was produced in house by Global Radio (formerly GCap Media) and Somethin' Else. The show was cancelled on 7 June 2009 and the last ever number 1 single was Boom Boom Pow by The Black Eyed Peas, played at 6:52pm.
Although the radio version of the chart has ended, it continues to be compiled, and a TV version is shown on 4Music, The Box, and Smash Hits. The TV version has since renamed UKHot40.
The radio show counted down the top 40 songs in the chart. Unlike the official UK Singles Chart broadcast at the same time by BBC Radio 1, the Hit40UK chart included only the digital downloads and airplay in the UK, whereas the official chart includes physical and download sales with no radio airplay. The show always enjoyed higher audience figures than Radio 1's Official Chart Show since 1993, however, this is because Hit40UK is broadcast on 130 stations, whereas the Official Chart is only broadcast on BBC Radio 1, except for a brief period of 2006, when a weak commercial radio sector caused Hit40UKs share to fall below that of its rival.
Hit40UK descended from The Network Chart Show, which was hosted by David Jensen on the commercial radio network from 30 September 1984 to 25 July 1993, sponsored from 1985 onwards by Nescafe. On 1 August 1993, Pepsi began their sponsorship of the show and Neil Fox became its host; it was known as the Pepsi Network Chart before becoming the Pepsi Chart around 1996. Pepsi ended their sponsorship of the show on 29 December 2002, and the ‘’Hit40UK’’ name was adopted on 5 January 2003, but Fox remained the host until 30 May 2004. On 6 June 2004 Simon Hirst and Katy Hill became co-hosts of Hit40UK, from 23 October 2005 Hirst hosted the show on his own.
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