Southern Sound
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| Broadcast area | East Sussex and parts of West Sussex (as Heart Sussex) and Crawley and Surrey as Heart Sussex for Crawley & Surrey. Broadcasts to Chichester by DAB Radio. |
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| Branding | Heart Network |
| Slogan | The Heart of Sussex on 102.4 & 103.5 & The Station for Sussex and Surrey |
| Frequency |
103.5 MHz, 96.9 MHz, |
| First air date | (as Southern Sound) 29 August 1983 / Re-branded 'Heart', 22 June 2009 / Heart Sussex for Crawley and Surrey, 26 July 2010 |
| Format | Adult Contemporary |
| Audience share | 12.9% (December 2009, :: RAJAR) |
| Owner | Global Radio |
| Website | Heart Sussex for Crawley & Surrey |
103.5 MHz, 96.9 MHz,
102.4 MHz, and 102.0 MHz, DAB 10B
Heart Sussex for Crawley & Surrey: 102.7 MHz, 97.5 MHz, DAB 10C
Heart Sussex (previously Southern FM, also operating as Heart Sussex for Crawley & Surrey in Crawley and Surrey) is an Independent Local Radio station which is owned by Global Radio (formerly GCap Media) and plays commercial, chart-oriented popular music. Broadcast and managed from studios and offices in Portslade, Brighton and Crawley, the station plays a mix of pop, rock and RnB with the overall tag line being 'The station for Sussex and Surrey' - replacing Mercury FM.
On 17 September 2008, it was announced that Southern FM was one of 30 local radio stations to face a re-brand to Heart within the next 18 months. Southern FM was rebranded as Heart Sussex on 22 June 2009. Mercury FM also merged with Heart in July 2010 to be re branded and re-launched as an sub-section of Heart Sussex operating as Heart Sussex for Crawley & Surrey or simply Heart Crawley & Surrey - sharing the same programming output.
The station launched as Southern Sound from the converted Rothbury Cinema in Franklin Road, Portslade. Under the leadership of managing director Keith Belcher and programme director Rory Macleod, early presenters included Sean Bolger, Louis Robinson, Stewart Macintosh, Vince Geddes, John Mann, Russ Williams and Becky Manesseh. The head of news at launch was Paul Woodley with a reporting team including Andy Steggall, Sue Trimingham, Sue Maskell, John Worthington, Andrew Winter and Cornelius Lysaght.
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