– Senior BBC World Service executive Gwyneth Williams is appointed the next Controller of BBC Radio 4. She will succeed Mark Damazer in the autumn. 16 July – Heart Four Counties replaces Heart Northants, Heart Milton Keynes, Heart Dunstable and Heart Bedford || Dunstable, later Milton Keynes. Heart West Country replaces Heart Bristol, Heart Bath and Heart Somerset. 18 July – After 64 years of Woman's Hour, the BBC begins broadcasting a full series called Men's Hour on BBC Radio 5 Live, presented by Tim Samuels. 26 July – Hertfordshire station Mercury 96.6 becomes part of the Heart network and is relaunched as Heart Hertfordshire. Heart Essex replaces Heart Essex (Chelmsford & Southend) , Heart Colchester and Ten 17. Heart Sussex and Surrey replaces Heart Sussex and Mercury FM. 30 July – At midday, Quay Radio stops broadcasting after owners Portsmouth F.C. went into administration. The station is sold to Celador Radio Broadcasting, who replaces Quay Radio with Breeze 107. August 17 August – It is announced that Simon Bates will leave Classic FM after 13 years to join Smooth Radio as its new national breakfast presenter from January 2011. 20 August – BBC Hereford & Worcester announces that former TV-am weather girl Wincey Willis will join the station to present a Saturday morning show titled The Big Day Out that will give listeners ideas for days out in the Herefordshire and Worcestershire area. 27 August – Heart Devon replaces Heart Exeter and Heart Torbay, Heart Plymouth, Heart North Devon and Heart South Devon. September 3 September – BBC Radio 2 announces that Dawn Patrol presenter Sarah Kennedy is leaving the network after 17 years. By this time she has been absent from the show for several weeks, and will not return to the programme before the schedules are reorganised in October. Lynn Parsons acts as the show's stand-in presenter for its remaining time on air. Heart East Anglia replaces Heart Norwich and Heart Ipswich. 13 September – Global announce plans to scrap the Galaxy Network in order to create a nationwide Capital FM. The plans will also include the closure of four further stations, with the new network going live in early 2011. October 2 October – Comedian Graham Norton takes over the Saturday morning show on Radio 2 (10am1pm) formerly hosted by Jonathan Ross. 4 October – Smooth Radio launches its new national station. 31 October – Tony