{{Infobox radio station | name = Heart North West | logo = The Heart Network logo.svg | logo_size = 200px | city = Manchester | area = North West and North Wales | branding = This is Heart | airdate = 8 September 1998 | frequency = Cheshire / Greater Manchester / Lancashire / Merseyside / Prestatyn / Rhyl / Llandudno / Colwyn Bay: 105.4 MHz North Lancashire and South Cumbria: Furness Peninsula: Preston: 96.9 MHz Windermere, Ambleside, Grasmere: 102.3 MHz Kendal: 103.2 MHz DAB: 10C LiverpoolDAB+: 11B Morecambe Bay DAB: 12A LancashireDAB: 12C CE Manchester| format = Hot AC | power = | erp = | class = | callsign_meaning = | owner = Global | sister_stations = Capital Manchester and Lancashire,Smooth North West | website = Heart North Lancashire & CumbriaHeart North West | coordinates = }}Heart North West' is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global as part of the Heart network. It broadcasts to North West England from studios in the Spinningfields area of Manchester city centre. Overview Century Radio (1998–2009) The station opened as Century Radio on 8 September 1998 as the second Century station in the country (the first being Gateshead-based 100-102 Century Radio). Owned and operated by Border Television, Century was founded by managing director John Myers, who had also established the north east station four years earlier. Like the first station, Myers also presented the breakfast show under the pseudonym John Morgan. The station's launch was the subject of an episode of a BBC Two fly-on-the-wall documentary Trouble at the Top, mainly following Myers. The episode, entitled "Degsy Rides Again", showed Myers' attempts to train lunchtime phone-in host Derek Hatton, a controversial local ex-politician who had never before presented on radio. Myers was not confident enough in Hatton for him to appear on pre-launch publicity, although his show "The Degsy Debate" performed well at the first RAJAR. Also amongst its launch presenters was controversial shock jock Scottie McClue. The documentary also covered the station's acquisition of exclusive commentary rights for Manchester United F.C.'s games. They remained United's official radio partner for almost a decade until selling the rights to Xfm Manchester for the 2007–08 season. Myers left the group to head GMG Radio, overseeing the launch of the similar Real Radio brand. Capital Radio bought the Century network, and was subsequently acquired by GCap Media. GMG Radio acquired the Century