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Local radio was provided by Heart North Devon, the station, originally called Lantern FM and based in Bideford in a building named " the Lighthouse ", later moved to an industrial estate in nearby Barnstaple.

In April 2009 the station was rebranded as part of the Heart Network losing the long-standing Lantern FM name.

In August 2010, amid much controversy, the station was merged with its sister operations in other areas of Devon and all operations were moved to new studios in Exeter and renamed Heart Devon.

As a result, numerous members of staff at Barnstaple were made redundant.

Since then, many of the Lantern FM team, past and present, have reunited to create The Voice, a new local radio station broadcasting fron Barnstaple, on DAB and online and working towards being able to broadcast on FM once again.