Together with sister stations
97.6 Chiltern FM,
Northants 96 and
Horizon Radio, it formed the
Chiltern Radio Network, which became the Chiltern Radio Group. The station briefly changed its name to
B97 FM in 1996 when GWR bought the station. The station changed back to
Chiltern FM in 1999. Now part of the Global Radio portfolio, after GCap Media failed to stop the buyout, the station was rebranded as
Heart Bedford on 5 January 2009, becoming a part of the
Heart Network. ==Network restructuring==