Questions & Answers about Im Radio heißt es, der Bus komme wegen einer Umleitung etwas später.
Im is a contraction of in dem.
So im Radio literally looks like in the radio, but idiomatically it means on the radio or in a radio broadcast.
So this phrase is not about something physically being inside a radio. It means the announcement was heard through radio news or a radio program.
Es heißt is a common impersonal expression meaning something like:
- it says
- they say
- the report says
- it is said
In this sentence, heißt es introduces reported information. It sounds especially natural in news, announcements, and formal reporting.
The es here does not refer to a specific thing. It is just a dummy subject, similar to how English sometimes uses it.