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Capital 95. 8
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Broadcast area London
Frequency 95. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit Time. 8 MHz
Sky Digital: 0109
Tiscali TV: 610
Virgin Media: 958 (931/932 ex Telewest)
DAB Digital Radio (London)
First air date 16 October 1973
Format Contemporary
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Owner Global Radio
Website www.capitalradio.com

Capital 95. Global Radio Group is a UK radio company Senior personnel include Charles Allen, Richard Park and Ashley Tabor A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages 8 is a London radio station owned by GCap Media. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. GCap Media was a British commercial radio company formed from the merger of the Capital Radio Group and GWR Group

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History

Early years

The station, which was based on the first two floors of the Euston Tower was originally named Capital Radio, and was launched by the then-chairman Richard Attenborough at 5:00 AM on Tuesday, October 16, 1973. Euston Tower is a Skyscraper located in the London Borough of Camden. Richard Samuel Attenborough Baron Attenborough Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. In 1997 Capital moved from its legendary home on the Euston Road, to a new purpose-built base at Leicester Square. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar In 2005, the famous "Capital Radio London" signage was removed following the inauguration of GCap Media, but was reinstalled in January 2006. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

A recent photo of the GCap Media building.
A recent photo of the GCap Media building.

Capital went on air just over a week after news station LBC, making it the second legal commercial radio station in the UK. LBC Radio (originally the London Broadcasting Company) operates two London-based radio stations with news and talk formats The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The first song to be played on Capital was Bridge Over Troubled Water, by Simon and Garfunkel. " Bridge over Troubled Water " is the title song of Simon and Garfunkel 's final album together Bridge over Troubled Water, released January 1970 Simon & Garfunkel are an American Singer-songwriter duo of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.

Broadcasting on FM and medium wave, it has used 95. See also Frequency modulation, FM band FM broadcasting is a broadcast Technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that Medium Wave (MW is a part of the Medium frequency (MF radio band used mainly for AM broadcasting. 8 MHz since its inception, while the medium wave frequency was originally 539 metres (557kHz). This happened to be the same frequency that the Dutch pirate radio station Radio Veronica was using, and the interference between the two meant that neither station could be heard clearly in parts of southern England or Belgium. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The term pirate radio usually refers to illegal or unregulated radio transmissions The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those

In 1975, Capital's medium wave frequency moved to 194 metres (1548 kHz) after Veronica had been closed by the Dutch anti-pirate legislation. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. As the British government encouraged an end to simulcasting as part of its plan to expand choice in UK radio, a separate service - Capital Gold - was set up in 1988 to broadcast on Capital's medium wave frequency. Gold is a network of oldies Radio stations which was formed by the merger of the Capital Gold network and the Classic Gold Network in August 2007 Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Medium Wave (MW is a part of the Medium frequency (MF radio band used mainly for AM broadcasting. At the same time, the FM frequency station was relaunched under the name Capital FM.

Recent times

The studios of Capital 95. 8 are today based in Leicester Square, which is also home to Capital's parent company, GCap Media. For the British guitarist see Lester Square. Leicester Square (ˈlɛstɚ is a Pedestrianised square in the West End

In September 1996 the then Capital FM launched its website, a little later than some UK broadcasters, but high demand led to it crashing within a few hours. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar)

Towards the end of 2005, and the beginning of 2006, the station went through a number of changes. From December 2005 it was decided to have only two advertisements in each break in order to get listeners back to the music faster (these adverts were however played on the station at more frequent intervals). PortalCurrent events News collections and sources See WikipediaNews collections and sources.

On 9 January 2006 due in part to the fact that by then many people were no longer listening on FM but via the Internet, TV or DAB, the station was once again relaunched under its original name (Capital Radio), with a modified line-up of presenters and a slightly tweaked music format. Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. After this re-launch turned out not to have had the desired success, a new Programme Controller was appointed in September 2006. September 2006 was marked by a controversy surrounding statements made by Pope Benedict XVI regarding Islam, during the same week as the fifth anniversary Scott Muller came from the Nova group in Australia, and the station saw another tweak in style. Nova is a name given to a group of Australian Radio stations The group comprises five stations all owned by DMG Radio Australia, apart from the Perth station

The new era has seen Capital re-branded back to "London's Hit Music Station", a play on the station's earlier brand of "London's Number One Hit Music Station" with noticeable improvements - leading to a rise in audience figures at the end of 2006. The station also changed its on air name to 95. 8 Capital Radio, incorporating the frequency of "95. 8" back into the station since it was dropped at the January 2006 re-launch. January 2006: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July

In March 2007 the station was renamed Capital 95. March 2007 is the third month of the year It began on a Thursday, and ended 31 days later on a Saturday. 8 and its slogan became "The Sound Of London". The marketing campaign combines outdoor, cinema, and print adverts. [2]

Rajar figures for Q2 2007 showed Capital 95. RAJAR (Radio Joint Audience Research Limited was established in 1992 to operate a single audience measurement system for the radio industry in the United Kingdom. 8 slipping to fourth place recording the lowest-ever share of the London audience and for the first time falling behind Emap-owned station Magic and Heart, owned by Global Radio UK. EMAP is a British media company specializing in the production of B2b magazines and the organization of business events and conferences Global Radio Group is a UK radio company Senior personnel include Charles Allen, Richard Park and Ashley Tabor Capital 95. 8's audience share slipped from 4. 6 to 4. 1 per cent over the quarter. [1]

December 10th 2007 saw the station return to the "London's Hit Music Station" tagline, with ex-Virgin Radio presenter Greg Burns replacing Lucio on drivetime, and Lucio moving to the evening show. Virgin Radio is a brand owned by the Virgin Group used by a number of different radio stations worldwide under licence from Virgin Lucio took over from Bam Bam who left Capital in early December 2007.

On June 6th 2008, Global Radio completed its £375 million takeover of GCap Media. The Office of Fair trading has ruled that the two companies must remain seperate until it has reviewed the takeover. Global Radio's Ashley Tabor and Charles Allen have left their posts at Global to take up their respective posts at GCap Media, while Richard Park will be acting Chief Executive and Don Thomson will be acting Chief Operating officer until the OFT review is complete.

Current DJs

Previous DJs

The station's original presenters include:

Later presenters include:

More recent DJs include:

The following also worked on Capital's sister station Capital Gold:

See also

References

  1. ^ Radio battle gets hot at the top (Times Online)

External links

Peter Poulton, aka Bam Bam and Peter Jarrod (born January 2, 1970) is a British radio personality Gold is a network of oldies Radio stations which was formed by the merger of the Capital Gold network and the Classic Gold Network in August 2007 For the broadcaster see Richard Skinner (broadcaster. Richard Skinner ( May 30, 1778 &ndash May 23, 1833 Paul Burnett, born 26 November, 1943 in Hulme, Manchester, is a British Radio Disc jockey, who began his radio Alan Leslie "Fluff" Freeman MBE (6 July 1927 &ndash 27 November 2006 was a British Disc jockey and radio personality in the United Kingdom GCap Media was a British commercial radio company formed from the merger of the Capital Radio Group and GWR Group Independent Local Radio The One Network is the collective name for the thirty-eight regional Independent Local Radio licences operated by GCap Media in the United Kingdom. This is a list of Radio stations in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man: National analogue and digital stations The bong game is a phone-in Game show invented in the 1980s by the London-based radio station Capital Radio.
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