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| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
Broadcast area | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters | Leicester Square, London |
| Branding | The UK's No.1 Hit Music Station |
| Programming | |
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| Format | Contemporary hit radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Global |
| History | |
| Launch date | 3 January 2011 |
| Replaced | |
| Coverage | |
| Stations | See list |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Global Player |
| Website | www |
Capital is a network of twelve independent contemporary hit radio stations in the United Kingdom, broadcasting a mix of local and networked programming. Ten of the stations are owned and operated by Global, while the other two are owned and operated under separate franchise agreements.[1]
As of September 2024, the stations serve a combined weekly audience of 7.5 million listeners and target a core audience in the 15–34 age group; 57% of all listeners are within this demographic.[2] The national version of the network is widely available on Global Player, Freeview, Sky, Freesat, Virgin Media and Digital One DAB. Capital is the fifth most-popular radio network in the UK by listeners, and the second largest of the commercial stations after Heart.[3]
Capital has a playlist[4] which is updated weekly, and up until around February 2022, featured songs from the last one or two years.[5] Recently, Capital has started playing older songs from the 2010s, 2000s, and late 1990s. But unlike fellow hit music station BBC Radio 1, it doesn't play rock, drill, or alternative music, which instead played on their sister network Radio X.
- ^ UK Tunes into Capital FM MacLaurin Media, 4 January 2011 Archived 20 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Audience | Global". Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "RAJAR". www.rajar.co.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ^ "Capital FM". Capital. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "Music Scheduling @ Capital FM & Radio Hamburg". Radioiloveit. 28 April 2013. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
Capital FM is pure CHR and therefore hardly plays anything older than 2 years. The majority of songs is from the last 12 months, with a major focus on current hits.