Capital North East

Capital North East
Newcastle upon Tyne; England;
Broadcast area	North East England and North Yorkshire
Frequency	DAB: 11B Bauer Teesside; DAB: 11C Bauer Tyne & Wear; FM: 105.3 MHz Burnhope; FM: 105.6 MHz Fenham; FM: 105.8 MHz Hexham; FM: 106.4 MHz North Yorkshire;
RDS	CAPITAL
Branding	The North East’s No.1 Hit Music Station
Programming
Format	Contemporary hit radio
Network	Capital
Ownership
Owner	Global Radio
Sister stations	Heart North East; Smooth North East;
History
First air date	1 June 1999; 25 years ago (as Galaxy 105–106);
Links
Webcast	Global Player
Website	www.capitalfm.com/northeast/

Capital North East is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global as part of the Capital network. It broadcasts to North East England from studios in Newcastle upon Tyne.

The station launched on 1 June 1999 as Galaxy 105–106, renamed in 2006 as Galaxy North East and rebranded on 3 January 2011 as Capital North East.