Country | United Kingdom |
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Broadcast area | United Kingdom |
Headquarters | Leicester Square, London |
Branding | The UK's No.1 Hit Music Station |
Programming | |
Language(s) |
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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 March 2024, the stations serve a combined weekly audience of 6.2 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.
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.