Capital FM

First air date	16 October 1973
Frequency	95.8 MHz
Broadcast area	London
Style	Contemporary
Group	GCap Media

The Capital Radio building in Leicester Square, London. In 2005, the famous "Capital Radio London" signage was removed following the inauguration of GCap Media. The "Yates" signage refers to a bar underneath the radio building.

Capital FM is a London radio station owned by GCap Media (formerly Capital Radio Group). The station, which was based at Euston Tower until early in 1997, was known for many years as Capital Radio, and was launched by then-chairman Richard Attenborough in October 1973. Capital went on air just over a week after news station LBC, making it the second legal commercial radio station in the UK. The first song to be played on Capital was Bridge Over Troubled Water, by Simon and Garfunkel. Image File history File links 958CapitalFM.png Summary 95. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... MegaHertz (MHz) is the name given to one million (106) Hertz, a measure of frequency. ... Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7,421,328 and a metropolitan area population of between 12 and 14 million. ... GCap Media plc is a British commercial radio company formed from the merger of the Capital Radio Group and GWR Group. ... Download high resolution version (768x1024, 224 KB)Capital Radios HQ, London (at night). ... Download high resolution version (768x1024, 224 KB)Capital Radios HQ, London (at night). ... For details on the adjacent London Underground station, see Leicester Square tube station. ... Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7,421,328 and a metropolitan area population of between 12 and 14 million. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7,421,328 and a metropolitan area population of between 12 and 14 million. ... GCap Media plc is a British commercial radio company formed from the merger of the Capital Radio Group and GWR Group. ... Capital Radios headquarters Capital Radio was, until May 2005, a London-based British radio group. ... Facade of Euston Station, London Euston Arch: the original Euston Station, as enlarged, ca 1851 Euston station concourse Euston station (also known as London Euston), is a large railway station in Central London. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, KBE, CBE (born on August 29, 1923 in Cambridge, England) is a prolific British actor, director and film producer. ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... LBC (originally the London Broadcasting Company) was Britains first commercial independent local radio station, providing a service of news and information to London. ... Commercial Radio Hong Kong is one of the two commercial radio broadcasting company in Hong Kong (the other being Metro Radio). ... Bridge Over Troubled Water is the title song of Simon and Garfunkels final album together, Bridge Over Troubled Water. ... Simon & Garfunkel, Bookends Simon and Garfunkel are an American popular music duo comprising Paul Simon and Arthur Art Garfunkel. ...

In January 2006 Capital FM will revert back to be called 'Capital Radio' as part of a major overhaul of GCap's radio business.

From its inception, the station broadcast on FM and medium wave - it has used 95.8 MHz since its inception, while the medium wave frequency was originally 539 metres, before it moved to 194 metres (1548 kHz) in 1975. As the 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. FM radio is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity broadcast radio sound. ... Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Capital Gold, started in London in 1988 on Capital FMs AM frequency. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ...

A recent photo of the Capital Radio building.

The station's former DJs include Tommy Vance, Michael Aspel, David Jensen, Chris Tarrant (who hosted the breakfast show for 17 years), Pat Sharp, Richard Allinson, Roger Scott, Neil Fox, Nicky Campbell, Richard Skinner, Kenny Everett, Dave Cash, Paul Burnett and Alan Freeman - the last four of the broadcasters named above also worked for Capital Gold. Capital FM's leading presenters today are Johnny Vaughan, Richard Bacon, Jezza, Katy Hill, Chris Brooks and Margherita Taylor. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (476x639, 137 KB) Summary A recent photo of the GCap Media/Capital FM building. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (476x639, 137 KB) Summary A recent photo of the GCap Media/Capital FM building. ... Tommy Vance, born Richard Anthony Crispian Francis Prew Hope-Weston (July 11, 1941 – March 6, 2005) was a British pop radio broadcaster, born in Eynsham, Oxfordshire. ... Michael Aspel (b. ... David Kid Jensen (* 1950 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian Radio DJ who, after beginning his career in his home country at the age of sixteen, joined Radio Luxembourg at the age of eighteen in 1968. ... Christopher John Tarrant (born October 10, 1946, Reading, Berkshire) is a British radio broadcaster and television presenter now best known for hosting the TV game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?. Tarrant was educated at the University of Birmingham, where he read English and worked as a teacher for... Pat Sharp (born October 25, 1961 in London) is a British television presenter. ... Richard Allinson, born on October 12th 1958, started broadcasting for 3 years at Bailrigg FM, whilst undertaking college courses at Fylde in Lancashire. ... Born in the UK in 1943, former merchant seaman Roger Scott began his broadcasting career at WPTR, Albany, NY, USA, in April 1966. ... Neil Fox (born June 12, 1961) is a British radio and television presenter, known for many years as Dr Fox before he became Foxy in the 2000s. ... Nicholas Andrew Argyll Campbell (born Edinburgh, Scotland on April 10, 1961) is a BBC radio and television presenter. ... Richard Skinner (born 1951) is a British radio broadcaster, who grew up in Portsmouth where he began his career as a newspaper journalist. ... Image:Kennyeverett 3. ... Dave Cash can refer to different people: Dave Cash, a baseball player Dave Cash, a disc jockey This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Paul Burnett (born 1943) is a British radio disc jockey, who began his radio career while in the Royal Air Force in the Persian Gulf in 1964. ... Alan Fluff Freeman (born July 6, 1927, Melbourne, Australia) is a well-known disc jockey and radio personality in the United Kingdom. ... Johnny Randall Vaughan (born July 16, 1966) is a British television and radio presenter. ... Richard Bacon (born 30 November 1975) is a British television and radio presenter. ... Born in 1965, Jeremy Kyle aka Jezza, began his broadcasting career in 1996 on Kents Invicta FM, followed by a short spell at Orchard FM. In 1997, he joined Birminghams BRMB, presenting Late & Live every Sunday - Friday from 10pm - 1am as well as Jezzas Jukebox. ... Katy Hill (b. ... DJ on Londons Capital FM. ... Margherita Taylor (born in Islington, London, England) is a british DJ and television presenter. ...

The studios of Capital FM are today based in Leicester Square, which is also home to Capital's parent company, GCap Media. For details on the adjacent London Underground station, see Leicester Square tube station. ...

In September 1996 Capital FM launched its website, a little later than some UK broadcasters, but high demand lead to it crashing within a few hours.

See also

• Capital Radio Group
• List of radio stations in the United Kingdom

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External links

• London Capital FM Official site