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Capital 95.8
Broadcast area	London
First air date	16 October 1973
Frequency	95.8 MHz Channel 0109 (Sky) Channel 958 (and 931 in some areas) (Virgin Media) DAB Digital Radio (London)
Format	Contemporary
Owner	GCap Media
Website	www.capitalradio.com

The Capital Radio building in Leicester Square, London. In 2005, the famous "Capital Radio London" signage was removed following the inauguration of GCap Media, however in January 2006 the signage was reinstalled. The "Yates" signage refers to a bar underneath the radio building.

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Early Years

The station, which was based at Euston Tower until early in 1997, was originally named 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. In 1988, the station relaunched under the name Capital FM, before reverting back to its original name at the beginning of 2006 and then relaunching again in March 2007 with the name Capital 95.8. Euston Tower is a skyscraper located in the London Borough of Camden, at 286 Euston Road, near the intersection with Tottenham Court Road. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, CBE (born August 29, 1923) is a prolific English film and stage actor, and Academy Award, BAFTA and three-time Golden Globe winning director, producer and entrepreneur. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... LBC Radio (originally the London Broadcasting Company) operates two London-based radio stations, with news and talk formats. ... 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 and Garfunkel are an American popular music duo comprising Paul Simon and Arthur Art Garfunkel. ...

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 (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. FM radio is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. ... Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... The term pirate radio lacks a specific universal interpretation. ... This article refers to a historical Dutch radio station, not the current oldies station with the same name Radio Veronica is also a radio station in Athens, Greece, see www. ...

Capital's mediumwave frequency moved to 194 metres (1548 kHz) in 1975, after Veronica had been closed by the Dutch anti-pirate legislation. 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. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Capital Gold is a radio station which started in London in 1988 on Capital Radios AM frequency, as the British government urged radio stations to end simulcasting (broadcasting the same programmes simultaneously on FM and AM) and threatened to remove one of their frequencies if simulcasting continued. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on 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.

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DJs

The station's former DJs include

• Tommy Vance
• Ian Davidson
• Peter Young
• Graham Dene
• Tony Myatt
• Nicky Horne
• John Sachs
• Gerald Harper
• Maggie Norden
• Sue Cook
• Michael Aspel
• David Jensen
• Chris Tarrant (who hosted the breakfast show for 17 years)
• Pat Sharp
• Richard Allinson
• Roger Scott
• Neil Fox
• Richard Bacon
• Katy Hill
• Jeremy Kyle
• Nicky Campbell
• Richard Skinner
• Simon 'Schoolboy' Phillips
• Kenny Everett (of whom they now provide podcasts )
• Dave Cash
• Paul Burnett
• Alan Freeman

The last four of the broadcasters named above also worked for Capital Gold. Capital 95.8 leading presenters today are 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. ... Ian Damon Ian Damon (born June 5th, 1935) is a British radio personality. ... Graham Dene (born April 7th, 1949) is a British radio personality. ... Tony Myatt is a radio presenter who currently works for the UKs PrimeTime Radio and Saga DAB stations. ... Broadcaster Nicky Horne, was a road manager for Emperor Rosko in 1969, before presenting shows on BBC Radio 1, from 1970 - 1973. ... Gerald Harper (born 15 February 1929 in London, England) is an actor, best known for his work on television, having played the title role in both Adam Adamant Lives! and Hadleigh. ... Sue Cook is a British journalist and broadcaster. ... Michael Aspel (b. ... David Kid Jensen (*July 4, 1950 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian-born British radio DJ. // After beginning his career in his home country at the age of sixteen, joined Radio Luxembourg at the age of eighteen in 1968. ... Chris Tarrant presenting Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Christopher John Tarrant, OBE (born October 10, 1946, Reading, Berkshire) is an English 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 Kings School... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Richard John McNeill Allinson (whose name was often parodied by Terry Wogan as Alice Richardson), was born on 12 October 1958 in Lichfield, Staffordshire. ... Born in the UK in 1943, former merchant seaman Roger Scott began his broadcasting career at WPTR, Albany, NY, USA, in April 1966. ... Neil Andrew Howe Fox (born 12 June 1961) is a British radio and television presenter, known for many years as Dr Fox before he became Foxy in the 2000s. ... Richard Bacon (born 30 November 1975) is an English television and radio presenter, currently hosting the drive-time show on Xfm London between 4-7pm Monday to Thursday and 3-6pm on Fridays. ... Katy appeared on The Games in 2004 Katy Hill (born 15 April 1971) is a British television presenter. ... Jeremy Kyle (born 1965 in London) is an English radio and television broadcaster, best known for his own daytime talk show on ITV1, The Jeremy Kyle Show. ... Nicholas Andrew Argyll Campbell (born 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. ... Kenny Everett Kenny Everett (born Maurice Cole in Crosby, Merseyside, Liverpool, December 25, 1944, died April 4, 1995), was a popular British radio DJ and television entertainer. ... Dave Cash was born in the UK but grew up in Canada, where he started broadcasting. ... 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 CBE (born July 6, 1927, Melbourne, Australia, died 27 November 2006 London, England) was a well-known disc jockey and radio personality in the United Kingdom. ...

• Johnny Vaughan
• Lucio
• Craig Doyle
• James Cannon
• Chris Brooks
• Margherita Taylor
• Tim Lichfield
• Kam Kelly
• Dave Berry
• Matt Brown
• Bam Bam and Kat Shoob

Johnny Randall Vaughan (born July 16, 1966) is a British writer and broadcaster. ... Lucio Buffone is the current host of [{Capital FM]]s drivetime show and hit40uk - the UKs biggest chart show. ... Craig Doyle appears on The Craig Doyle Show and the British Grandstand on Irish TV. He resides in Dublin and London with his wife and child. ... Margherita Taylor (born in Islington, London, England) is a british DJ and television presenter. ... Tim Charles Lichfield (July 24, 1981 - ?) is a radio presenter on Capital Radio, London, UK as well as Capital Disney. ... Dave Berry is a British television presenter and former model from Charlton, SE London. ... Matt Brown (born Matthew Brown, on August 26, 1974 in Connecticut, USA, moved to Britain as a baby) is a British television presenter. ... Kat Shoob presenting The Mint Katharine Elizabeth Shoob was born on November 8, 1983 in Rochford, Essex. ... Software development stages In computer programming, development stage terminology expresses how the development of a piece of software has progressed and how much further development it may require. ...

Today

The studios of Capital 95.8 are today based in Leicester Square, which is also home to Capital's parent company, GCap Media. Leicester Square at night in 2005: a view towards the northeast corner. ...

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.

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 only have two commercials in one advert break in order to get listeners back to the music faster (these adverts were however played on the station at more regular intervals, to ensure the station the correct amount of "capital"). On January 9th 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. After this re-launch turned out not to have had the desired success, a new Programme Controller was appointed in September 2006. Scott Muller came from the Nova group in Australia, and the station saw another tweak in style. The new era has seen Capital re-branded back to "London's Hit Music Station", a play on the stations earlier brand of "London's Number One Hit Music Station" with noticeable improvements - leading to an uprisal in audience figures at the end of last year. The station also changed it's 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. In March 2007 the new name of the station is Capital 95.8 and it's slogan reads "The Sound Of London".

See also

• Capital Radio Group
• Capital FM Network
• List of radio stations in the United Kingdom
• Bong Game

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External links

• Capital Radio