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Capital Birmingham 
City of license Birmingham Broadcast area West Midlands Slogan Birmingham's No.1 Hit Music Station Frequency RDS: CAPITAL
102.2 MHz[1] DABFirst air date 1 January 1995 Format Urban Contemporary, News, Entertainment, Speech, Showbiz Audience share 8.8% (August 2011, [2]) Transmitter coordinates 52°28′24″N 1°55′10″W / 52.4732°N 1.9194°WCoordinates: 52°28′24″N 1°55′10″W / 52.4732°N 1.9194°W Owner Global Radio Sister stations Capital East Midlands
Capital London
Capital Manchester
Capital North East
Capital Scotland
Capital South Coast
Capital South Wales
Capital YorkshireWebsite Capital Birmingham Capital Birmingham is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the nine-station Capital radio network of contemporary music stations. The station broadcasts from studios on Broad Street in Birmingham City Centre shared with Heart West Midlands and The Arrow - Rock. Capital FM Birmingham's transmitter is located at Metropolitan House on the A456. It is also available on DAB, through the MXR West Midlands multiplex.
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History
The station began broadcasting as Choice FM on 1 January 1995, after taking over the licence previously owned by Buzz FM. Four years later, Choice was renamed as Galaxy after it was brought out by the Chrysalis. Galaxy was sold off to Global Radio in June 2007 in a £170 million deal which saw the group take over The Arrow, LBC and Heart.
The station was relaunched and re-branded as 102.2 Capital on 3 January 2011 as part of a merger of Global Radio's Galaxy and Hit Music networks to form the nine-station Capital radio network.[3] Local programming now consists of weekday breakfast and drivetime, weekend mornings, and hourly daytime news bulletins. Galaxy presenter Sacha Brooks was redeployed as a presenter on the station and also presents a specialist slot which is networked each Sunday overnight.
Format
Unlike other stations on the Capital network, the 102.2 Capital license was to primarily cater for Urban contemporary black music rather than a 'contemporary/chart music-led service'.[4] The radio station format stated that the service should provide 'a rhythmic-based music and information stations primarily for listeners of African or afro-Caribbean origin, but with cross over appeal to young white fans of urban contemporary black music'.[5][6] On 1 July 2011, Global Radio requested to change the formats of Capital Birmingham and Capital Scotland which have obligations from previous owners - this is to enable all nine Capital FM stations to be inline.[7]
Programming
The Capital Birmingham schedule from 24 September 2011 is:[8]
Monday–Friday
Time Main presenter(s) Location 0300 – 0600 Will Cozens Leicester Square, London 0600 – 1000 Capital Breakfast: Dan Kelly & Katy Poulsom Birmingham 1000 – 1300 Roberto/Neil Williams Leicester Square, London 1300 – 1600 The Bassman/James Bassam 1600 – 1900 Sacha Brooks Birmingham 1900 – 2300 Rich Clarke Leicester Square, London 2300 – 0300 James Barr Friday variation
Time Main presenter(s) Location 2300 – 0200 Andi Durrant Leicester Square, London Saturday
Time Main presenter(s) Location 0200 – 0500 Mash/Martyn Henderson Glasgow 0500 – 0800 Margherita Taylor Leicester Square, London 0800 – 1200 Rob Howard Birmingham 1200 – 1600 The Bassman/James Bassam Leicester Square, London 1600 – 1900 Luke Smith 1900 – 2300 James Barr 2300 – 0200 Andi Durrant Sunday
Time Main presenter(s) Location 0200 – 0500 Sacha Brooks Birmingham 0500 – 0800 Margherita Taylor Leicester Square, London 0800 – 1200 Rob Howard Birmingham 1200 – 1600 Will Cozens Leicester Square, London 1600 – 1900 The Vodafone Big Top 40: Rich Clarke & Kat Shoob 1900 – 2300 Luke Smith 2300 – 0300 James Barr Capital Report news team
- Mel Hancock
- Sarah Poole
- Laura Safe
Former presenters
- Ben Anderson (now producer for Capital Birmingham)[9]
- Michael Blades (now with Bauer Radio)
- Edith Bowman (now with BBC Radio 1)
- James Cusack (continues with Capital North East)
- Sean Coleman
- David Dunne
- Tom Ferguson now with Channel 4 Radio in Dubai)
- Matt Foister (now with Capital Yorkshire)
- Steve Furnell (continues with Capital North East)
- Carl Hughes (now with Heart Gloucestershire)
- Scott Hughes (credited Scott London)
- Greg Hughes (now network producer at Capital)
- Vicky Larder (now with Bauer Radio)
- Dave Kelly (now with Bauer Radio)[10]
- Ant Payne (now with Capital Manchester)
- Adele Roberts (now with BBC Radio 1Xtra)
- Sean Scott
- Stu Smith (credited Wayne Stuart; now with Bauer Radio)
- Will Smith
- Andrew '3Style' Spence (now with Choice FM)
- Matt Spokes (now with Bauer Radio)[11]
- Steve Sutherland
- Adam O'Neill (continues with Capital Yorkshire)
- Tiesto
References
- ^ Capital Birmingham Media UK
- ^ RAJAR | Listening Figures - Quarterly Listening March 2011
- ^ Global Radio takes Capital national, Brand Republic, 13 September 2010
- ^ "95.8 Capital radio station format". Ofcom. February 2008. http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/radiolicensing/formats/al046-2.doc. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
- ^ 102.2 Capital radio station format
- ^ "Capital Birmingham Radio Station Format". Ofcom. June 2010. http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/radiolicensing/formats/al046-2.doc. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
- ^ Global requests Capital format change Radio Today, 1 July 2011
- ^ Capital Birmingham - On Air
- ^ Ben Anderson Media UK
- ^ Dave Kelly to replace Neil Fitzmaurice at Radio City at How-do.co.uk
- ^ Matt Spokes leaving Galaxy Radio Today
External links
Global Radio Corporate Directors: Charles Allen Chairman · Ashley Tabor Group CEO · Richard Park Executive Director · Stephen Miron CEO · Mark Evans CFO · Owen McGartol DirectorNational FM station Capital Birmingham · East Midlands · London · Manchester · North East · Scotland · South Coast · South Wales · YorkshireHeart Cambridgeshire · Cymru · Devon · East Anglia · Essex · Gloucestershire · Home Counties · Kent · London · North West and Wales · South Coast (Solent) · Sussex and Surrey · Thames Valley · West Country · West Midlands · Wiltshire · Franchise: HertfordshireLBC Xfm Other stations Related Pages Capital Digital · Capital Breakfast (Capital London) · GCap Media (Capital Life · Capital Disney · Core · The Storm · theJazz) · The One Network · The Hit Music Network (Leicester Sound · Ram FM · Trent FM) · Marcher Radio Group · (Wrexham and Chester Gold) · Galaxy Network (Galaxy Digital) · Orion Media (96.4 BRMB · Beacon Radio · Mercia · Wyvern FM · Gem 106) · Heart Digital · Planet Rock · Classic FM TV · Leicester Square ·Radio stations in the West Midlands of England FM stations 88.3 (BBC Radio 2) • 89.1 (Big City Radio) • 90.5 (BBC Radio 3) • 92.7 (BBC Radio 4) • 95.6 (BBC WM) • 96.4 (brmb) • 96.7 & 102.8 (Wyvern) • 97.2 & 103.1 (Beacon) • 97.9 (BBC Radio 1) • 98.7 (New Style Radio) • 100.1 (Classic FM) • 100.7 (Heart) • 101.8 (WCR) • 102.2 (Capital FM) • 105.2 (Kerrang) • 105.7 (Smooth Radio) • 107.7 (107.7 The Wolf)LW & MW stations 198 (BBC Radio 4) • 252 (RTÉ Radio 1) • 828 & 1458 (BBC Asian Network) • 909 & 693 (BBC Radio 5 Live) • 990 & 1152 (Gold) • 1089 & 1053 (TalkSPORT • 1215 (Absolute Radio) • 1296 (Radio XL)DAB multiplexes United Kingdom Radio Markets: Aberdeen • Glasgow • London • Liverpool • Manchester • West Midlands • West Yorkshire • Worcester
See also: List of radio stations in the United Kingdom Categories:- Capital (radio network)
- Radio stations in Birmingham, West Midlands
- Radio stations established in 1995
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