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The Capital Gold radio station started in London in 1988 on Capital Radio's AM frequency, after the Independent Broadcasting Authority had urged stations to end simulcasting (broadcasting the same programmes simultaneously on AM and FM) and threatened to remove one of their frequencies if simulcasting continued.
Gold is a network of oldies radio stations in the United Kingdom, which was formed by the merger of the Capital Gold network and the Classic Gold network in August 2007. The station relaunched in March 2014 as a partly-automated service, broadcasting in fewer areas, after many of Gold's local AM/DAB frequencies were transferred to Smooth Radio.
Capital Gold Birmingham replaces Xtra AM. 1 June – Capital Gold launches in the south, replacing South Coast Radio. 1999. Following the company's purchase of Red Dragon FM and its medium wave service Touch Radio in South Wales, Capital Gold replaces Touch Radio. 15 November – Life launches on the new Digital One national multiplex. 2000s. 2000
In 1988 it became two stations: 95.8 Capital FM and Capital Gold. After some national expansion with the purchase of other radio stations the Capital Radio Group merged with GWR Group in 2005 to form GCap Media which in turn was taken over by Global Radio in 2008. In 2011, Capital was launched nationally, apart from the daily breakfast and ...
1 November – Capital Gold begins broadcasting full-time on MW across London and the FM service is renamed as 95.8 Capital FM. November – Supergold begins broadcasting on MW across Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire. 4 December – Ocean Sound creates three new radio stations as part of the relaxing of ILR licensing rules.
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 ...
Capital XTRA (formerly Choice FM) is a Global-owned radio station that broadcasts on 96.9 FM and 107.1 FM in Greater London. Nationally, it is heard on DAB Digital Radio, Freesat, Sky, Virgin Media and Global Player. It specialises in hip hop, grime and R&B music, and is a commercial competitor to BBC Radio 1Xtra.
1 November – Capital Gold begins full-time broadcasting, and Capital's FM service is renamed as 95.8 Capital FM. 31 December – Kiss ends its time as a pirate, doing so in order to be able to apply to broadcast legally. It fails in its first attempt but is successful second time round. 1989