UK regional radio station
Capital Midlands
is a regional radio station owned and operated by
Global
as part of the
Capital
network. It broadcasts to
Birmingham
, parts of the
Black Country
and the
East Midlands
from studios at
Brindleyplace
in
Birmingham
City Centre.
The station launched in April 2019 as a result of a merger between
Capital Birmingham
and
Capital East Midlands
.
Overview
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The regional station originally broadcast as four separate stations.
- Choice FM began broadcasting in Birmingham on 1 January 1995, after taking over the licence previously held by
Buzz FM
. It was relaunched as
Galaxy
in 1999 and
Capital Birmingham
in January 2011.
- Radio Trent
in Nottinghamshire,
Leicester Sound
in Leicestershire and
Ram FM
in Derbyshire operated three separate localised services before they were merged and rebranded as part of the Capital network in January 2011.
On 26 February 2019, Global confirmed the two Capital stations would be merged, following Ofcom's decision to relax local content obligations from commercial radio.
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As of April 2019, regional output consists of a three-hour Drivetime show from Birmingham on weekdays, alongside localised news bulletins, traffic updates and advertising for the East and West Midlands.
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The station retains studios in Birmingham and regional offices in Nottingham.
Programming
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All networked programming originates from Global's London headquarters, including
Capital Breakfast
.
Regional programming is produced and broadcast from Global's Birmingham studios from 4-7pm on weekdays,
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presented by Tom Watts and Claire Chambers. An additional Afro-Caribbean music programme airs from 2-4am Friday mornings in Birmingham only, presented by Capital XTRA presenter, Robert Bruce.
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News
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Global's Newsroom broadcasts hourly localised news updates from 5am-7pm on weekdays and 5am-12pm at weekends. Separate bulletins are produced for the East and West Midlands.
The Birmingham newsroom also produce bulletins for sister stations
Heart West Midlands
and
Smooth West Midlands
. The Nottingham newsroom also produces bulletins for
Smooth East Midlands
(owned by Communicorp).
References
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External links
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