Capital Yorkshire
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| Broadcast area | South Yorkshire,West Yorkshire,North Yorkshire,East Riding of Yorkshire&Northern Lincolnshire |
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| Frequency |
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| RDS | CAPITAL |
| Branding | Yorkshire’s No.1 Hit Music Station |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary hit radio |
| Network | Capital |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Global |
| History | |
First air date | 14 February 1997 |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Global Player |
| Website | www |
Capital Yorkshireis a regionalradio stationowned byGlobalas part of theCapitalnetwork. It broadcasts toSouth Yorkshire,West Yorkshire,North Yorkshire,theEast Riding of YorkshireandNorthern Lincolnshirefrom studios inLeeds,West Yorkshire, England.
The licence held makes Capital Yorkshire the largest regional Britishradio station[1]outsideLondon.
Technical[edit]
Capital Yorkshire broadcasts on105.8MHzFMat a power of 9.6kWfromHigh Hunsley,which covers theEast Riding of YorkshireandNorthern Lincolnshireand on105.1MHzFM at a power of 2.4 kW fromEmley Moor,which coversWest Yorkshire.It also has two filler transmitters, both on105.6MHzFM, one from Idle at 0.5 kW which coversBradfordand the other fromTapton Hillat 0.24 kW coveringSheffield.
DABbroadcasts were formerly provided on the MXR 12A Yorkshire region multiplex from nine transmitters, with the strongest signal fromEmley Moor,and other DAB signals fromBelmont,Bilsdale,Acklam Wold (North Yorkshire), and Tapton Hill. With the closure of the MXR multiplex in 2015, Capital rolled down to being delivered over the five local area multiplexes around Yorkshire and the Humber, enabling continuation of essentially region-wide coverage.
A version of Galaxy Yorkshire's output was also broadcast in various other areas on DAB asGalaxy Digital,with the UK's ID to replace the Yorkshire one and the regional Yorkshire adverts replaced by UK-wide adverts. (In some cases, a cut down song would be played to fill in for all or part of the commercial break.) This service was aired in a number of areas which did not have their own Galaxy service (includingLondonand theEast Midlands), and was also broadcast onSkyandVirgin Mediauntil 15 November 2010 when it was replaced with LBC News 1152.[2]Galaxy was removed from the London DAB multiplex on 16 November 2010, replaced by The Arrow (the only Global station brand not transmitted in London at that time.)
History[edit]
Galaxy Yorkshire[edit]
The station launched at 1.05 pm on 14 February 1997 asKiss 105,but becameGalaxy 105later that year after a take over by the Chrysalis Group, then in 2006 it became simplyGalaxy Yorkshire.Launched as a dance music station, later years saw the playlist expanded to incorporate urban music genres.
The stations strapline was altered to "passion for music, passion for life"to reflect its new target demographic which had been changed from 15–29 to 15–34[citation needed].This was reinforced by the playing of more old school "Galaxy Anthems" – similar toBauerrivalKiss's "Kisstory". In 2008 it was rebranded as a mainstream station along with all the otherGalaxy Stationswith a new 'Love Music' strapline before becoming "Yorkshire's No. 1 Hit Music Station" in July 2010.
Capital Yorkshire[edit]
The station was rebranded as Capital Yorkshire on 3 January 2011 as part of a merger of Global Radio'sGalaxyandHit Musicnetworks to form the nine-stationCapitalnetwork.[3]On 20 June 2014, long servingCapital Breakfastpresenter Simon Hirst (nowStephanie Hirst) left Global Radio after 14 years.[4]
On 26 February 2019, Global confirmed the station's local breakfast and weekend shows would be replaced with networked programming from April 2019. The weekday Drivetime show was retained alongside news bulletins, traffic updates and advertising.[5]
Programming[edit]
All networked programming originates from Global's London headquarters, includingCapital Breakfast.
Local programming is produced and broadcast from Global's Leeds studios from 4–7 pm on weekdays,[6]presented by Adam O'Neill and Joanne 'JoJo' Kelly.
News[edit]
Global's Newsroom broadcasts hourly local news updates from 5 am–6 pm on weekdays and 6 am–12 pm at weekends.
The Leeds newsroom also produces bulletins for Communicorp-ownedHeart Yorkshirealong with other broadcast centres.[7]
Former notable presenters[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^RAJAR
- ^"LBC News replaces Galaxy on digital TV".The Airwaves. 15 November 2010. Archived fromthe originalon 24 July 2011.
- ^Global Radio takes Capital national,Brand Republic, 13 September 2010
- ^Simon Hirst leaves Capital YorkshireArchived23 June 2014 at theWayback MachineRadio Today, 20 June 2014
- ^Roman Kemp, Vick Hope and Sonny Jay to go national on Capital,RadioToday, 11 March 2019
- ^Capital FM – Yorkshire public file
- ^Capital FM – Yorkshire public file