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CAPITAL UK: The UK's No.1 Hit Music Station - Londres, Inglaterra

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Capital is a network of twelve independent contemporary hit radio stations in the United Kingdom, broadcasting a mix of local and networked programming.

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Country Country United Kingdom United Kingdom
Language Language English
Stream status Stream status Ok
Homepage Homepage capitalfm.com
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CAPITAL UK: The UK's No.1 Hit Music Station - Londres, Inglaterra
Description Description
As of December 2025, the stations serve a combined weekly audience of 6.8 million listeners and target a core audience in the 15–34 age group; 57% of all listeners are within this demographic.
Launch date Launch date
3 January 2011
Owner Owner
Global
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United Kingdom International (via Online)

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Global

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3 January 2011

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Station ID 124
Region United Kingdom, England
Branding The UK's No.1 Hit Music Station
Owner Global
Broadcast area United Kingdom International (via Online)
Launched 3 January 2011
Website capitalfm.com
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Schedule capitalfm.com
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capitalfm.com

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About station About CAPITAL UK: The UK's No.1 Hit Music Station - Londres, Inglaterra

Capital is a network of twelve independent contemporary hit radio stations in the United Kingdom, broadcasting a mix of local and networked programming. Ten of the stations are owned and operated by Global, while the other two are owned and operated under separate franchise agreements.

As of December 2025, the stations serve a combined weekly audience of 6.8 million listeners and target a core audience in the 15–34 age group; 57% of all listeners are within this demographic. The national version of the network is widely available on Global Player, Freeview, Sky, Freesat, Virgin Media and Digital One DAB. Capital is the fifth most-popular radio network in the UK by listeners, and the second largest of the commercial stations after Heart. Capital has a playlist which is updated weekly, and up until around February 2022, featured songs from the last one or two years. Since 2022, Capital has started playing older songs from the 2010s, 2000s, and late 1990s, with most of them played on their sister station Capital Anthems; although unlike fellow hit music station BBC Radio 1, it doesn't usually play any rock or alternative music (Capital's sister network Radio X was the only station that fully plays alternative and indie rock) while other genres such as drill and occasional drum and bass were played on Capital Xtra and Capital Dance respectively.

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