- Station name Station name
- Capital XTRA
- Description Description
- It specialises in hip hop, grime and R&B music, and is a commercial competitor to BBC Radio 1Xtra. As of February 2026, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 1.9 million listeners, according to RAJAR.
- Launch date Launch date
- 3 October 1990
- Owner Owner
- Global Radio
- Contact Contact
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Capital XTRA
United Kingdom
Format
128kbps • MP3
Capital XTRA (formerly Choice FM) is a British digital radio station owned and operated by Global. It broadcasts on 96.9 and 107.1 FM in Greater London, and nationally on DAB, Global Player and television platforms.
At a glance
Station overview Station overview
| Country Country |
United Kingdom
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|---|---|
| Language Language | English |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | capitalxtra.com |
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Broadcast profile
Broadcast profile Broadcast profile
Service type
DAB
Coverage area
United Kingdom
Owner / network
Global Radio
First air date
3 October 1990
Digital service
DAB
Digital broadcast
DAB
Additional frequencies
96.9 MHz · FM
107.1 MHz · FM
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Station details
Station details
8 details
Location, identifiers, and useful links for this station.
| Station ID | 13230 |
|---|---|
| Region | United Kingdom, England |
| Owner | Global Radio |
| Broadcast area | United Kingdom |
| Launched | 3 October 1990 |
| Website | capitalxtra.com |
| Listen | capitalxtra.com |
| Schedule | capitalxtra.com |
Stream health
Stream health
7 details
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| Last check | 10 hours ago |
|---|---|
| Track seen | 2 weeks ago |
| Stream host | media-the.musicradio.com |
| Final host | media-the.musicradio.com |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | audio/mpeg |
| Latency | 64 ms |
Source information
Source information
1 detail
Where the station information came from, with useful related links.
| Current stream format | MP3 |
|---|
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Metadata source
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Stream checked
10 hours ago
Last successful stream
10 hours ago
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About station About Capital XTRA
Capital XTRA (formerly Choice FM) is a British digital radio station owned and operated by Global. It broadcasts on 96.9 and 107.1 FM in Greater London, and nationally on DAB, Global Player and television platforms.
It specialises in hip hop, grime and R&B music, and is a commercial competitor to BBC Radio 1Xtra. As of February 2026, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 1.9 million listeners, according to RAJAR.
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