Capital Xtra Reloaded

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Capital XTRA Reloaded
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Broadcast areaUnited Kingdom
Frequency DAB+: 11A
Programming
Format Classic urban music
Ownership
Owner Global Radio
Capital XTRA
Capital FM
Capital Dance
History
First air date
2 September 2019 (2019-09-02)
Links
Webcast Global Player
Website Capital XTRA Reloaded

Capital XTRA Reloaded, is a Global-owned radio station operated as a sister station to Capital XTRA. It broadcasts from Birmingham and is available on DAB Digital Radio in London, on the Global Player app, and on your Smart speaker. Its output consists primarily of hip-hop, dance, garage, R&B and grime classics from the 1990s and 2000s. [1] [2]

As of March 2024, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 603,000, according to RAJAR. [3]

History

Global Radio announced in July 2019 that the station was to start broadcasting later the next month. Capital XTRA Reloaded launched on 2 September 2019. [4]

At launch the station had one presented show each weekday, a four-hour mid morning show presented by Sacha Brooks. The number of presented programme hours has since been increased: an early afternoon slot on weekdays with Capital Xtra drivetime host Mike Panteli has been added; Ras Kwame has taken up Saturday and Sunday mid-daytime shows in addition to his duties on the main station; and in October 2020 former Choice FM presenter Jigs was added to the schedule with a one-hour slot on Sunday to Thursday evenings. [5]

In May 2022 it was confirmed that Capital Xtra Reloaded would be removed from the national Digital One multiplex and transition to broadcasting in DAB+ in London only, to release a national slot for a new Heart spinoff station, Heart 00s, which will include a breakfast show hosted by former Capital Xtra and Reloaded DJ Mike Panteli, whose weekday show on Reloaded ended as a result of the move. [6]

On 24th October 2022, the station returned to national digital radio on the Sound Digital multiplex.

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References

  1. "Capital XTRA Reloaded to launch across the UK". Digital Radio UK. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  2. "Capital XTRA | The UK's Biggest Hip Hop Station". Capital XTRA Reloaded. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  3. "RAJAR".
  4. "Global to launch Capital XTRA Reloaded across the UK". 30 August 2019. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019.
  5. [Source: schedule information published within Global Player, retrieved Oct 2020]
  6. RadioToday.co.uk, May 2022