Capital South

Capital South
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Fareham ;
Broadcast area	Hampshire and Sussex
Frequency	DAB: 11B NOW Digital Bournemouth; DAB: 10B NOW Digital Sussex; DAB: 11C NOW Digital S Hamphire; FM: 103.2MHz Hampshire ; FM: 107.2MHz Brighton ;
RDS	CAPITAL
Branding	The South Coast's No.1 Hit Music Station; Brighton's No.1 Hit Music Station
Programming
Format	Contemporary hit radio
Network	Capital
Ownership
Owner	Global
Sister stations	Heart South ;
History
First air date	6 April 2019;4 years ago
Links
Webcast	Global Player
Website	Capital South Coast Capital Brighton

Last updated June 17, 2023

Capital South is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global as part of the Capital network. It broadcasts to Hampshire and Sussex from studios in Segensworth, Fareham.

Overview

The regional station originally broadcast as two separate stations.

Ocean Sound began broadcasting to Hampshire in October 1986, after taking over the licence previously held by Radio Victory. The FM service for the West of the region was subsequently split off and relaunched as Power FM in December 1988, before becoming part of the Galaxy network in November 2008 and latterly, the Capital network in January 2011.
Surf 107 began broadcasting to Brighton and Hove in March 1998, subsequently relaunching as 'Juice 107.2' in 2001. The station was sold to Global from UKRD on 17 January 2018 for an undisclosed amount.^[1] The station closed down at midnight on 14 August 2018 and relaunched part of the Capital network in September 2018.

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.^[2]

As of April 2019, regional output consists of a three-hour Drivetime show from Fareham on weekdays, alongside localised news bulletins, traffic updates and advertising for the two areas.^[2]

Programming

All networked programming originates from Global's London headquarters, including Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp.

Regional programming is produced and broadcast from Global's Fareham studios from 4-7pm on weekdays,^[3] presented by Miranda Burns.

News

Global's Fareham newsroom broadcasts localised news updates hourly from 6am-7pm on weekdays and 6am-12pm at weekends with headlines on the half-hour during Capital Breakfast on weekdays. Separate bulletins are produced for Hampshire and Sussex. The Fareham newsroom also produces bulletins for Heart South.^[3]

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References

↑ "Global buys Juice 107.2 in Brighton & Hove". Radio Today . 17 January 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
1 2 Martin, Roy (26 February 2019). "Global to network Capital, Heart and Smooth breakfast shows". Radio Today . Retrieved 13 May 2020.
1 2 Capital FM – South Coast public file

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[1] "Global buys Juice 107.2 in Brighton & Hove". Radio Today . 17 January 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2020.

[rt2-2] 1 2 Martin, Roy (26 February 2019). "Global to network Capital, Heart and Smooth breakfast shows". Radio Today . Retrieved 13 May 2020.

[public-3] 1 2 Capital FM – South Coast public file

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