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"In Tune with London. The brightest sound in London Town."
Capital Radio was one of the UK's earliest ILR stations to come
on air. It was launched on the 16th October 1973 and served
London and the surrounding areas. It was originally heard on
539 metres MW and 95.8 VHF before the MW frequency moved to
194 metres (1548 KHz) during the seventies.
Some of the early presenters included Kenny Everett, Brian Hayes, Michael Aspel, David Symonds, Dave Cash, Gerald Harper, Graham Dene, Tony Myatt, Roger Scott, Mike Allen, Nicky Horne, Gary Crowley and Peter Young. The very first voice heard on air was Richard Attenborough. See Roger Piper's website for more info and photos of the early days of Capital here. Click here for The A-Z of Capital leaflet from November 1982:
Read
two excerpts from the Capital Fun Book here: Read some of the inside info at Capital from Martin Griffith here. The station is now split with Capital Gold on the MW frequency and Capital FM on 95.8. Capital used to broadcast from the Euston Tower but moved to Leicester Square during the 1990's. Click
here for the Capital FM website. There are various other Capital Radios around the world and one of them used some of the same jingles and a few new versions of the same tune. This was Capital Radio 604 in South Africa. Although the station is not currently on the air, they do have a website which includes a lot of the jingles. Click here for the Capital 604 website. |
