Capital South

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.

Capital South
Broadcast areaHampshire and Sussex
Frequency
Slogan
  • Brighton's No. 1 Hit Music Station
  • The South Coast's No.1 Hit Music Station
Programming
FormatContemporary hit radio
Ownership
OwnerGlobal
Sister stations
History
First air date6 April 2019 (2019-04-06)
Links
WebcastGlobal Player
Websitewww.capitalfm.com/southcoast/

The station launched on 6 April 2019, replacing Capital Brighton and Capital South Coast.

Overview
Main articles: Capital Brighton and Capital South Coast

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 and Dave Goodings.

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]

gollark: I'm not sure about that.
gollark: Teaching what classes, school claßes?
gollark: The UK appears to be doing a similar thing, given that shops are open again now.
gollark: Wait, can't a lot of "alive" stuff only replicate if it has a suitable environment, too?
gollark: Also, it would consider sterile humans not alive.

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

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