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| Broadcast area | Sierra Leone |
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| Frequency | 104.9, 102.5 & 103.3 MHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Private |
| History | |
First air date | July 2006 |
| Links | |
| Website | www.capitalradio.sl |
Capital Radio is a Sierra Leone radio station based at the Mammy Yoko Business Park in Aberdeen, Freetown.
History
Capital Radio was established as a company in Sierra Leone in 2005. The station has 3 directors - Adonis Abboud, Colin Mason and David Stanley. Test programmes commenced in May 2006 from the Cape Sierra Hotel using the newly installed transmitter at Leicester Peak. The full service started from studios in Wilkinson Road on 3 July 2006. The station fully relocated to the Mammy Yoko Hotel complex in December 2011.
The station transmits from the SLBC Leicester Peak transmitting station using 104.9 MHz. A relay in Bo, Sierra Leone, provides coverage of the city on 102.5 MHz. A relay was launched in Makeni in January 2012 using 103.3 MHz and for Kenema in May 2017 using 104.9 MHz. The station also started streaming its broadcasts in July 2016.
Current Presenters/DJs
- Zoe Hamilton (Station Manager)
- Don J
- Esther Farrell
- Jessie Tucker
- Nicky Spencer-Coker
- Dinma Martins
- Zenobia Kay
- Eric Kawa
- Yvonne Magbity
See also
- 2014 Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone (radio programs were used to inform people about the disease)