Capital XTRA Reloaded
Broadcast areaUnited Kingdom
FrequencyDAB+: 11A
Programming
FormatClassic urban music
Ownership
OwnerGlobal Radio
Capital XTRA
Capital FM
Capital Dance
History
First air date
2 September 2019 (2019-09-02)
Links
WebcastGlobal Player
WebsiteCapital 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 and on the Global Player app. Its output consists primarily of hip-hop, dance, garage, R&B and grime classics from the 1990s and 2000s.[1][2]

As of September 2023, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 472,000, 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.

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
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