Capital East Midlands
Broadcast area | East Midlands |
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Frequency | FM: 96.2 MHz (Nottingham, Loughborough and Melton Mowbray) 96.5 MHz (Mansfield) 102.8 MHz (Derby and Coalville) 105.4 MHz (Leicester) Global |
Classic FM Smooth East Midlands | |
History | |
First air date | 3 January 2011 |
Last air date | 5 April 2019 |
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Website | Capital East Midlands |
Capital East Midlands was a regional
It launched on 3 January 2011 following the merger of Trent FM, Leicester Sound and Ram FM.[1]
In April 2019, the station was merged with a sister Capital station in Birmingham to form Capital Midlands.
History
The regional station originally broadcast as three stations – Radio Trent began broadcasting to Nottinghamshire in July 1975, later expanding its coverage area to central and southern Derbyshire in March 1987 with split local programming introduced for the area. The Derbyshire station was relaunched in 1994 as Ram FM. Leicester Sound was launched in Leicestershire in September 1984, just over 11 months after the county's first ILR station, Centre Radio, went into receivership.
Both Trent FM and Leicester Sound were owned by
On 13 September 2010, Global Radio announced it would merge Trent FM, Leicester Sound and Ram FM to form a sole regional station as part of a merger between its Hit Music and Galaxy network stations to form the nine-station Capital radio network.[2] The merger led to the closure of studios in Leicester and advertising offices in Derby.
On 26 February 2019, Global confirmed the station would be merged with Capital Birmingham. From Monday 8 April 2019, regional output will consist of a three-hour Drivetime show from Birmingham on weekdays, alongside news bulletins, traffic updates and advertising.[3] Local breakfast and weekend shows were replaced with network programming from London.
The last local programming from Capital East Midlands aired on Friday 5 April 2019. Local news, traffic and advertising for the region continues to air as opt-outs - the station also retains offices in Nottingham.
Notable former presenters
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References
- ^ Capital radio broadcasts first East Midlands shows as it replaces Trent FM Archived 10 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine Nottingham Post, 4 January 2011
- ^ Global Radio takes Capital national, Brand Republic, 13 September 2010
- ^ Global to network Capital, Heart and Smooth breakfast shows, RadioToday, 26 February 2019
- ^ Presenters announced for new regional radio station, Nottingham Post, 18 November 2010
- ^ Show swap at Capital FM East Midlands, RadioToday, 16 March 2012
- ^ 96–106 Capital jock in tandem skydive Radio Today, 15 September 2011
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