Capital North East is a regional

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owned and operated by

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as part of the

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network. It broadcasts to

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from studios in

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. The station launched on 1 June 1999 as Galaxy 105–106, renamed in 2006 as Galaxy North East and rebranded on 3 January 2011 as Capital North East.

History

Galaxy North East

Originally called Galaxy 105–106, presenter Steve Furnell launched the station on 1 June 1999with "What You Need", by Powerhouse, being the first record played. The station was based in

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at the Silverlink Business Park, east of

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. The name was changed to Galaxy North East in 2006, in line with other Galaxy stations. This year also saw a change in demographic from 15–29 to 15–34 and a new strapline of "Passion for Music, Passion for Life". Two years later, the slogan was changed to "Love Music". In 2008, they also changed their output format to include a more mainstream playlist. During late 2010, the slogan changed to ''The North East's No.1 Hit Music Station''. Networked programming was broadcast from

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Capital North East

The station was rebranded as 105–106 Capital FM on 3 January 2011, as part of a merger of Global's

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and

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networks to form the nine-stations of

. Steve Furnell and Karen Wight remained on breakfast with Roger 'Bodg' Howard on drive time. Kim Miljus was appointed managing director of Capital North East, replacing Matt Bashford, she was the former station director of

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. Giles Eyre-Tanner became the station's programme controller on 5 October 2011, replacing Stuart Barrie. Long-serving ''Capital Breakfast'' presenters Steve Furnell and Karen Wight left Capital North East to join rival station

. ''Capital Drivetime'' presenter Roger "Bodg" Howard, producer Matt Bailey and '' Take Me Out'' contestant JoJo Hatfield took over from the duo on 3 January 2012. 2010 Student Radio Awards winner Rob Howard joined the station and presented ''Capital Drivetime'' for three years. From 30 November 2015 ''

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'' star

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replaced Hatfield for a year. On 19 June 2017, former Miss Newcastle winner Hannah Gray took over from Moffatt. In May 2015, Capital North East moved to new studios at new studios at Wellbar Central in Newcastle city centre, shared with sister station

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and

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-owned Smooth North East. On 26 February 2019, Global stated the station's local ''Capital Breakfast'' and weekend shows would be replaced with networked programming from 8 April 2019. The weekday local ''Capital Drivetime'' show was retained, alongside news bulletins, traffic updates and advertising. "Bodg", Matt Bailey and Hannah Gray left the station whilst Martin Lowes remains.

Transmission

Capital North East broadcasts on at a power of 10kW from the Burnhope Transmitter, on at a power of 0.5kW from the Fenham Transmitter for West Newcastle, at 0.1kW from the Newton Transmitter for the Hexham area and on at 8.9kW from the Bilsdale Transmitter for Teesside although coverage unintentionally extends much further.

Programming

All networked programming originates from Global's London headquarters, including ''

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'' with

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. Local programming is produced and broadcast from Global's Newcastle studios from 4-7pm on weekdays,Capital FM - North East public file
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News

Global's Newsroom broadcasts hourly regional news updates from 6am-7pm on weekdays and 6am-12pm at weekends with headlines on the hour during ''Capital Breakfast'' on weekdays. The Newcastle newsroom also produces regional news bulletins for

and Smooth North East.

Notable former presenters

Sacha Brooks Sacha Brooks is a British radio presenter and DJ from Nottingham, England. She is currently employed by Global Radio. Sacha's radio career started on the pirate radio station Globe 107.7fm in Nottingham and she went on to launch Choice 102.2 i ...

* Rich Clarke *

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* David Dunne *

Andi Durrant Andi Durrant (born 1981) is an English radio presenter, company co-founder, disc jockey and record producer from Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Durrant currently hosts The Dance Music Archive radio show on Kisstory in the UK Radio presenter He ...

Stephanie Hirst Stephanie Hirst is an English radio & TV presenter currently heard on Hits Radio. She has hosted '' Hit40UK'' and the weekday breakfast show on Capital Yorkshire '' Hirsty's Daily Dose''. Career Hirst started her career at age 12 at 96.3 R ...

Greg James Gregory James Alan Milward (born 17 December 1985) is an English radio and television presenter, comedian and author. He is the host of BBC Radio 1's breakfast show, co-presenter on the cricket podcast '' Tailenders'' alongside Felix White and ...

* Dave Kelly *

Adele Roberts Adele Claire Roberts (born 9 March 1979) is a British broadcaster and reality TV personality and DJ. Roberts worked for BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2. Her best known television appearances were in '' Big Brother'', '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out ...

* Steve Sutherland *

Margherita Taylor Margherita Taylor (born 26 April 1972) is an English TV and radio presenter. She is a freelancer with Global Group and currently presents on stations Smooth Radio and Classic FM. Taylor studied media and communications at the University o ...

Tiësto Tijs Michiel Verwest (; born 17 January 1969), known professionally as Tiësto ( ), is a Dutch DJ and music producer from Breda. He was voted "the Greatest DJ of All Time" by '' Mix'' magazine in a 2010/2011 poll amongst fans. In 2013, he was ...

Neil 'Roberto' Williams Neil Roberto Williams (born 20 July 1978), known by his stage name Roberto, is a British radio presenter, television presenter, voice-over artist and DJ. Williams was born in London. He currently presents the breakfast show on Heart 80s from H ...

References

External links

*
History of local radio in Tyne and Wear.
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