capital xtra see xtra ottawa . capital xtra city london broadcast area united kingdom slogan dance . urban . uk . frequency fm 96.9 107.1 mhz london dab 11d england wales n. ireland 12a scotland rds cap xtra sky 0114 freesat 720 virgin media 959 first air date 31 march 1990 format rhythmic contemporary formerly urban contemporary audience share 1.8 % june 2013 rajar owner global radio sister stations capital fm heart classic fm smooth radio radio x lbc gold website www.capitalxtra.com capital xtra formerly choice fm is an urban music radio station owned by global radio . it is anchored by an fm operation in london and is also broadcast via dab digital radio freesat sky virgin media and online . contents 1 history 2 programme schedule 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit choice fm logo until 2013 . choice 96.9 began as an independent company in march 1990 broadcasting from studios in trinity gardens brixton . it was britain s first 24 hour black music radio station with a licence covering south london . the group won a second licence see buzz fm in 1995 bringing a local version of their london offering to birmingham on 102.2 fm in place of buzz fm . the advent of digital radio in the uk saw choice which already had an active webstream joining the new mxr consortium and launching a dab service which anchored london output with news inserts produced by the consortium s news service dnn . the birmingham licence was sold to chrysalis radio in 1999 and became galaxy birmingham but choice expanded within the capital in may 2000 when a largely independent north london licence was awarded for choice 107.1 with the intention of reaching a larger afro caribbean audience outside the limited range of the coverage from brixton . the station was now broadcasting from borough high street borough london . having previously been a minority shareholder capital radio group took full control of the station in february 2004 and moved the station s base from the target service area to the group s central studios in london s leicester square . the move resulted in a community march from the coverage area and their studios . it was accused of selling out as some of their djs were removed and replaced by their kiss counterparts who play some electronic music . 1 by 12 october 2004 capital had received and implemented a merger of their fm licences operating a service across the capital on the two frequencies and cutting back on the north london specific music requirements . 2 the dab service also became a simulcast of the london station with the demise of local drop ins . following their takeover of choice capital radio group merged with gwr to form gcap media in 2005 . choice was flagged up as one of the key brands of the new larger network and the station was made available to digital tv viewers via its addition to sky and later to virgin media . gcap were subsequently taken over by global radio who already owned the galaxy network of dance urban music stations . despite the separate music format and branding choice was marketed to advertisers as part of the galaxy network for package advertising deals . in 2010 global radio announced 3 that the galaxy network stations would be networked with 95.8 capital fm leaving choice as a standalone brand again . on 3 october 2013 global announced that choice would be rebranded as capital xtra on 7 october . 4 capital xtra reaches 680 000 listeners in london alone . 5 supporting global radio s commitment to a social responsibility programme choice fm promoted social action campaigns i have a choice and i have a choice music potential . programme schedule edit mondays 0000 0200 the reggae recipe with ras kwame 0200 0600 emma cb 0600 1000 capital xtra in the morning with jez welham 1000 1300 manny norte 1300 1600 toni phillips 1600 1900 abrantee boateng 1900 2200 yinka bokinni 2200 0200 jay london tuesdays wednesdays & thursdays 0200 0600 emma cb 0600 1000 capital xtra in the morning with jez welham 1000 1300 manny norte 1300 1600 toni phillips 1600 1900 abrantee boateng 1900 2200 yinka bokinni 2000 0200 jay london friday variants 1600 1900 clubbers guide with ministry of sound presented by coco cole 1900 2100 craig david presents ts5 2100 0100 mike panteli saturday 0100 0600 playlist no presenter 0600 1000 vick hope 1000 1300 jez welham 1300 1600 yinka bokinni 1600 1900 dj charlsey 1900 2300 tim westwood 2300 0100 afrobeats with abrantee boateng sunday 0100 0600 playlist no presenter 0600 1000 jay london 1000 1300 vick hope 1300 1600 toni phillips 1600 1900 jonny park aka jp 1900 2200 the norte show with manny norte 2200 0000 coco cole note early breakfast presenters 2 6am vary see also edit list of radio stations in the united kingdom references edit choice fm is dead pdf . new nation . 2003 06 02 . retrieved 2009 12 31 . day julia 2004 10 12 . capital gets go ahead for london licence merger . the guardian . retrieved 2013 09 15 . 1 archived 25 november 2010 at the wayback machine . global to change choice to capital xtra . radio today . 2013 10 03 . retrieved 2013 10 03 . capital xtra audience figures . media uk . retrieved 2013 10 06 . external links edit official website v t e global radio corporate directors lord allen chairman ashley tabor group ceo richard park executive director stephen miron ceo mark evans cfo owen mcgartol director radio stations the arrow capital capital xtra chill classic fm gold heart lbc lbc london news smooth radio x television channels capital tv heart tv related articles list of global group stations capital digital gcap media capital life capital disney core the storm thejazz century digital jazz fm planet rock real and smooth classic fm tv leicester square thisisglobal.com radio v t e radio stations in greater london lw am stations 198 mw am stations 558 720 909 963 972 1035 1089 1152 1215 1305 1332 1413 1458 1548 1584 fm stations 88.8 89.1 89.6 91.0 91.3 91.8 93.2 93.5 94.0 94.9 95.8 96.9 97.3 98.5 98.8 100.0 100.6 100.9 102.2 103.3 104.4 104.9 105.4 105.8 106.2 106.8 107.1 107.3 107.8 dab multiplexes greater london i ce london greater london ii switch london greater london iii drg london defunct stations 648 mw united kingdom radio markets aberdeen glasgow london liverpool manchester northern ireland south west england west midlands west yorkshire worcester see also list of radio stations in the united kingdom coordinates 51 30 36 n 0 07 45 w 51.51007 n 0.12929 w 51.51007 ; 0.12929 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title capital xtra & oldid 741092400 categories global radioradio stations in londonradio stations established in 1990rhythmic top 40 radio stations1990 establishments in englandcapital radio network hidden categories articles with wayback machine linksuse dmy dates from may 2015use british english from may 2015coordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit 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