58 46 w 53.4029 n 2.9795 w 53.4029 ; 2.9795 capital liverpool city liverpool broadcast area merseyside west cheshire west lancashire branding 107.6 capital slogan liverpool s no. 1 hit music station frequency fm 107.6 mhz dab 11b liverpool 1 rds capital first air date 27 march 1998 format contemporary hit radio audience share 6.6 % september 2014 rajar owner global radio website capital liverpool capital liverpool is an independent local radio station serving liverpool . it is owned and operated by global radio 2 and relaunched as part of the capital fm network early in 2016 replacing 107.6 juice fm . 3 contents 1 history 1.1 digital radio 2 programming 2.1 news 3 previous presenters 4 references 5 external links history edit juice fm logo used until 2016 . the station launched on friday 27 march 1998 as 107 crash fm on 27 march 1998 from studios at 27 fleet street in liverpool . it developed from a handful of rsl broadcasts in the city and was driven by janice long with backing from bob geldof primal scream urban splash and kiss 102 s mike gray and boy george . in the application for a full time licence crash fm said it would provide an alternative rock and dance station aimed at 15 to 34 year olds with a target audience of over 80 000 tuning in for around eight hours per week in the first year . the original shareholders also included clt although they withdrew before launch with the 25 % stake taken by channel radio . crash was brought out by forever broadcasting in late 1999 and relaunched as juice 107.6 on 26 march 2000 . by september of the same year the station s rajar had increased significantly after the station s format had been altered to include more mainstream pop and dance music . in september 2003 juice was sold to absolute radio uk limited ar uk a consortium made up of utv media and eurocast for 3.1 m. ar uk were at the time making moves in the fm radio licence world notably in the west midlands and glasgow . the new owners aimed to develop more local programming news and marketing but sold off the station to utv less than two years later . on 12 january 2012 juice switched from its former fleet street studios to a new 1.1 m facility at one park west in liverpool one overlooking the albert dock . on 5 june 2015 juice fm was sold again to global radio for 10 million . 4 5 the sale was given regulatory approval from the competition and markets authority exactly three months later following a consultation . 6 on the same day as the sale was cleared global announced it would rebrand and relaunch juice fm as part of the capital fm network of contemporary hit radio stations . 7 the relaunched station carries networked programming from capital s london headquarters although local shows continue at breakfast and drivetime on weekdays and on weekend afternoons alongside local news bulletins . the juice fm brand was phased out at 4pm on sunday 10 january 2016 with the station entering a transition period ahead of the full relaunch as capital which took place at 6am on monday 18 january 2016 . 8 digital radio edit as juice fm the station was not present on the bauer operated central liverpool dab multiplex but did subsequently procure a slot on muxco s more recent multiplex serving cheshire the wirral and northeast wales . following the relaunch of juice as capital liverpool this station took the place of capital s 97.1 fm wirral service on bauer liverpool dab . the wirral service is now no longer transmitted on dab as a result of the switch . transmission of capital liverpool in the former juice capacity on muxco s multiplex continued until august 2016 when the slot was turned over to the 103.4 fm wrexham chester version of capital . programming edit local programming is produced and broadcast from capital s liverpool studios from 6 10am and 4 7pm on weekdays and 12 4pm at weekends . all other programming originates from global radio s london headquarters including the syndicated vodafone big top 40 on sunday afternoons . the station s local presenters are adam weighell gemma cutting & dylan evans capital breakfast graeme smith & sarah story weekday drivetime baz todd and anton powers . 9 news edit capital liverpool broadcasts hourly local news updates known as capital reports from 6am 7pm on weekdays and 6am 12pm at weekends with headlines on the half hour during capital breakfast on weekdays . 10 the station s journalists are chris chambers editor and anna hodges . previous presenters edit christian o connell vic mcglynn janice long carl hughes imogen townley references edit capital dab changes for merseyside and ne wales a516digital 10 january 2016 global cleared to purchase juice fm from utv radio today 5 october 2015 global confirms capital to launch in liverpool radio today 5 october 2015 juice fm sold to global to expand capital radio today 5 june 2015 utv media sells juice fm to global radio for 10m theguardian.com 5 june 2015 global cleared to purchase juice fm from utv radio today 5 october 2015 global confirms capital to launch in liverpool radio today 5 october 2015 capital liverpool will launch in january 2016 global radio 16 december 2015 juice fm on air capital fm liverpool public file external links edit official website v t e capital regions london birmingham east midlands liverpool manchester north east yorkshire scotland south coast cymru north west and wales south wales related topics capital breakfast galaxy galaxy digital hirsty s daily dose the hit music network the one network list of global group stations v t e radio stations in liverpool and surrounding areas of merseyside united kingdom mediumwave am stations 909 693 bbc radio 5 live 1089 1053 talksport 1197 absolute 1485 bbc radio merseyside 1548 radio city 2 fm stations 89.3 89.8 bbc radio 2 91.5 91.9 bbc radio 3 93.7 94.1 bbc radio 4 95.8 bbc radio merseyside 96.7 radio city 97.1 capital wirral 97.4 rock fm 98.9 99.3 bbc radio 1 99.8 kcc live 100.4 smooth radio 101.1 classic fm 102.4 wish fm 105.4 heart 105.9 radio city 2 107.6 capital liverpool dab radio city 3 local 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 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title capital liverpool & oldid 736868356 categories radio stations in liverpoolradio stations established in 1998hidden categories use dmy dates from august 2015use british english from august 2015coordinates on wikidataofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial 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