Capital Xtra Reloaded

British radio station

Capital XTRA Reloaded

* Birmingham

Broadcast area| United Kingdom
Frequency| DAB+: 11A
Programming
Format| Classic urban music
Ownership
Owner| Global Radio

Sister stations

| Capital XTRA
Capital FM
Capital Dance
History

First air date

| 2 September 2019 (2019-09-02)
Links
Webcast| Global Player
Website| Capital 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 2024, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 669,000, according to RAJAR.[3]

## History

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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 would 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 24 October 2022, the station returned to national digital radio on the Sound Digital multiplex.

## References

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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