Capital Dance is a national digital

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in the United Kingdom, owned and operated by

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and run as a spin-off from

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. The station broadcasts from studios at

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in London alongside its siblings Capital,

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and Capital Chill. The station predominantly plays contemporary and current

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. Capital Dance broadcasts nationally, transmitted on

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in the DAB+ format, and online. To enable the addition of the station to Digital One, several other Global stations on the platform, including Capital UK, Heart UK,

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and

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History

The station's launch at 4 pm on 1 October 2020 followed both the establishment in 2019 of Global's

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as an older-skewing classic and contemporary dance and rhythmic music station, and the decision to reorientate

back towards predominantly playing Black and urban music genres. One week after the launch of Capital Dance, the

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stream was launched on

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; the BBC's plans for this had been announced before Capital Dance was revealed. Following the successful launch of the station, a breakfast show hosted by Rio Fredrika was added to the station schedule from 4 January 2021, with former KISS presenter Charlie Powell joining the station as well. Later, in July 2021, shows hosted by Karen Nyame (known on-air as KG) and Jess Bays were added to the schedule. As part of schedule changes across the whole of the Capital network in October 2022, Matty Chiabi, Meg McHugh, and Zofia all joined the station as presenters. At the same time, Rio Fredrika left Capital Dance to present a weekday show on

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, with Charlie Powell taking over the breakfast show slot. On 31 October 2023, Capital Dance announced that a new show would launch on Friday and Saturday nights called Club Capital Dance, hosted by two new presenters, Sam Lavery and Sarah Devine. This replaced the Capital Weekender, which still airs on

. A revised schedule from February 2025 saw Sam Lavery move to the Capital Weekender and Sarah Devine to Capital Dance weekday afternoons, with Max Tyler and Hannah Rose hired to take over Club Capital Dance on weekend evenings.

Current presenters

* Charlie Powell (weekdays 7–11am and Saturday 12–4pm) * Sarah Devine (weekdays 12–4pm) *

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(weekdays and Saturday 4–7pm) * Zofia (Monday–Thursday 7–10 pm) * Max Tyler (Club Capital Dance; Friday & Saturday 7–10pm) * Hannah Rose (Club Capital Dance; Friday & Saturday 10pm–1am and Sunday 12–4pm)

References

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