Capital XTRA Reloaded, is a

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-owned radio station operated as a sister station to

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. It broadcasts from

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and is available on

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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. As of December 2022, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 412,000, according to

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History

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. At launch the station had one presented show each weekday, a four-hour midmorning show presented by

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. 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. 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

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only, to release a national slot for a new Heart spinoff station,

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, which will 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.RadioToday.co.uk, May 2022
/ref> On 24th October 2022, the station returned to national digital radio on the Sound Digital multiplex.

References

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