Capital XTRA Reloaded, is a

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-owned radio station operated as a

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Capital XTRA Capital XTRA (formerly Choice FM) is a British digital radio station owned and operated by Global. It broadcasts on 96.9 and 107.1 FM in Greater London, and nationally on DAB, Global Player and television platforms. It specialises in hip ho ...

. 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 September 2024, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 669,000, 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 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;

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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

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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 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.RadioToday.co.uk, May 2022
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multiplex.

References

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