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| Broadcast area | Greater Manchester, east and centralLancashire |
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| Frequencies |
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| RDS | CAPITAL |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary hit radio |
| Network | Capital |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Global |
| History | |
First air date | 8 April 2019 (2019-04-08) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Global Player |
| Website | Capital Manchester Capital Lancashire (Burnley & Pendle) Capital Lancashire (Preston & Blackburn) |
Capital Manchester and Lancashire is a regional radio station owned and operated byGlobal as part of theCapital network. It broadcasts toGreater Manchester and eastern & central parts ofLancashire from studios at the XYZ Building inSpinningfields,Manchester.
The station launched in April 2019 as a result of a merger betweenCapital Manchester and2BR.
The regional station originally broadcast as two separate stations.
On 26 February 2019, Global confirmed the two Capital stations would be merged, following Ofcom's decision to relax local content obligations from commercial radio.[2]
As of April 2019, regional output consists of a three-hour drivetime show from Manchester on weekdays, alongside localised news bulletins, traffic updates and advertising for the two areas.[2]
In late May 2021, transmissions covering the Chorley area moved from 96.3 MHz to 102.8 MHz.
All programming is broadcast and produced from Global's London headquarters.
Global's Manchester newsroom broadcasts hourly localised news updates from 6am-6pm on weekdays and 8am-12pm at weekends.
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