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Capital Manchester and Lancashire

Capital Manchester and Lancashire is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global as part of the Capital network. It broadcasts to Greater Manchester and eastern & central parts of Lancashire from studios at the XYZ Building in Spinningfields, Manchester.

Greater Manchester, east and central Lancashire

  • DAB: 12A Bauer Lancashire
  • DAB: 11C CE Digital Manchester
  • FM: 102.8 MHz Chorley
  • FM: 99.8 MHz Burnley
  • FM: 102.0 MHz Manchester
  • FM: 106.5 MHz Preston
  • FM: 107.0 MHz Blackburn

CAPITAL

Contemporary hit radio

Capital

Global

8 April 2019 (2019-04-08)

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Capital Manchester
Capital Lancashire (Burnley & Pendle)
Capital Lancashire (Preston & Blackburn)

The station launched in April 2019 as a result of a merger between Capital Manchester and 2BR.

Kiss 102 began broadcasting to Greater Manchester in October 1994, after taking over the licence previously held by . After being sold to Chrysalis, it rebranded as Galaxy 102 in 1997, before becoming a part of the Capital network in January 2011.

Sunset 102

2BR began broadcasting to the Burnley, Pendle and Hyndburn areas in July 2000. It was merged in June 2016 with to form a larger station under the 2BR moniker, also covering the Blackburn and Preston areas. The station was sold by UKRD to Global in July 2018.[1]

The Bee

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.

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