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Capital South

Capital South is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global as part of the Capital network. It broadcasts to Hampshire and Sussex from studios in Segensworth, Fareham.

Hampshire and Sussex

CAPITAL

The South Coast's No.1 Hit Music Station
Brighton's No.1 Hit Music Station

Contemporary hit radio

Capital

Global

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06)

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Capital South Coast Capital Brighton

The station launched on 6 April 2019, following the merger of Capital Brighton and Capital South Coast.

Ocean Sound began broadcasting to Hampshire in October 1986, after taking over the licence previously held by . The FM service for the West of the region was subsequently split off and relaunched as Power FM in December 1988, before becoming part of the Galaxy network in November 2008 and latterly, the Capital network in January 2011.

Radio Victory

began broadcasting to Brighton and Hove in March 1998, subsequently relaunching as 'Juice 107.2' in 2001. The station was sold to Global from UKRD on 17 January 2018 for an undisclosed amount.[1] The station closed down at midnight on 14 August 2018 and relaunched part of the Capital network in September 2018.

Surf 107

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 Fareham on weekdays, alongside localised news bulletins, traffic updates and advertising for the two areas.[2]

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