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the same service) in order to create new local radio stations and improve choice. In 1986 Capital Radio had experimented with split contemporary formats at weekends, but now responded by launching a "golden oldies" station on its AM frequency, 1548 AM Capital Gold. The station launched on 2 July 1988
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in 1988 on
Capital Radio's AM frequency, after the Independent Broadcasting Authority had urged stations to end simulcasting (broadcasting the same programmes simultaneously on AM and FM) and threatened to remove one of their frequencies if simulcasting continued. The original DJs on the early
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Capital Gold played a range of music, from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and added 1990s music and later. The station had a weekly playlist of new material, plus a "Rated And
Recommended" list which was chosen by
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With
Capital Gold proving popular with its London audience, the station management decided to syndicate Tony Blackburn's Sunday soul show and expand its popular 'Sportstime' brand to Birmingham station
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service Touch Radio in South Wales, with the result being that
Capital Gold replaced Touch Radio. 1999 saw the station's reach increase yet again: across the UK and Ireland on
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to allow syndicated programmes to be broadcast on their AM stations. The Radio
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and London. This was followed by similar wins by
Capital Radio plc in Kent, Sussex and Hampshire. Capital Gold actively encouraged listeners to switch to
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network in April 2007, the earlier plan was scrapped, and it was decided to merge the two networks to form the 'Gold
Network' (this began at 7
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AM listenership had steadily declined and required a consistent, high-quality programme offering across all stations to remain competitive
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at least four hours a day of weekday broadcasting were kept and local news, traffic announcements and advertising remained on each station
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left the station in 2002, having been at the station since Gold's launch in 1988. He hosted weekday drivetime and the
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a.m.). This surprised many people in the industry as this sidelined
Capital Gold's biggest radio name at the time,
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Saturday morning David Jensen hosted a celebrity and showbiz programme and recent notable guests have included
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and the Home Office ruled that all ILR stations were to permanently split their AM and FM frequencies (instead of
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as a weekend-only service and went full time on 1 November 1988, while on that date Capital on FM became
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550:Guinness Publishing
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526:References
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366:Birmingham
362:Manchester
358:Emap Radio
260:Mike Osman
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99:2007-08-03
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