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Global’s Make Some Noise has raised more than £2.7 million in a day of special programming across Heart, Capital, Classic FM, Smooth, LBC, Radio X, Capital Dance, Capital XTRA and …

Capital XTRA has signed KISS DJ and presenter Omah Howard to host the Capital XTRA Evening Show.

Capital Xtra has a new sonic identity from audio production company On The Sly.

Robert Bruce is joining Shayna Marie Birch-Campbell to co-host the Capital XTRA Breakfast Show from this Monday, 8 August.

A schedule refresh at Capital and Capital XTRA means new shows for seven presenters as two leave.

Ex-BBC Asian Network drive-time presenter Yasser Ranjha has joined Global to host a new weekday drive-time show on Capital XTRA.

DJ and broadcaster Teeshow is joining Capital XTRA to host a brand-new Friday night show.

Ofcom has taken no action against Global or DJ Tiiny after it became apparent the presenter played music tracks in return for payment on his Capital XTRA show.

Capital Xtra DJ Tiiny has been dropped after he charged payments to play songs on his 7pm to 9pm Friday night show, writes Paul Chantler.

DJ Tiiny has apologised for recent events saying he has learnt a much-needed lesson and that he is sorry to those he has let down.

Capital XTRA presenter DJ Tiiny has been removed from the station’s website and schedule amidst allegations of charging to play songs.

LBC, Heart, Capital, Capital XTRA, Smooth, Classic FM, Radio X and Gold will pause for a mass applause to thank NHS workers this week.

The feedback to Ofcom’s consultation about the proposal to change XS Manchester to Capital XTRA sees 51 objections and two in favour.

Communicorp has asked Ofcom to change the format of rock and speech service XS Manchester into a service playing urban contemporary music of an Afro-Caribbean origin.

Capital XTRA is to get its own spin-off station on Monday as Capital XTRA Reloaded goes national on DAB digital radio.

Capital XTRA is putting Yinka Bokinni and Shayna Marie Birch-Campbell on weekday breakfast.

Jez Welham is leaving Capital XTRA where he has hosted the breakfast show for the last four an a half years.

DJ Semtex, who left BBC Radio 1 last month after 15 years on the network, has signed up for a new show on Capital XTRA.

Capital XTRA has a new weekend schedule, with DJ TiiNY, Afro B and Robert Bruce hosting brand new shows.

Global has today launched a new Global Player for Apple devices complete with dozens of brand new radio services.

The Capital network will go commercial free every Friday and Saturday night from 10pm-6am for ‘The Capital Weekender with Ministry of Sound’.

A new service from Capital Xtra has launched enabling listeners to skip songs on their iPhone app.

Ofcom has approved a request for Global Radio to bring the Format of the North London licence in line with that of the Brixton service.

Jez Welham will take over the Capital XTRA breakfast show from Monday, replacing Kojo and Jade.

Kojo and Jade are moving from breakfast to their own weekend shows on Capital XTRA.

Ofcom has rejected a number of complaints which said Capital XTRA is not operating within its published Format.

Whilst Capital FM returns to London’s most listened to commercial station, new sister station Capital XTRA has shed almost half its listeners in London.

Capital FM has returned to the number one spot in London in terms of commercial listeners, with over 200,000 listeners separating them and 2nd place Magic.

Figures are down across London for Global Radio but Capital FM remains the most listened to local commercial station.