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Capital Xtra Reloaded
Capital XTRA Reloaded, is a Global-owned radio station operated as a sister station to Capital XTRA. It broadcasts from Birmingham and is available on DAB Digital Radio in London, and on the Global Player app. Its output consists primarily of hip-hop, dance, garage, R&B and grime classics from the 1990s and 2000s.[1][2] As of September 2024, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 669,000, according to RAJAR.[3] HistoryGlobal Radio announced in July 2019 that the station was to start broadcasting later the next month. Capital XTRA Reloaded launched on 2 September 2019.[4] At launch the station had one presented show each weekday, a four-hour mid morning show presented by Sacha Brooks. The number of presented programme hours has since been increased: an early afternoon slot on weekdays with Capital Xtra drivetime host Mike Panteli has been added; Ras Kwame has taken up Saturday and Sunday mid-daytime shows in addition to his duties on the main station; and in October 2020 former Choice FM presenter Jigs was added to the schedule with a one-hour slot on Sunday to Thursday evenings.[5] In May 2022 it was confirmed that Capital Xtra Reloaded would be removed from the national Digital One multiplex and transition to broadcasting in DAB+ in London only, to release a national slot for a new Heart spinoff station, Heart 00s, which would include a breakfast show hosted by former Capital Xtra and Reloaded DJ Mike Panteli, whose weekday show on Reloaded ended as a result of the move.[6] On 24 October 2022, the station returned to national digital radio on the Sound Digital multiplex. References
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