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Background and Format: Capital Birmingham aims to provide news, music, showbusiness for Birmingham, available on  102.2 FM, DAB Digital Radio and Online. Advertising information can be found here: www.capitalfm.com/birmingham/contact/advertise-us/ Programme Maker/Production Company: Global Radio Target Audience: Main audience aged 15-34. Circulation: Source: RAJAR for period ending March 2020. Tips for PRs: Capital Birmingham's programming is locally produced and presented for 7 hours per day Monday-Friday and 4 hours on Saturdays & Sundays, totaling 43 hours of locally produced programming per week. The studio can be reached on +44 (0)121 606 5454 The newsroom can be reached on +44 (0)121 226 5771 Alerts: Gorkana Consumer Alert: Wednesday 15 September 2010 Global Radio has announced plans to launch the largest ‘hit music’ network in the UK with the creation of the new Capital Network. From early January 2011 the new network will reach an audience of more than 6.3m people broadcasting in major cities across the UK. The flagship Capital London will now be joined by another eight stations creating a national network with programming that is locally focused. Capital will replace the six Galaxy stations operating in Scotland, South Coast, Birmingham, and Manchester, Yorkshire and North East as well as the current Hit Music Network stations Red Dragon, Trent, RAM and Leicester Sound. From 2011 the network will be known as “95 - 106 Capital FM, The UK’s No.1 Hit Music Station”. In each area across the country breakfast and drivetime shows will remain locally produced and all programming will remain locally focused. Local news hours will be extended and local advertising will remain locally sold. The stations will be: Capital London Capital Scotland Capital North East Capital Yorkshire Capital Manchester Capital Birmingham Capital East Midlands Capital South Wales Capital South Coast Further details will be announced in due course.