Bio

Background and Format: Capital Yorkshire is a regional radio station owned by Global Radio as part of the Capital radio network. It broadcasts to South & West Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire from studios in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The station launched at 1.05pm on 14 February 1997 as Kiss 105, but became Galaxy 105 later that year after a take over by the Chrysalis Group, then in 2006 it became simply Galaxy Yorkshire. The station was rebranded as 105 Capital on 3 January 2011 as part of a merger of Global Radio's Galaxy and Hit Music networks to form the nine-station Capital radio network. It broadcasts modern chart music, including the likes of Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith and Ellie Goulding, and is available on 105.8 FM, 105.1 FM, DAB Digital Radio and Online. Advertising information can be found here. Programme Maker / Production Company: Global Radio Target audience: Listeners aged 15-34. Circulation: Source: RAJAR for period ending March 2020. Tips for PRs: Alex Jungius is the best point of contact at Capital Yorkshire for programming queries - alex.jungius@capitalfm.com The vast majority of their output live is from Capital’s studios. None of their output is automated. Broadcasts bulletins containing a mix of Yorkshire, UK and world news together with sport, entertainment, travel and weather information on the hour from 05:00 to 19:00 on weekdays and 06:00 to 12:00 on Saturdays and Sundays.  There are additional updates at 05.30, 06.30, 07.30, 08.30, 17:30 and 18:30 on weekdays. Capital Yorkshire's programming is locally produced and presented for 7 hours each weekday and 4 hours on Saturdays and Sundays. Daily schedule available here and a list of the presenters can be viewed here.  The News Team can be reached on +44 (0)113 308 5150 Awards: 2014 -Radio Academy Awards, Breakfast Show of the Year (under 10 million) (nominated) 2013 - Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards, Specialist Programme of the Year: Andi Durrant (nominated)