City | Leeds |
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Broadcast area | South & West Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire |
Branding | 105 Capital |
Slogan | Yorkshire's No.1 Hit Music Station |
Frequency |
FM: 105.1 MHz (South West Yorkshire) 105.6 MHz (Bradford and Sheffield) 105.8 MHz (Humberside) DAB: 12A RDS: Capital |
First air date | 14 February 1997 |
Format | Contemporary hit radio |
Audience share | 9.2% (September 2016, RAJAR) |
Owner | Global |
Sister stations |
Classic FM Heart Yorkshire |
Website | Capital Yorkshire |
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 licence held makes Capital Yorkshire the largest regional British radio station outside London.
Capital Yorkshire broadcasts on 105.8 MHz FM at a power of 9.6 kW from High Hunsley, which covers East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire and on 105.1 MHz FM at a power of 2.4 kW from Emley Moor, which covers West Yorkshire. It also has two filler transmitters, both on 105.6 MHz FM, one from Idle at 0.5 kW which covers Bradford and the other from Tapton Hill at 0.24 kW covering Sheffield.
DAB broadcasts were formerly provided on the MXR 12A Yorkshire region multiplex from nine transmitters, with the strongest signal from Emley Moor, and other DAB signals from Belmont, Bilsdale, Acklam Wold (North Yorkshire), and Tapton Hill. With the closure of the MXR multiplex in 2015, Capital rolled down to being delivered over the five local area multiplexes around Yorkshire and Humberside, enabling continuation of essentially region-wide coverage.