In Hampshire Heart usually does a better job of travel.

What would be good is if Kiss retuned to Wave 105 for travel but I don't know if EON works cross-band. That said I don't have a car so doesn't affect me.

I agree. I was into what was contemporarily cred at school right from age 13 at which time I was a committed NME devotee.

What depresses me is the incredibly narrow spectrum of appreciation in today's "yoof". In my youth of course, there were no iPods (not even Walkmans!), and no narrow spectrum radio stations. You either took the package or nothing. It's responsible for my wide taste in music at a decrepit age.

It does worry me for the future musical creativity of the nation. If it ain't Scrillex, it ain't youth. That is very unhealthy.

But, again, look at the figures. Capital's biggest audience IS amongst 15-25s. (Their target is 15-34 and they peak in the lower half of that demo.)

Average audience age is a bit of a red herring - there are way more over 25s than 15-25s in the available audience, and many of them will still be listening to Capital (as they do to Radio 1).

It's a free broadcast radio service. You can't tell people to switch off when they hit 35. But, that being the case, they are doing well.

(Of course, we can all find anecdotes that show something else - e.g. my daughter is 13 and has 'grown out' of Capital. She was an avid listener for two or three years, but now she's gone all Jake Bugg and Ben Howard on us).

Ark at Pandora IN THE MIX! Anyone would think its friday night!

I hope it does not happen but let's say Andi Durrant decides he no longer wants to be part of Capital. What do you think they would do?

As they have done every year, just like Radio 1

Personally, I'd rather they just play the "In The Mix" playlist stuff till 3am.

Judging by the way they've been plugging the show recently, they might have a problem.

I thought this! Very strange. And the schedule next week says he is filling in for Christian Williams on the 3am shift on a saturday morning? Unless they've loosened his commitments to help out with cover across the network?

But surely moving from one of the best slots on the station (people getting ready to out on a Fri/Sat) to cover man at 3am isn't the best move?

Unless they're sidelining him for the likes if Pandora.

It's basically social suicide to get caught listening to Capital lol.

Does anybody think Capital FM will play Thrift Shop by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis? It's going to be one of the biggest songs of 2013. It dosn't seem like something Capital will want to play though, because of its genre, but they did play Somebody That I Used to Know and We Are Young last year, so you never know.

It would have to be seriouly edited for any station to play this.

It saddens me when people think Skrillex is the Holy Grail of electronic music when there is much more out there.

On another subject Kiss just played Justin Bieber too.

I hope not, as James is my favourite DJ at the station.

Are the trying fade James out? First they stop his remix shows, then they change his show times & now they are accepting remixes but with different presenters. If I was James I would be disappointed with the changes.

Indeed. I think he would fit in very well at Radio 1...

James IS Capital...or what it's supposed to be. Quick links but packed with personality and great interaction with the audience. He can make a 20 second link memorable!

Best CHR presenter in UK radio.

I agree, so why the sudden reduction in shows/slot?!

I'd rather pull out my own teeth than listen to capital. There is only so many times I can listen to a Rihanna track before I want to throw myself out of a window.

Thanks for letting us know.

Good point.

Haha love this comment.

To be honest, I doubt they're going to give much support to Pour It Up, for obvious reasons.

I notice that Capital are really pushing the "hit music" format at the moment with "this is hit music" in practically in every sweeper and jingle.
Whilst this strengthens and reinforces the brand, I actually preferred the older jingles where they replaced a word in an artists song with Capital, e.g with Calvin Harris and Example's recent hit it was "We'll be coming back for...Capital" or Usher's Scream being "If you wana scream...Capital".