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Oh my mistake, that is strange though.. like I said when I've listened there's been 1 an hour
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But as I finished typing "All I want for xmas" started to play @ 16:15!
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Last xmas song on capital was at 14:33....Its now 16:14
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I still am. But there are always ways a station/company can improve. Not everything anyone does is perfect...!
I think we still disagree on how they can grow the station. My opinion is that they need personalities, I've said a few times that if they changed Capital to be more like 2day FM in Sydney it could be a huge success. At the moment they don't offer anything that you can't get on Spotify. |
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At the moment they don't offer anything that you can't get on Spotify.
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Except competitions, artist interviews, artist news, Summertime Ball, Jingle Bell Ball, local breakfast and drive personalities, "in the mix" (Roman's show, weekends etc) to name a few elements.
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Except competitions, artist interviews, artist news, Summertime Ball, Jingle Bell Ball, local breakfast and drive personalities, "in the mix" (Roman's show, weekends etc) to name a few elements.
The presenters are only allowed to speak for 30 seconds at a time mostly. The balls and interviews are few and far between. Haven't you heard truly successful radio stations in other countries? They are personality driven, get huge exposure on social media and get the audience to match. You're never going to get that with Capital which is 95% jukebox format. |
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Ok, I'll rephrase. They don't offer much that Spotify doesn't provide.
The presenters are only allowed to speak for 30 seconds at a time mostly. The balls and interviews are few and far between. Haven't you heard truly successful radio stations in other countries? They are personality driven, get huge exposure on social media and get the audience to match. You're never going to get that with Capital which is 95% jukebox format. It offers "you know what you're going to get". So if I get in my car, and want current chart music (and little else) within 5 seconds of turning the key, Capital wins every time, over faffing with my phone to get Spotify going and selecting a playlist etc. |
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That can't be right. I was listening to Bassman, and he did the Cash Call, I think it was 3-4pm, with the xmas song (Slade) finally playing just before the end of the hour as Song #10.
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Will Manning and Amy Vivian have a show together on Boxing Day, I think they are future presenters for the breakfast show once Dave Berry packs it in.
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#4436 |
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I've said a few times that if they changed Capital to be more like 2day FM in Sydney it could be a huge success.
Capital, meanwhile, is no. 1 in London commercially on reach. Yes, Global have really screwed it up haven't they. |
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Are you sure...?!
Skip to '2:37' for Slade, that would've been 3:37pm. |
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Would that be the same 2Day FM that's currently 10th in the Sydney market, having seen its ratings fall off a cliff?
Capital, meanwhile, is no. 1 in London commercially on reach. Yes, Global have really screwed it up haven't they. |
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Completely agree. People go to Capital for the hits. They don't want waffle or "personality"
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They might as well have no presenters then
![]() It's no faff to use Spotify in my car, it just starts playing when I select my iPhone in the car. No station has grown truly huge using Capital's current non-stop music format. Z100 has some big personality driven shows, so you can't count that. Elvis Duran followed by Seacrest's syndicated show. On the version of the Elvis Duran show that goes out on Z100 there's loads of talking. Way more than Capital's breakfast shows. |
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Exactly! Anyway I'm thinking of Capital as a national station going forward. Forget the local shows, I'm not even thinking about them.
It's no faff to use Spotify in my car, it just starts playing when I select my iPhone in the car. No station has grown truly huge using Capital's current non-stop music format. Z100 has some big personality driven shows, so you can't count that. Elvis Duran followed by Seacrest's syndicated show. On the version of the Elvis Duran show that goes out on Z100 there's loads of talking. Way more than Capital's breakfast shows. |
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Exactly! Anyway I'm thinking of Capital as a national station going forward. Forget the local shows, I'm not even thinking about them.
It's no faff to use Spotify in my car, it just starts playing when I select my iPhone in the car. No station has grown truly huge using Capital's current non-stop music format. Z100 has some big personality driven shows, so you can't count that. Elvis Duran followed by Seacrest's syndicated show. On the version of the Elvis Duran show that goes out on Z100 there's loads of talking. Way more than Capital's breakfast shows. |
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I'd say it's pretty huge already so doesn't really need to grow. I'm sure they're more than happy with it. It's also free, whereas you need to pay for Spotify if you don't want ads and it also uses data allowance
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I'm with you there, especially with the local shows. The idea of making Capital national replacing the Galaxy stations, was to grow the brand and spread it across, pretty much, the entire country. Same thing's happened with Heart, they've burst through the doors of local station buildings, for now using 2 local shows weekdays and 1 local show weekends to keep Ofcom happy, while they wait for permission to lock up throw away the keys and broadcast the whole thing from London. The local shows add nothing. No proper local content, and as already mentioned in this forum Capital is all about the hits.
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I'd say it's pretty huge already
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In which case we'll agree to differ
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I don't know how you can say Capital in its current form is "huge". With the population our country has it could be getting a FAR higher audience.
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No station has grown truly huge using Capital's current non-stop music format. Z100 has some big personality driven shows, so you can't count that. Elvis Duran followed by Seacrest's syndicated show. On the version of the Elvis Duran show that goes out on Z100 there's loads of talking. Way more than Capital's breakfast shows.
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Even though this doesn't coincide with the topic, I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! 🎄
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