Global Radio are the British equivalent of iHeartMedia. A consolidation of GWR and Capital Radio, Chrysalis bought them out in mid-2008.
They are disliked on the Internet, to say the least.
Two main brands exist, Heart - "Turn Up the Feel Good!" as its slogan, and disco-lite music, or Capital, known as "The UK's No.1 Hit Music Station", i.e. Katy Perry etc.
Their schedules run as follows (as of 2018):
Heartweekdays
- 1am - 4am Simon Beale
- 4am - 6am Jenni Falconer (4 O’Clock Club)
- 6am - 10am Heart Breakfast
- 10am - 1pm Pandora Christie
- 1pm-4pm Matt Wilkinson
- 4pm-7pm Drivetime
- 7pm - 10pm Dev Griffith
- 10pm-1am Fia Tarrant
- 7pm - 11pm Club Classics with Toby Anstis/Pandora Christie
- 11pm - 1am Lilah Parsons
- 1am - 6am James Stewart
- 6am - 10am Breakfast
- 10am - 1pm Matt Wilkinson
- 1pm - 4pm Kevin Hughes
- 4pm - 7pm Rochelle Humes
- 1am - 6am James Stewart
- 6am - 9am Jenni Falconer (voice-tracked)
- 9am - 12pm Stephen Mulhern and Emma Willis (voice-tracked)
- 12pm - 4pm Local show
- 4pm - 7pm The Official Vodafone Big Top 40 with Marvin Humes and Kat Shoob
- 7pm - 10pm Emma Bunton (voice-tracked)
- 10pm - 1am Lilah Parsons
CapitalWeekdays
- 1am - 4am Will Cozens (Mon-Wed) / Sonny Jay (Thu & Fri)
- 4am - 6am Aimee Vivian
- 6am - 10am Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp, Sian Welby and Chris Stark
- 10am - 1pm Ant Payne
- 1pm - 4pm James Bassam (aka "The Bassman")
- 4pm - 7pm Local Drivetime
- 7pm - 10pm Capital Evening Show with Jonathan Jacob (aka JJ)
- 10pm - 1am Capital Late Show with Marvin Humes
- 7pm - 10pm Friday Night Capital with Marvin Humes
- 10pm - 6am Capital Weekender with Ministry of Sound
- 2am - 3am Martin Garrix’s DJ set
- 6am - 9am Saturday Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp, Sian Welby and Chris Stark
- 9am - 12pm Rob Howard
- 12pm - 4pm Local show
- 4pm - 7pm Will Manning
- 7pm - 10pm Saturday Night Capital with JJ
- 10pm - 6am Capital Weekender with Ministry of Sound
- 6am - 9am Aimee Vivian
- 9am - 12pm The Bassman
- 12pm - 4pm Local show
- 4pm - 7pm The Official Vodafone Big Top 40 with Marvin Humes and Kat Shoob
- 7pm - 10pm Jimmy Hill
- 10pm - 1am JJ
Global Radio also own Radio X (alternative music), Smooth Radio (easy listening music) Gold (60s to today), Capital XTRA (urban/dance/hip-hop/RnB) and Classic FM (classical music).