Creator / Global Radio

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

Friday and Saturday

• 7pm - 11pm Club Classics with Toby Anstis/Pandora Christie
• 11pm - 1am Lilah Parsons

Saturday

• 1am - 6am James Stewart
• 6am - 10am Breakfast
• 10am - 1pm Matt Wilkinson
• 1pm - 4pm Kevin Hughes
• 4pm - 7pm Rochelle Humes

Sunday

• 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

Friday

• 7pm - 10pm Friday Night Capital with Marvin Humes
• 10pm - 6am Capital Weekender with Ministry of Sound
• 2am - 3am Martin Garrix’s DJ set

Saturday

• 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

Sunday

• 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).

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