10 Facts About Capital Radio

In search of a larger audience in 1974, Capital Radio rapidly moved from a general and entertainment station with drama, features, documentaries and light music to a more successful pop music-based format.

In 2011 Capital Radio was launched nationally, apart from the daily breakfast and weekday drivetime shows, becoming part of the Capital Radio FM Network.

Capital Radio started in the, literally, dark days of the three-day week when electricity was rationed because of a miners' strike.

Immediately after going on air, Capital Radio suffered co-channel interference from Radio Veronica, a pirate radio station off the coast of the Netherlands.

Capital Radio finally moved into office blocks in Euston Tower in September 1973, just a few yards away from Thames Television headquarters.

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Mid-1970s saw Capital Radio expand with the launch of the Help a London Child charity, which aimed to raise money for London's poorest children.

Capital Radio's aircraft was originally a Piper Seneca model, and, later, a twin-engined Grumman Cougar.

Tarrant initially arrived at Capital Radio presenting a Sunday lunchtime show before being promoted to a weekday lunchtime slot.

Changes continued seeing Capital Radio re-branded back to "London's Hit Music Station", a play on the station's earlier brand of "London's Number One Hit Music Station" with noticeable improvements – leading to a rise in audience figures at the end of 2006.

Capital Radio London formed part of the then nine-station Capital Radio network on 3 January 2011 as part of a merger of the Global owned Hit Music and Galaxy networks.