| City of license | Newcastle |
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| Broadcast area | North East England |
| Branding | 105-106 Capital |
| Slogan | The North East's No.1 Hit Music Station |
| Frequency | RDS: CAPITAL 105.3 (Newcastle upon Tyne) 105.6 (Fenham) 105.8 (Hexham) 106.4 (Teesside) MHz, DAB and online[1] |
| First air date | 1 June 1999 |
| Format | Contemporary Hit Radio, News, Entertainment, Speech, Showbiz |
| Audience share | 10.5% (March 2011, [2]) |
| Owner | Global Radio |
| Sister stations | Capital Birmingham Capital East Midlands Capital London Capital Manchester Capital Scotland Capital South Coast Capital South Wales Capital Yorkshire |
| Website | Teesside Tyne & Wear |
Capital North East is an English regional radio station specialising in modern pop music, dance and R&B. It is based in Wallsend, North Tyneside at the Silverlink Business Park, near the junction of the A1058 and the A19, 6 miles east of Newcastle City Centre.[3] It broadcasts to the North East of England. It is owned by the Global Radio as part of the nine-station Capital FM network. The station launched in 1 June 1999 as Galaxy 105-106, renamed in 2006 as Galaxy North East and rebranded on 3 January 2011 as 105-106 Capital.
There are two advertising sub-regions, for the Teesside and Tyne & Wear areas, airing localised commercials.
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Originally called Galaxy 105-106, presenter Steve Furnell launched the station on Tuesday 1 June 1999, with "What You Need" by Powerhouse feating Duane Harden being the first record played.
The name was changed to Galaxy North East in 2006, in line with other Galaxy stations. This year also saw a change in demographic from 15-29 to 15-34 and a new strapline of "passion for music, passion for life". In 2008, their strapline was changed from "passion for music, passion for life" to "Love Music". In 2008, they also changed their output format to include a more mainstream playlist. It broadcasts on 105.3 at a power of 10KW from the Burnhope Transmitter, on 105.6 at a power of 0.5KW from the Fenham Transmitter for West Newcastle, 105.8 at a possible power of 0.1KW from the Newton Transmitter for the Hexham area and on 106.4 at a power of 8.9KW from the Bilsdale Transmitter. The Bilsdale Transmitter covers Teesside and areas of North Yorkshire, however is also receivable beyond the Derbyshire Dales. During late 2010, the strapline changed to The North East's No.1 Hit Music Station.
The station was rebranded as 105-106 Capital on 3 January 2011 as part of a merger of Global Radio's Galaxy and Hit Music networks to form the nine-stations of Capital.[4] Weekday breakfast presenters Steve Furnell & Karen Wight,[5] weekday drivetime and Sunday morning presenter Bodg/Guy Howard,[6] and Saturday morning presenter James Cusack retained their jobs at the station.
Kim Miljus was appointed managing director of Capital North East, replacing Matt Bashford, she was the former station director of Metro Radio.[7]
Giles Eyre-Tanner became the station's programme controller on 5 October 2011, replacing Stuart Barrie.[8]
On 25 September 2011, it was announced that Capital North East's long-serving weekday breakfast presenters Steve Furnell & Karen Wight would join rival station Metro Radio in spring 2012 once their contract with Capital ends.[9] Matt Bailey, JoJo Hatfield and Guy Howard tookover from the duo on 3 January 2012.[10]
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