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ITV to air special programmes to showcase Capital’s two balls

Capital’s Summertime Ball and Jingle Bell Ball will be showcased on ITV in a new deal between Global and ITV. The 90 minute entertainment specials will broadcast highlights from the two events. Hosted by Capital Breakfast’s Roman Kemp...

Heart, Capital and Smooth still UK’s top commercial radio brands

According to the latest listening figures, commercial radio is on the up, but its no so for the BBC. Industry body, RAJAR’s Q1 figures released today, show that Heart, Capital and Smooth continue to rate as the top three commercial radio brands in the UK...

Global creates new roles and makes promotions in senior team

Global has promoted some staff and created new roles in its Broadcasting & Content team. Richard Steel has been promoted to Managing Editor of Heart. He moves from being Deputy Managing Editor...

Tickets for Capital’s Summertime Ball have sold out

Capital’s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard has sold out after less than a week on sale. Fans rushed to snap up their tickets for the event at Wembley Stadium, where more than 80,000 Capital listeners will be at the show on Sunday 11th June...

First acts revealed for this year’s Capital Summertime Ball 

The first names confirmed for this year’s Capital Summertime Ball were revealed on Capital Breakfast this morning. Capital’s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard will return to London’s Wembley Stadium on Sunday 11 June. Roman Kemp, Chris Stark and Sian Welby announced Jonas Brothers, Lewis Capaldi, Anne-Marie, Sigala, RAYE, Tom Grennan, Jess Glynne, Joel Corry, Mimi Webb and Zara Larsson...

Capital Breakfast’s Roman Kemp caught naked in Costa Rica

On this morning’s Capital Breakfast, host Roman Kemp revealed a holiday mishap that left him panicking when a commando dip took a naked turn! The incident occurred when the DJ was in the middle of the Costa Rican jungle. There are twelve volcanos around Costa Rica and also a lot of thermal rivers – he explained what happened when he got into one of them...

Global makes major investment in Glasgow broadcast centre

Next month Heart Scotland and Capital Scotland are introducing new schedules with new voices live from Scotland seven days a week. The move is part of a major investment in Scotland, with an expansion of Global’s broadcast centre in Glasgow including a new creative hub that will produce live radio...

Roman Kemp’s love of chocolate may have cost him £10k

Roman Kemp explained on Capital Breakfast how he may have missed out on winning £10,000 after eating a special Crème Egg. He shared a photo of the half milk and half white chocolate egg on Twitter the previous day, adding: “What is this??? HALF WHITE HALF MILK CHOCOLATE??”...

Ant Payne says sorry after ill timed comment about Turkey

Capital presenter Ant Payne has said sorry about a comment he made regarding Turkey during a radio show on Monday. Chatting to a fellow presenter during the London-based Drive show, Ant suggested now is the best time to book cheap flights to Turkey and get your teeth done. Ant said: “I think now actually is the best time to start looking at some cheap flights away to Turkey over the next few years...

Roman Kemp surprised with 30th birthday party live on Capital

Ed Sheeran, James Corden and other celebrities lead celebrations for Roman Kemp’s 30th birthday live on Capital earlier. Roman, who turns 30 tomorrow, arrived to present his Capital Breakfast show this morning to find the Leicester Square studios transformed into a birthday party...