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Global own some of the best-loved radio stations.

Our brands include Heart, Capital, LBC, Capital XTRA, Capital Dance, Classic FM, Smooth, Radio X and Gold.

Entertaining 28.6 million people across the UK, 2.9 million in the North West, and 1.5 million in Manchester every week.

capital

Capital plays the biggest hits from the hottest hit music artists, broadcasting nationally and across Manchester on DAB digital radio and FM.

Capital listeners tune in for the music and brand lifestyle, enjoying large-scale flagship events such as Capital’s Summertime Ball and Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball and an all-fresh presenter line-up which includes Capital Breakfast’s Roman Kemp, Sonny Jay & Sian Welby, and across the day, Will Manning, Aimee Vivian, Jimmy Hill, Rob Howard and Marvin Humes.

playing the biggest hits

From the hottest hit music artists.

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capital reach

2m

Capital's radio listening hours in Manchester

456k

weekly listeners in Manchester

41

average age

Source: RAJAR Q2 2024 Results in station’s own TSA. Weekly reach 15+.(6 months)/Total Global (UK) reach in Capital Manchester TSA

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capital audience

More people listen to the radio than ever before.

In an age of increasingly fragmented media audiences, radio continues to deliver huge reach for advertisers. Radio is unblockable, unskippable, and unmissable.

Campaigns are created to answer all briefs and prices are based on the size of the audience you reach.

Your local Global account manager will be here to help you with the audience you want to target, your ad spot length, duration and frequency of your campaign within an agreed budget.

4.5

average hours a week spent listening to capital

listeners tune in for the biggest music stars

52%

age 25-44

59%

female

41%

ABC1

13.3

hours spent listening to digital audio every week

DAX

Want to go more local with our Digital Ad Exchange.

The market leader in digital audio advertising in Manchester.

Digital audio allows you to target by location, demographics, buying habits, purchase intent and other audience variables.

DAX puts your ads into the best audio content via connected radio, music streaming and podcasts, allowing you to deliver personalised and relevant ads to the audiences in Manchester who are most likely to engage with your brand.

What’s more, this audience is listening to digital audio for a long time.

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615k

listen to digital audio every month in Manchester

190k

listen to digital audio every week in Manchester

70%

listening is done on a mobile or smart speaker

 Sources: RAJAR Q2 2024 Results in station’s own TSA. Weekly reach 15+. TGI GB 2022 June.

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Don't just take our word for it! We're committed to delivering a successful advertising solution that will strengthen and elevate your company profile to your existing customer base as well as new customers. See how it can work for your business.

After the success of the first campaign, we agreed to continue for at least another 12 months, to keep the identity in the market place that had been built in the previous 12 months. Our campaign delivered the right message to our audience

Battlezone Laser

It was a great success and you had the night organised down to perfection. Clearly the guests thoroughly enjoyed themselves and all at the same time, raising much needed funds for Tiny Lives Trust. A winning combination

Irwin Mitchell LLP

Our first DAX campaign saw an increase of 12% in sales when the campaign went live

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We’re passionate about helping local businesses to grow and provide other services across digital, social and video, as perfect additions to your radio airtime or DAX campaign.

Just tell us what you want to achieve and where, and we’ll work with you to make it happen.

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digital, social & video

digital, social & video

Get your brand on Capital and feature alongside the world's biggest names in radio & showbiz.

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content solutions

Sponsorship, competitions and experiential campaigns that are integrated into the output of Capital.

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radio & entertainment

Tune into our radio audience in Manchester.

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outdoor

We can help drive brand awareness, brand relevance or brand fame for your business in Manchester, individually across our road, rail & retail environments.

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north west

Global is committed to providing your business with exciting opportunities across radio, outdoor and DAX (our Digital Ad Exchange).

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