Capital Life

Infobox Radio station


name=Capital Life
frequency=DAB: 11D (Digital One)
[http://rope.icgo.fimc.net/staticweb/onair_players/onair_capitallife/player/onair_lifeIE.html Online - Listen Live]
area=United Kingdom
format = Pop
owner = GCap Media
website = [http://www.listentolife.com www.listentolife.com]
share = Small but not zero
share as of = June 2007
share source = [http://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly_listening.php]
airdate=15 November 1999 to 31 March 2008

Capital Life, also known as Life, was a digital radio station broadcasting across the UK on the Digital One network and streamed online.

About

Capital Life was owned by GCap Media, previously owned by Capital Radio before the company merged with GWR Group.

The station had two presenters, to start with.

Paul Phear presented the breakfast show on weekday mornings, culminating in "The Life Top Ten At Ten - a chart from years gone by - any year from 1975 onwards - the chart was, in fact, not actual historic chart positions but the order chosen by the programme controller to avoid playing certain novelty songs and those that did not reflect the musical style.

After the Life Top Ten At Ten, the station was automated all day - news from IRN hourly, but music at all other times.

Paul Phear then returned to present a late night love song show from 10 pm.

On Saturday morning, there was a show presented by Phillip Chryssikos.

Sunday, it was non-stop music.

Unlike other radio stations, the presenters didn't interrupt the flow of the music too often - no travel bulletins or commercials or interviews with celebrities and politicians and sports reports - the emphasis was on music.

Later, several other presenters joined the station - but they also didn't interfere too much with the music. These presenters (with subsequent positions/station) included: Susan Spence (now LBC & Radio 5 Live), Nicola Bonn (Classic Fm), Ali Wheeler (Invicta fm), Leigh Jones (Red Dragon), Tom Rudolph, Brian O'Neil (Essex Fm News), Pam Sharpless, Micky Gavin (Real Radio Scotland), Jonathan Miles (BBC Radio Newcastle) Ali Jones (Fox Fm)

In the final two years Life had no presenters, broadcasting almost non-stop music with news bulletins every hour. The only other non music items heard were promotions for GCap Media products such as CD releases associated with its other radio stations, Classic FM and theJazz.

Closure

On 11 January 2008, it was announced that Life, along with sister station Core, was to close. [ [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/radio/a84304/gcap-closing-two-digital-radio-stations.html Broadcasting - News - GCap closing two digital radio stations - Digital Spy ] ] Core was axed immediately but Life continued to broadcast until 31 March, when it went off air at just after 11pm, along with theJazz.