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Capital Radio
The launch of London’s Capital Radio in October 1973 came some 16 years after the British government had outlawed the previous batch of commercial stations, the so-called pirates, whose staff and style had been recruited and diluted to shape Radio 1, the British Broadcasting Corporation’s new outlet. However, if those who had campaigned for a legitimate commercial radio network in the United Kingdom were expecting the flagship of Independent Local Radio to rehoist the Jolly Roger, they were soon disabused by the slick, seamless—and advertiser-friendly—format of daytime programming that relegated non-Top 40 musical “specialisms” to the evenings and weekends, alongside ...(100 of 209 words)