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Background and Format: Capital Scotland, formerly known as Beat 106, XFM Scotland, and later Galaxy Scotland, is a regional radio station owned by Communicorp and operated by Global Radio. It broadcasts to Scotland's Central Belt, an area surrounding the two cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, and the Kingdom of Fife.Local programming is restricted to weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, and weekend mid-mornings. The station is broadcast on 105-106 FM, DAB Digital Radio and Online - playing contemporary pop and dance music, with local and national news. For advertising information contact Tara McLoughlin on +44 ( 0)141 566 6106 and tara.mcloughlin@communicorpuk.com. Production Company:CommunicorpTarget audience:Listeners aged 15-34Circulation:Source: RAJAR for period ending March 2020.Tips for PRs: Capital Scotland's programming is locally produced and presented for 7 hours per day Monday-Friday, 8 hours across each weekend, totalling 43 hours of locally produced programming per week. The News schedule is broadcast Monday-Friday, 5:00am, 5:30am, 6:00am, 6:30am, 7:00am, 7:30am, 8:00am, 8:30am, 9:00am, 10:00am, 11:00am, 12:00pm, 1:00pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm, 4:00pm, 5:00pm, 5:30pm, 6:00pm, 6:30pm, 7:00pm. Broadcast weekends & Bank Holidays: 6:00am, 7:00am, 8:00am, 9:00am, 10:00am, 11:00am and 12:00pm.Awards:2018 - ARIAS, Best Commercial Promotion: Spotlight with SSE on Capital Scotland (nominated) Alerts:Gorkana Alert: Thursday 6 February 2014Global, the UK’s leading music & entertainment company, has announced it has agreed a deal to divest radio stations in the regions required by the Competition Commission to Communicorp. It is the leading radio company in Ireland and was the successful acquirer in a competitive sales process and has been approved by the Competition Commission as a suitable owner of the divested stations.The stations that Global has sold to Communicorp are Capital South Wales, Capital Scotland, Smooth East Midlands, Smooth North West, Smooth North East. Real North Wales, Real Yorkshire and Real XS Manchester. All stations required to be divested by the CC are being sold in one deal. The stations have been sold on a brand licence model which means that Global has licensed its award winning brands to Communicorp. As a result of the deal all existing Real stations will be relaunched as Heart. In addition the Capital network will be enhanced with a new station in North Wales. Smooth will grow to become the fourth largest radio brand in the UK, behind Capital, Heart and Classic FM.Stephen Miron, Global’s Group CEO said: “We are delighted to have agreed this deal with Communicorp so quickly. Most importantly the conclusion of this deal solidifies Global’s position as the number one commercial radio company in the UK, and enables our brands to continue to grow, extending their reach into all parts of the UK, making Global’s offering truly national. The future launch of Heart in five new regions, Smooth in many new

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