Capital Dance Public File

Each local commercial radio station in the UK has requirements in respect of its music and local content, such as news, speech levels etc. These requirements are set out in the station "Format", a document issued by Ofcom, the UK’s radio regulator. This Public File contains details of the elements that Ofcom regulate, such as music tracks, local news etc. It is intended to give you a better understanding of our output and what we are doing for our local community. 

News bulletin schedule

Capital Dance does not have any regular news bulletins.  

News team

Head of Global’s Newsroom: Tim John

Telephone (Global Switchboard): 020 7766 6000

The programme schedule

Details of Capital Dance’s programmes can be found on the schedule here: https://www.capitaldance.com/radio/schedule/ This includes details of all the shows for the coming week as well as quick links to all the DJ pages.

The average number of hours of automated programming within weekday daytimes and within daytimes on Saturdays and Sundays.

Weekdays: 5 hours 

Saturdays: 7 hours

Sundays: 7 hours

Ofcom localness guidelines

Ofcom, the government regulator with responsibility for local radio, has produced localness guidelines that this station adheres to. These guidelines can be read here.

Station contact details

We love hearing from our listeners! If you’d like to contact us for any reason, you can do so via our contact us page which will give you all the information you need.

Events / charities support or coverage

Capital Dance supports Global's Make Some Noise, an appeal operated by Global Charities is a registered charity in England & Wales (1091657) & Scotland (SC041475).

Recent programme and / or news highlights

We keep our website up to date with all the latest happenings at Capital, so if you want to know what we’re up to, then please visit the homepage If you have any specific questions, then our contact us page ontains details of how to get in touch with us.

Any other issues or areas of interest likely to impact on localness

There are no current issues that impact on the localness of the station.

The station’s playlist

Our complete playlist can be found here. https://www.capitaldance.com/radio/playlist/ The playlist is updated weekly. 

Comment or complain about the station

If you would like to comment or make a complaint about Capital, please email customer.support@global.com, or call 0333 200 2000 (Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm) providing details of your comment or complaint, and our programming team will help with your enquiry.

If you are unhappy with the response you receive, you can complain directly to the regulator, Ofcom https://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand/how-to-report-a-complaint.