Talk:Gold (British radio network)

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Capital Gold is quite a big brand in the UK but this is quite a small stub. Perhaps someone with a gretaer knowledge of CG could expand this?Anon Dude 15:39, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Frequency removal?
Is there any proof that the IBA threatened removal of Capital Gold's AM frequency as mentioned early on in the article? RJL 22:10, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

All ILR stations were required to end simulcasting as required by the Home Office in 1986, in this case Capital Radio were to stop relaying its main 95.8 FM programmes onto AM. The IBA were essentially an arm of the Government. Capital Radio became Capital FM on 95.8FM and Capital Gold on 1548 AM. Neasden Villa 17:49, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Just did a major expansion of article. Neasden Villa 16:23, 26 January 2007 (UTC)]

Too much pre 1986 stuff
Anyone else reckon there is too much info/history on the main Capital station here which should be merged into the main Capital article leaving this one specifically about Capital gold ? 80.229.222.48 09:51, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Pre Capital Gold info moved GrouseyGrouse (talk) 15:48, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

One option would be to split the (currently quite long) article into two sections - one covering historical information on the pre-2007 Capital Gold (in a similar manner to the page for Classic Gold Digital Network), and another - with an updated opening and table - to reflect the current post-2007 combined Gold format; the current article is basically dominated by Capital Gold content (as, to be fair, the station was following the merger) whereas the bulk of the stations in the network were, prior to 2007, Classic Gold. The articles could all be linked to each other by use of internal links, thus Classic Gold Digital Network (current page) Capital Gold ("This page refers to the 1988-2007 Capital Gold service; for the current post-2007 format see "Gold (radio)") - would contain info on split of Gold from Capital FM, and on rollout of station to other Capital-owned AM services in pre-GCap era (Hampshire, Manchester et al) Gold (radio) - would contain info on creation of unified station group, developments 2007-2010, and more recent developments (such as loss of English local programmes) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.101.64.36 (talk) 12:00, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Errors in article
This article needs to be thoroughly checked. Although I am not an expert, I can see that there are factual errors in the text. For example, Cash & Everett only did breakfast for a short time and were replaced by Graham Dene. (David Symonds, who is mentioned as a 1980s presenter, was the original breakfast presenter.) Joan Shenton and Tommy Vance did mid-mornings, never drivetime. The station never had to reduce its hours to save costs: that was what happened to LBC (although it did go off the air overnight for a very brief period due to a presenter being on holiday, and related union issues). Brian Hayes did not work for Capital in the 1980s. Kenny Everett did make a remark about the then Minister of Transport's wife, and was dismissed from the BBC because of it, but that was in 1970: he worked in radio for Capital until about 1982, then for the BBC, and then back to Capital again for Capital Gold. (He died in 1995, for goodness' sake, not 1994.) David Jensen joined Capital Radio in 1984, initially presenting mid-mornings, then later drivetime. He did not join Capital Gold at its beginning, continuing on FM, and later moved to Heart 106.2: he joined Capital Gold later. And the popularity of Capital Gold in its later years is debatable: its last RAJAR in London gave it its lowest audience reach ever. 86.149.102.100 08:36, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Dominated by ex-Capital side
There's an awful lot about the ex-Capital Gold side of things here and very little about the ex-Classic Gold side. Does anyone with a bit of time feel like combining this page with the Classic Gold Digital Network page to create a fuller picture of how the network came to be? Or perhaps there should be a Capital Gold article, a Classic Gold Digital Network article, and the Gold article should start with 2007 as 'Year Zero'. 90.203.10.75 21:13, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

I see what you mean, Capital Gold does seem to have significantly more article space than Classic Gold. At the present, I am a fan of the Newly-Established Gold Network, but in the past I was also a fan of Classic Gold (I never listened to Capital Gold using Capital's AM frequencies) operationg on 1332 in the Medium Wave Band, at the moment I am currently wondering if the former style of the Capital Gold Network, has more of an influence in style and presentation of the New Gold Network than what the former Classic Gold Network has, I think I may compare some old recording of Capital Gold and Classic Gold with the New Gold Network to see. 92.21.56.231 (talk) 14:00, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Pre Capital Gold info moved GrouseyGrouse (talk) 15:48, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

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