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Capital Radio 95.8 is a London based radio station that is owned by commercial media group GCap Media PLC which also parents stations such as Classic FM and XFM.

The station know goes by the slogan of "The Sound of London" and after a format swap around in 2005 Capital 95.8 now only plays a maximium of two ads in a row delivering more music but regular ad breaks.

Johnny Vaughan, the breakfast show's presenter currently holds the crown for commercial radio's number one breakfast show in London with around 854,000 listeners per week (source RAJAR).

The station which first broadcasted on the 16th October 1973 currently is home to shows presented by: Johnny Vaughn, Lucio, Margehtrita Taylor, James Cannon, Chris Brooks, BamBam with Kat Shoob and Street Boy, James Basson, Sophie Malcom, Dave Berry, Matt Brown, Craig Doyle, Tony Shepperd who does a Sunday morning showbiz show with Sam Mann, Jo Good, Myleene Klass, Stepher Sulliven, Tim Lichfield and Ben GLover.

The radio station until 1997 was situated at Euston Towers on the Euston Road in Camden. Its original name was Capital Radion when it was launched by the then chairman, Richard Attenborough. The staion became the second legal commercial radio station to broadcast legally just one week after the first station to which was news station LBC 97.3 FM. In 1988 the station renamed itself to Capital FM but however, in Januray 2006, it changed it name back to the original Capital Radio.

When the station left Euston Towers, it moved to Leicster Square in the center of London where in January 2005, the famous "Capital Radio London" signage was removed following the inaugration of GCap Media PLC, however in January 2005, the signage was reinstalled.