Capital Radio Jingles - 1970s

[@sandrastuartlake1731]

Got goosebumps listening to these great jingles.Happy memories of listening to Capital while getting ready for school.

[@oz1902]

At the time, I don’t think any of us realised just how good we had it.

[@radio-su6lh]

Sadly not. Compared to what’s on now.

[@alijanlondon]

When radio was at its best. Although Boom Radio is aimed at older listeners, it's brought back the spirit of great radio with some former Capital Radio DJs from this era.

[@paulwalteruk]

Without question the best jingle package for any radio station anywhere ever!

[@Elvisdukebox]

What a great set of jingles from the best years of Capital woth Kenny, Graham Dean, Dave Cash, Roger Scott, Tony Myatt,

[@agfagaevart]

Happy Days! Oh...how the station has changed...for the worse!

[@evanomics1]

Thank you so much for compiling this selection. I can remember almost every one of them. Amazing how a few tiny jingles can bring back a whole era.

[@belichej5326]

Remembering COD COD COD cash on delivery quiz at midday with Dave Cash. Who else rememebers this in 2023?

[@stacydodd204]

50p and a t shirt

[@Elvisdukebox]

Brings back happy times in radio. Capital Radio being at the forfront of radio at that time.

[@stephenhall6595]

So many memories. Such greats as Kenny Everett, Roger Scott, Tommy Vance, Dave Cash, Duncan Johnson and Tony Myatt just to mention a few.

[@bargainhunteer]

OMG!! this has taken me right back in time. . . I was 17 in 1973 . . . all the memories just flooded back .

[@UBZUKki]

Feels great dont it...

[@robinparker3540]

In its heyday, around 1975 - 1980, Capital Radio was possibly the best pop radio service, especially after its permanent 1548 kHz transmitter came on air from Saffron Green with a directional erp of 100 kW. It covered all of south east England and was generally regarded as a licensed, more adult orientated reincarnation of the best of the 1960s offshore stations Caroline and London. Of course, by then the former offshore audience was about 10 years older, but certainly Capital sought to recapture the same people.

[@websitesthatneedanem]

Wonderful to hear them again after SO many years, thanks! .... I still can sing along with most of them!

[@RetroRadioUK]

Me too! :)

[@websitesthatneedanem]

"194" was still the 'slogan' well into the FM years!

[@Candolad]

Capital (and all ILR stations) were all FM stereo from launch. Most people though listened to MW as Radios 1 and 2 were on there. FM didn't become mainstream until Radio went into FM from 1989. Radio 1 listeners had to learn quickly when 275/285m MW (1053/1089KHz AM) closed. It was Laser 558 (KHz) forced the UK stations to convert to KiloHertz and also play more pop music.

[@nigelthomas4820]

Love these jingles , takes me right back to my youth when listening to capital radio ,

[@markzz2]

Just fantastic...... reminds me of those happy teenage days and the first days of Capital. Capital listeners were always so cool

[@frankmatthews6948]

I love these days these were the best 😢😊

[@tickers3637]

Wow happy memories, love to go back there now life was so much more simple!

[@stephenhall6595]

The old Capital the Greatest ILR Ever so many memories.

[@Candolad]

No. Beacon was the greatest ILR from 1976 to 1979 😉

[@RetroRadioUK]

@@Candolad No... Radio 210 (Reading) in 1979 :-)

[@Candolad]

@@RetroRadioUK 210 was generally an easy listening station. Beacon was a soft rock/country rock/soul US West Coast-style station managed and programmed by a couple of American and Canadian truck drivers. No competition there, however, Gavin McCoy and Mike Baker both began on Beacon and did stints on 210, as did Peter Craig much later on 😉

[@stephenhall6595]

Rest in peace Kenny Everett you and Capital were the greatest.

[@mickronson8039]

I can hear the ghost of Kenny Everett in all these!

[@terryhawkes573]

Oh my there's some classics in here , great sounding jingles and congrats to capital for steering away from the usual style radio jingles it gave you a distinct sound . Chris Rainbow in there somewhere as well as K. E. They did have some great jingle packages through this era and the 80's and some great in-house production as variants .Sadly these good times don't last all the radio stations sound practically the same these days . We have reverted back to the days before the pirates broke the monoply , now it's the commercial chain that has bought out all our local stations and turned them into one conglomerate that pumps out what they think we want to hear rather than what we actually do , the industry needs a good shake up again

[@Candolad]

The jingles for ILR in the 1970s/80s were designed as fillers to compensate for the needletime rules. ILR stations were allowed to play only 9 hours per day of music. To get around that rule and give the impression that more music was played, ILRs played a lot of music that wasn't counted as needletime such as live music, library music from album combinations and some imports (especially dance music from the USA). And of course the large array of jingles, which often included jingles of at least 1 minute's duration. Capital and Beacon were experts at this format which "cheated" the needletime rule.

[@radio-su6lh]

True dat!

[@trackside77]

Those were the days when Capital had good jingles, and a better variety of music. Not the same 10 songs or so every hour.

[@laurastanley7442]

Very happy memories of the early days of Capital Radio.

[@pacuk01]

I lived in Hertfordshire and listened to Capital when it first started right through to mid 80s.It was a great station then. The best DJs. The most outstanding recognisable jingles going. Great times.

[@mikenccc1955]

Thank you so much - a lovely collection. Every one of them SO familiar.

[@Mrrobackenson1]

Takes me back to coming home for lunch from school in the 70s & listening to Graham Deane while eating a sarny. Happy happy days.

[@cloverdalewhite]

I can always remember in the 1970's my mum listening to Gerald Harpers 'Sunday Affair' whilst cooking Sunday dinner some of these jingles take me back to those times

[@davidspencer2214]

6:45 is my favourite, it’s evocative of a late night DJ playing it just after the midnight news. It perfectly captures late night and I think it is sung by Madeleine Bell.

[@UBZUKki]

Awesome

[@SPYDAWMN]

Gosh!! We don't have elevenses in the US - but I certainly did in London in the '70's

[@MrHuismeester]

best jingles ever !!! greets from the Netherlands !!!

[@stephenhall6595]

So many memories love this montage

[@frankmatthews6948]

I miss the old capital radio 😢

[@Cchogan]

So glad to hear Bill in the middle of that lot.

[@errolnicholson5632]

I love the jingles of Capital Radio age 10..😃🥰🎧🎙

[@peterg957]

Absolute Magic...

[@peterg957]

Those were the days...

[@UBZUKki]

I do miss them

[@jerrycoombs4657]

Happy Fiftieth Birthday Capital Radio 194 (539) & 95.8 VHF

[@belichej5326]

Todays capital radio has NO QUALITY

[@nigelthomas4820]

Totally agree 100%

[@Nick-xi9lm]

Capital Radio made National, & destroyed by Global.😢

[@EugeneL1956]

When radio was good. Not like the rubbish of today.

[@UBZUKki]

Love it....Good times...

[@bobballard1177]

The halcyon days of commercial music radio..not the pap we currently have.

[@SteveMonk1956]

Oh the memories.

[@bobballard3146]

The one minute theme is the greatest jingle ever.

[@angry-dad]

These jingles always remind me of the Kenny Everett Show for some reason? Maybe this is where he got the idea from considering he used to be one of the DJ's :)

[@errolnicholson5632]

They should bring back the old jingles😃😀

[@arthurvasey]

Radio Cleveland broadcast on that same frequency - as did Radio Hallam and Radio Bristol - you’d think that they would interfere with each other, all on one frequency! Odd name for a station - Caterpillar Radio! When will it turn into a butterfly?

[@AMSFLORIDA]

Can anyone spot the jingles that Mike Smith, singer and keyboard Player with The Dave Clark Five Produced and is singing on?

[@jelboy1]

Does anyone know what the lyrics are for the first jingle. Reminds me of when I was a kid

[@RetroRadioUK]

Isn't it good to know, Capital Radio You can turn on a friend, you can turn on a show You can turn on the world with Capital Radio Such a good way to make your day Capital sounds go round and round London town, up and down The brightest sound in London town Capital Radio, in tune with London Capital - in tune with London...

[@charliesoffer]

So cool. Whatever happened to light heartedness ??

[@TheHothits100]

Eradicated by the corporate suits who bought out the ILR stations franchises and turned them into a soulless cacophony of dumbed down playlists & presenters in the continuous nay relentless pursuit of profit. Not an original nor dynamic thought between the lot of them and probably most of them don't even listen to the end result!

[@stacydodd204]

anyone remember the "Moment of Terror" just before the midnight news?

[@pacuk01]

I used to try and stay up for that I was only about 12. I also spent a lot of time recording from the radio too

[@Chimp981]

Capital radio playing you the songs from the ventriloquist dummy at the fair wawawawa 🥳💃🏼🤸‍♀️🎈🎡🎢🎪🎠🧸

[@RetroRadioUK]