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GCap Media
Company typeDefunct
IndustryMedia
Founded2005 (2005)
Defunct2008 (2008)
FateBought by Global Radio
HeadquartersLondon
Key people
Ralph Bernard (2005–07),
Steve Orchard (2005–08),
Fru Hazlitt (2007–08),
David Mansfield (2005),
Ashley Tabor (2008)
ProductsBroadcasting
ParentGlobal Radio

GCap Media was a British commercial radio company formed from the merger of the Capital Radio Group and GWR Group. The merger was completed on 9 May 2005. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. On 31 March 2008 the company agreed a takeover by Global Radio for £375 million.[1] This was completed on 6 June 2008, and the company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Radio.[2]

On 1 November 2008, Global Radio discontinued using the name GCap Media.[3]

  1. ^ "Global to acquire GCap for £375m". Digital Spy. 31 March 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  2. ^ Fru Hazlitt and Richard Eyre to leave GCap Media plc Archived 15 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Global Radio/GCap Media deal is a watershed for radio Chris Tryhorn, The Guardian. 1 April 2008

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