the station's local Capital Breakfast and weekend shows would be replaced with networked programming from 8 April 2019. The weekday local Capital Drivetime show was retained, alongside news bulletins, traffic updates and advertising. "Bodg", Matt Bailey and Hannah Gray left the station whilst Martin Lowes remains. Transmission Capital North East broadcasts on at a power of 10kW from the Burnhope Transmitter, on at a power of 0.5kW from the Fenham Transmitter for West Newcastle, at 0.1kW from the Newton Transmitter for the Hexham area and on at 8.9kW from the Bilsdale Transmitter for Teesside although coverage unintentionally extends much further. Programming All networked programming originates from Global's London headquarters, including Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp. Local programming is produced and broadcast from Global's Newcastle studios from 4-7pm on weekdays, presented by Sam Lavery. News Global's Newsroom broadcasts hourly regional news updates from 6am-7pm on weekdays and 6am-12pm at weekends with headlines on the hour during Capital Breakfast on weekdays. The Newcastle newsroom also produces regional news bulletins for Heart North East and Smooth North East. Notable former presenters Sacha Brooks Rich Clarke Charlotte Crosby David Dunne Andi Durrant Stephanie Hirst Greg James Dave Kelly Scarlett Moffatt Adele Roberts Steve Sutherland Margherita Taylor Tiësto Neil 'Roberto' Williams References External links History of local radio in Tyne and Wear. North East Radio stations in North East England Radio stations established in 1999 Mass media in Newcastle upon Tyne 1999 establishments in England