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((short description|British digital radio station))
((More citations needed|date=November 2017))

((Infobox radio station
| logo            = Capitallifelogo.png
| name            = Capital Life
| frequency       = [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]]: 11D (Digital One)
| country         = United Kingdom
| format          = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| owner           = [[GCap Media]]
| website         = listentolife.com
| airdate         = ((Start date|1999|11|15|df=yes))
| last_airdate    = ((end date|2008|3|31|df=yes))
| former_names    = Life
| sister_stations = 95.8 Capital FM
))

'''Capital Life''', also known as '''Life''', was a [[Digital radio in the United Kingdom|digital radio station broadcasting across the UK]] on the [[Digital One]] network and streamed online. Capital Life was due to be available on DTV but never launched due to the closure of the station.

==About==
Capital Life was owned by [[GCap Media]], having been launched by [[Capital Radio PLC]] before the company merged with the [[GWR Group PLC]].  It was one of the first [[DAB Digital Radio]] stations to launch in the UK in 1999 on the Digital One multiplex.

The station had two presenters to start with. It was based in a news studio used by Capital Gold London outside of breakfast hours. Later it moved into a newly created Digital Broadcast studio in Leicester Square,  which it in turn shared with [[Capital Disney]] and [[Century Digital|Century London]]

Until 2005, Paul Phear [[Magic 105.4]] presented the breakfast show on weekday mornings, culminating in "The Life Top Ten At Ten" - a chart from years gone by - any year from 1975 onwards - the chart was, in fact, not actual historic chart positions but the order chosen by the programme controller to avoid playing certain novelty songs and those that did not reflect the musical style.  After the Life Top Ten At Ten, the station was automated all day - news from IRN hourly, but music at all other times.  Paul Phear then returned to present a late night love song show from 10 pm.  For a short spell, Jon o'Neill presented in the drivetime slot.
On Saturday morning, there was a show presented by Phillip Chryssikos.  Sunday, it was non-stop music.

After a successful year presenting 'The Life Coach' a quirky weekend breakfast show, comedian Anthony Davis replaced Paul Phear, hosting the weekday breakfast show live, instead of pre-recording, a rare event for a Digital radio station, making Capital Life one of the very few digital radio stations to have live presentation.  (Along with sister station [[Capital Disney]], which provided mostly live programming).

Unlike other radio stations, there were no travel bulletins (due to the limited number of DAB Radios in households at the time, and the fact the station provided blanket national coverage), commercials or interviews with celebrities and politicians and sports reports - the emphasis was on music and there was a playlist similar to that of [[Century Digital]].

==Relaunch and demise==

'Life' relaunched as Capital Life in 2005, under Programme Controller [[Micky Gavin]] (who left very shortly afterwards to run [[Heart Peterborough|Hereward FM]]) and Digital Content Director Kevin Palmer, and a full presenter line up joined the station, along with a new sung jingle package from [[Reelworld]]. These presenters (with subsequent positions/station) included: Susan Spence (now [[LBC 97.3]] & [[BBC Radio 5 Live]]), Nicola Bonn ([[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]] and [[Heart Network]]), Ali Wheeler ([[Invicta FM]]), Leigh Jones ([[103.2 & 97.4 Red Dragon|Red Dragon]]), Tom Rudolph, Brian O'Neill ([[GMTV]]), Pam Sharpless, Micky Gavin ([[Real Radio]] Scotland), Jonathan Miles ([[BBC]] Radio Newcastle) Ali Jones ([[Heart Thames Valley|Fox FM]]) and Anthony Davis ([[LBC 97.3]]  and [[102.2 Jazz FM|Jazz FM]])

Upon the merger of Capital Radio PLC and GWR Group PLC, 'Capital Life' was mooted to become the Digital alternative to [[BBC Radio 2]] and preparations were made for [[Capital Gold]] and Capital Life to be merged into one 'super station'.  Later, these plans were quietly abandoned by GCap Media, and [[Capital Gold]] rebranded to 'Gold'.

In its final two years, Life had no presenters.  Quietly, the weekend presenters were dropped, later followed by all weekday programming aside from the live breakfast show.  This too was later dropped, and the station broadcast non-stop music with news bulletins every hour for the remainder of its life. The only other non music items heard were promotions for [[GCap Media]] products such as CD releases associated with its other radio stations, [[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]] and [[theJazz]], and an afternoon 'showbiz' report, which was produced internally by the GCap News team.

==Closure==

On 11 January 2008, newly appointed GCap Chief Executive [[Fru Hazlitt]] announced a package of measures to save GCap Media from being taken over and prevent the company from slipping further into the red due to bad trading conditions within the radio industry.  Under Fru Hazlitt, GCap announced a complete retreat from [[DAB Digital Radio]].  (A bold move, after the [[Ralph Bernard]] years in charge of the company, who had been a big supporter of Digital Radio, both while in charge of [[GWR Group PLC]] and [[GCap Media]].)  It had already been announced in 2007 that Life, along with sister station [[Core (radio station)|Core]] were to close with all investment in them ceasing.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.ukdigitalradio.com/news/display.asp?searchnews=&year=&id=296|title = Ukdigitalradio: News))</ref> It was only now that there had been any announcement that [[TheJazz]] was to close and that [[Planet Rock (radio station)|Planet Rock]] would be sold. Life continued to broadcast with continuous music until 31 March,  when it went off air at just after 11pm, along with theJazz.

==References==
((Reflist))

((Global Radio))

[[Category:Digital-only radio stations]]
[[Category:Defunct radio stations in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1999]]
[[Category:Radio stations disestablished in 2008]]
[[Category:GCap Media]]
[[Category:1999 establishments in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:2008 disestablishments in the United Kingdom]]

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