Capital Disney - Closure

Closure

It was announced on air on 14 May 2007 that Capital Disney would close down on 29 June 2007. The last presenter led show was broadcast on 1 June. For the remainder of the 28 days of Capital Disney, the station played continuous music. A statement on the Capital Disney website told that 'both parties (GCap Media and The Walt Disney Company) had agreed to pursue their interests individually.'

A number of petitions were started by fans of the station arguing against its closure but these were ultimately unsuccessful.

The station started to leave DAB multiplexes across the UK on 28 June, in most areas being replaced with Traffic Radio or XFM. The last DAB MUX to lose Capital Disney was London CE Digital, with the station being switched off shortly after 1pm on 29 June. In an unintentional move, the final song played by Capital Disney on this DAB MUX was McFly (one of the core Capital Disney artists) singing 'Don't Stop Me Now'.

Due to an operational freeze at Sky, the station remained on air until 3 July, however, with the original name of 'Cube', as the Walt Disney Company had agreed with GCap Media to only contract their name until 29 June.

The website remained for a short time after presenters were taken off air, but this too was closed on 29 June 2007, replaced by a message and redirect to London's Capital Radio website.