Capital Manchester and Lancashire

Capital Manchester and Lancashire is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global as part of the Capital network. It was broadcast to Greater Manchester and eastern & central parts of Lancashire from studios at the XYZ Building in Spinningfields, Manchester.
The station launched in April 2019 as a result of a merger between Capital Manchester and 2BR.
Overview.
The regional station originally broadcast as two separate stations.
On 26 February 2019, Global confirmed the two Capital stations would be merged, following Ofcom's decision to relax local content obligations from commercial radio.
As of April 2019, regional output consists of a three-hour drivetime show from Manchester on weekdays, alongside localised news bulletins, traffic updates and advertising for the two areas.
Programming.
All networked programming originates from Global's London headquarters, including "Capital Breakfast" with Roman Kemp.
Regional programming is produced and broadcast from Global's Manchester studios from 4-7pm on weekdays, presented by Rob Ellis, Rachel Burke-Davies and Nigel 'Wingman' Clucas.
News.
Global's Newsroom broadcasts hourly localised news updates from 6am-7pm on weekdays and 6am-12pm at weekends with headlines on the half-hour during "Capital Breakfast" on weekdays. Separate bulletins are produced for Greater Manchester, Blackburn and Preston and Burnley and Pendle.
The Manchester newsroom also produces bulletins for Heart North West, Smooth North West and XS Manchester (owned by Communicorp).