The Capital Radio 604 Podcast

The Late Show presented by Phil Wright sometime in 1984 (there is a reference to the station being 5 years old). 90 Minutes of The Late Show recorded in the studio (not off Medium Wave).

Phil Wright - The Late Show

The first half hour is virtually a straight take of the last half hour of a Kevin Savage Drive show from May 1982 but thereafter the whole thing has been crafted from a multitude of pieces.

Capital Through The Night

Starting with a brief history of the Transkei and Capital Radio 604, this 80's mix created by Adrian Horwitz contains mashups of different 604 shows and presenters throughout the 1980s.

Capital 80s Mix - A Bridge Over Turbulent Airwaves

Capital Radio 604 Birthday Special by Adrian Horwitz for 2011. The theme is a day on Capital in the early eighties and features slots of Alan Mann, Tony Newman,Jim Ellery,Kevin Savage, Treasure Tshabalala and Alan Pearce in the correct weekday order and two short inserts of Martin Bailey and Brian Oxley.There are also three news bulletins and an historic 5 minute soccer commentary from Orlando stadium by Mark Greenstein.

Here is Capital Radio 604 on its first day of broadcasting on December 26th 1979 from 6PM to 8PM. This was originally recorded as a snoop tape, meaning the tape recorded only while the presenter's microphone was live. Originally used to coach presenters, snoop tapes almost always captured the end of the previous song and beginning of the next song, plus many other things like jingles, drop-ins, and the start of advertisements. Adrian Horwitz (ahorwitz@lantic.net) has painstakingly reconstructed these 2 hours from the original snoop tape that has survived until today, by inserting the full songs and advertisements (when possible), where only snippets were originally captured on the snoop tape. This is almost exactly how it sounded on air. Enjoy!

Here is Capital Radio 604 on its first day of broadcasting on December 26th 1979 from 3PM to 6PM. This was originally recorded as a snoop tape, meaning the tape recorded only while the presenter's microphone was live. Originally used to coach presenters, snoop tapes almost always captured the end of the previous song and beginning of the next song, plus many other things like jingles, drop-ins, and the start of advertisements. Adrian Horwitz (ahorwitz@lantic.net) has painstakingly reconstructed these 3 hours from the original snoop tape that has survived until today, by inserting the full songs and advertisements (when possible), where only snippets were originally captured on the snoop tape. This is almost exactly how it sounded on air. Enjoy!

Capital Radio 604 Birthday Special by Adrian Horwitz and presented by Alan King (December 26th 2010)

Tribute to Capital Radio 604 by OFM (December 27th 2009).

Second Capital Countdown with Tony Newman [Snoop Tape] (January 1980).

Capital Countdown with Tony Newman [Snoop Tape] (January 1980).

Capital Hitline with Kevin Savage (January 27th 1981).

Capital Countdown with Tony Newman (Last hour of day one - December 26th 1979). Right at the end Tony announces that 2 transmittors have been struck by lightning. Also you hear the "end of day" jingle.