Muller had been tipped at the weekend and his appointment was confirmed today, in the wake of Thursday's departure from the station of the managing director Keith Pringle and programming director Nik Goodman.
While at GWR, Muller developed digital stations such as Core. He has been working in Australia for Sydney station Nova, one of 10 stations operated in the country by the Daily Mail & General Trust's radio division. DMGT owns 14.3% of GCap, after retaining its stake in GWR following its merger with Capital Radio last year.
Steve Orchard, GCap's operations director, admitted that Capital still had much to do in order to attract new listeners, but Muller's record includes taking Nova from launch to number one and being recently voted Australian programme director of the year.
"We are gaining a world-class programmer with the specific skills and experience to help us take the station to the next level," Orchard said.
Capital's new policy of playing no more than two ads in a row was orginated from Nova.
Capital last week justified Pringle and Goodman's departures by saying that the challenges facing the station require a different skill set than the one currently on offer.
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