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Radio station
Mi-Soul Radio
Broadcast areaLondon
Frequency12A (London DAB)
Programming
FormatSoul / R&B / House / Reggae
History
First air date27 June 2015 (DAB)
Links
Webcastmi-soul.com/radioplayer/
Websitemi-soul.com/

Mi-Soul, is a radio station on DAB and online playing soul, R&B, house and other genres including hip-hop, reggae and DnB.

Mi-Soul was founded by Gordon Mac (formerly Kiss FM and Colourful Radio), with long-time business partner Martin Strivens. Having left Colourful in June 2011, Mac launched Mi-Soul as an internet radio station in July 2012. It commenced broadcasting on the Switch London 2 digital radio network on 27 June 2015.

Mi-Soul presenters and DJs include some of the UK's legendary names, including: Lindsay Wesker, Jazzie B, Jumpin Jack Frost, Brandon Block, and Dave VJ (formerly of Kiss); Femi Fem, Mastermind, Greg Edwards (formerly Capital Radio); George Kay, Craig Williams, Jigs, Jon Jules, Calvin Francis, and Natty B (formerly Choice FM); Ronnie Herel, and Michael Angol (formerly Solar Radio); and Mike Vitti (formerly Jazz FM). Other presenters to have appeared include the late Colin Faver and Paul Trouble Anderson.

As of December 2023, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 161,000 listeners, according to RAJAR.

References

  1. "Bringing soul back to the airwaves". Voice Online. 2 August 2015.
  2. Mi Soul Starts Live Broadcasts Archived 14 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Adam Sherwin, "New station brings soul to the airwaves", The Independent (Media Column), 28 June 2015.
  4. Alex Lawson, "Entrepreneurs: Soul man aiming to make a song and dance by taking his MiSoul radio station digital", Evening Standard (Business), 10 August 2015.
  5. "RAJAR". www.rajar.co.uk. Retrieved 28 October 2023.

External links

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See also
List of radio stations in the United Kingdom
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