Mi-Soul Radio
Broadcast areaLondon
Frequency12A (London DAB)
Programming
FormatSoul / R&B / House / Reggae
History
First air date
27 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.[1] Having left Colourful in June 2011, Mac launched Mi-Soul as an internet radio station in July 2012.[2] It commenced broadcasting on the Switch London 2 digital radio network on 27 June 2015.[3][4]

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 DJ Bailey (formerly BBC Radio 1Xtra); and Mike Vitti (formerly Jazz FM). Other presenters to have appeared include the late Colin Faver and Paul Trouble Anderson.

As of September 2023, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 170,000 listeners, according to RAJAR.[5]

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.
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