Solar Radio

SOLAR RADIO presents SOULVIEW at the View Bar & Kitchen, Old Herns Lane, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 2ED

On Saturday April 28th from 7.00pm - 1.30am, join Dj's Dennis O'Brien, Neil Simson, Tony Mac, Andrew Ackerman & Tony Monson for a night of New and Classic Soul with a touch of Soulful House and Jazz

Tickets are now available for SOLAR RADIO - SOUL ON THE SOLENT!

Soul on the Solent Cruise aboard p.s Princess Caroline, Sunday June 10, 2018
Departure from Town Quay Marina, Town Quay Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 2AQ -  Leaves at 1.00 pm, returns at 6.00 pm, featuring Solar Radio DJs playing the best in soul club classics PLUS a guest P.A. by NATASHA WATTS.

Two enclosed decks - Upper sun-deck at rear- Pay bar on both decks- Food available to purchase

Click here for details.

SOLAR RADIO now has a dedicated SKILL app on the ECHO DOT device to enable easy access.

Listening to Solar Radio on an Amazon Dot or Echo and Google Home device:

AMAZON DOT / ECHO:  If you have an Amazon Dot or Echo (or any other Amazon smart speaker device) you can listen to Solar Radio by enabling the Solar Radio Alexa Skill.  All you have to do is say “Alexa, Launch Solar Radio”.   You may need to repeat the sentence a couple of times before it responds but once enabled you can simply say  “Alexa, Play Solar Radio” to play the station.  You can also enable the Skill via the Amazon store HERE.

GOOGLE HOME:  For Google Home simply say “Okay Google, Play Solar Radio”.   You may need to add  “… on TuneIn”  at the end if it fails to respond

All ticket are now SOLD for the May Day Bank Holiday Weekend Soul Cruise on Sunday May 6, five hours of music from SOLAR RADIO DJs aboard m.v. Golden Jubilee, sailing from Temple Pier, Victoria Embankment at 2.00pm and returning at 7.00pm, Two floors of music, food available to purchase- tickets £20.00 each. If you wish to go on the waiting list for possible returns, please email info@solarradio.com , subject 'May Waiting List' and we will let you know if any become available.

Here are dates in the THAMES SOUL CRUISE 2018 diary for the year -

Sailing from and returning to Temple Pier aboard  the Golden Jubilee **:

• Sunday May 6, 2.00pm to 7.00pm
• Saturday May 26, 7.00pm to 12 midnight **  aboard the Golden Flame
• Sunday July 1st  2pm to 7pm
• Sunday July 29th   2pm to 7pm 
• Sunday August 19th   2pm to 7pm 
• Sunday September 23rd  2pm to 7pm 
• Sunday October 28th   2pm to 7pm   
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• Sunday December 16th   1.00pm to 6.00pm
• Sailing from and returning to Tower Millennium Pier aboard the Dixie Queen

Hilary - Hil St. Soul (seated) - and sister model the t-shirt.

We now have available in the Solar Radio online shop a  Gildan cotton t-shirt printed with our logo and strap-line, initially in sizes Men's  Medium,  Large, X-Large, and Ladies Medium and Large, price £15.00 including postage and packing, and available now at http://www.solarradio.com/shop/

With the ever-increasing number of people tuning to Solar Radio, we are happy to welcome new customers to our Soul Cruise events, and it may be timely to advise new folk (and remind valued 'regulars'!) of our ticketing procedures. We do not send out tickets for our river events, either by post or as e-tickets, but we do hold all tickets for collection on the day, just before the event. The buyer will receive an acknowledgement email with booking reference number, generated automatically by our website commerce system via PayPal.  The buyer will then later be sent another email, this time from our office address, advising of collection time and boarding information, this involving compulsory security checks before boarding. We hope this helps!

A reminder that the dedicated SOLAR RADIO app for Android devices is available NOW to download and install FOR FREE from the Google Play Store, featuring choice of 64k or 128k streams, schedule information, contact and social media links, available at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.SolarRadioAndroid  Also available from the Apple Store, is an UPGRADE to the SOLAR RADIO app for i-PHONE.

Each Friday at 6.00pm brings the LES ADAMS request show "The Two Hour Takeover"

In which you, the listeners, select the entire playlist via Les' posting on FACEBOOK.

Tune in to Solar Radio to hear the listeners selection at 18:00 Sponsored by: FUEL DOCTOR

Beer & Banter - Check out the Video:

Solar Radio can be heard on DAB in Birmingham, Brighton, in the London area, with the boundary of the North and South Circular Roads, Manchester,  and Norwich, all part of the Small Scale DAB trial as promoted by OfCom. If you are new to DAB radio receivers, it is worth noting that the most complete range of available stations will be found by doing a full scan near to a window and in the highest available location in your property.

Our Sunday morning 'In Orbit' man, CLIVE R, has written his autobiography - entitled SOUL CITIZEN- relating his memories and experiences over his fifty years as a soul fan, record-collector, music journalist, club and concert-goer, oh, and soul radio DJ! 

Following the excellent response to his set on the April Soul Cruise, Clive is now making the book available direct to Solar Radio listeners. Purchase the book HERE

There are several ways to access SOLAR RADIO on the move, via your Android, IPhone, Tablet or similar device and DAB, the latter to Birmingham, Brighton, London, Manchester & Norwich.

From the Android Play Store, free downloads are available of apps for either Radioplayer UK, TuneIn Radio or Nobex Radio, which you can install on your device in seconds and a quick search will soon reveal SOLAR RADIO, which can then be saved as a 'favourite' or can be 'followed'.

The Nobex Radio app is also suitable for use on an I-Phone, while the dedicated SOLAR RADIO app is also available from the Apple Store.

Your device can usually be linked to a car audio system via Bluetooth for in-car entertainment. Please ensure you have an adequate data package with your provider.

SOLAR RADIO is part new Ofcom initiative of experimental Small-Scale DAB radio for London, within the area bounded by the North and South circular roads and for the city of Norwich.

Please re-scan your DAB receiver.