Solar Radio

HAPPY DAYS FESTIVAL 2022 across the AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND 27th & 28th AUGUST at IMBER COURT, ESHER, SURREY.

Guest/rotation Shows for AUGUST

THE QUIET STORM - WEDNESDAY 10pm - MIDNIGHT

3rd -    DUG CHANT

10th – ROBERTO FORZONI

17th -  TBA

24th – NEIL FRANCIS

31st -   RAJ SELLI

SATURDAY 6 - 8pm

6th - MIKE GEE 'Time MACHINE SPECIAL'

13th - RICH BEGGAR 'THE STORY SOUL FAR'

20th - MARK DAVIS 'VINYL SPECIAL'

27th - ROB JAMES 'SOUL STEPPIN'

SATURDAY 8 - 10pm

6th - PAUL CLIFFORD 'YACHT SOUL'

13th - TOSCA ANOTHER LEVEL 'BOOGIE SPECIAL'

20th – CARL DENNIE 'STRICTLY VINYL SESSIONS'

27th - BOBBY DEE

SUNDAY 4 - 6pm

7th - CHRIS RYAN

14th - LORAINE CLANCY 'SOUL FINE'

21st - PAUL CLIFFORD 'SONGBOOK'

28th - STEVE HOBBS 'SUNDAY SOUL'

MONDAY 3 - 6pm

1st - RALPH TEE 'LUXURY SOUL'

8th - PHIL'PHILO' NUGENT 'SOUL SYNDICATE'

15th - TOSCA 'SOMETHING OLD SOMETHING NEW'

22nd – THE 'SOUL TRAIN CLUB' with JESSIE T, FREDDIE LEE 7 BOBBY DEE

29th - TBA

GOSPEL SUNRISE SUNDAY 6 - 8am

7th - GRANTLY

14th - ANGUS KEMP

21st - RICHARD MARZETTI

28th - JESSIE TSANG & FREDDIE LEE

With the ever-increasing number of people tuning to Solar Radio, we are happy to welcome new customers to our events including the ever-popular Soul Cruises, and it may be timely to advise new folk (and remind valued 'regulars'!) of our ticketing procedures. TICKETS ARE SOLD ON A 'FIRM SALE' BASIS. There is no automatic refund for cancellations unless we have published a 'Buy Back' message - any returns will be offered to any Waiting List customers for re-sale. 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. After the initial acknowledgement, the buyer will  later be sent another email, advising of collection time and boarding information. We hope this helps!

With so many presenters playing new music, and with the present inability of singers and musicians to earn income from indoor shows and gigs, they are even more dependent on revenue from sales of downloads, CDs and merchandise. DJs are usually careful to announce names of performers, but if you happen to miss this information, there is usually a podcast available with a playlist, these posted usually on the DJ's social media account and/or on the Solar Radio Group Page   on Facebook.

Solar Radio is  available to listeners on a range of  streaming platforms including our free branded apps for iPhone and Android mobile devices, and similarly with smart speakers such as Echo Dot and Google now available from web dealers and electrical retailers, plus Internet Radios. Solar Radio is also readily available via  other apps including TuneIn Radio and RadioplayerUK, and directly from our website at www.solarradio.com.

Solar Radio has also been involved in the path-finding small-scale DAB experiment, and is currently available on DAB+ in the Inner London area (within the North and South Circular Roads), Brighton and Norwich.

At the end of 2019, TONY MONSON asked all connected with SOLAR RADIO, including DJs, listeners, artists and all friends of the station to submit their ALL TIME TOP 10 favourite tracks and albums. Contributors totalled some 500 people, from whose suggestions the TOP 500 chart was compiled.

The first 100 can be seen here-Top 500 # 1 to # 100

The next hundred, 101 to 200 - ...the next 100, # 101 - #200

Positions 201 to 300 are here-..third segment, #201 - #300

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

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.

Solar Radio can be heard on DAB in Brighton, in the London area, with the boundary of the North and South Circular Roads,  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.