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Tickets are now available for the VALENTINES SOUL CRUISE on SUNDAY FEBRUARY 16th onboard the Golden Jubilee with DJs including RALPH TEE, MIKE GEE and CHRIS ' DR SOUL' MIDDLEDITCH, departing and returning to TEMPLE PIER from 2.00pm - 7.00pm. Tickets just £20 HERE

Available NOW-  our SOLAR SOUL CD, a collection of 15 tracks by singers and groups who have featured on SOLAR RADIO in the past couple of years, and including some exclusive mixes. The CD is in digi-pack format with 4-page gatefold sleeve and full colour 8-page booklet. Full track listing is above. The price for mail-order is £12.50 including postage and packing, and orders can be placed now  HERE

Here are the dates for Solar Radio events for the remainder of 2019 and going forward into 2020.. Please note that our boat events during this year have usually sold out within a couple of weeks of going on sale, so do look out on our website and on social media for news stories advising of tickets going on sale - and book early to avoid disappointment!

DATES FOR 2019:

DECEMBER SOUL CRUISE on Sunday December 15 aboard the DIXIE QUEEN, for which all tickets have now been sold.

NEW YEARS EVE PARTY, Tuesday December 31  8.00pm to 2.00am at the Park Inn, Radisson Hotel, SOUTHEND ON SEA!!

DATES FOR 2020: 

Sunday February 16 -  Valentine's Soul Cruise - Golden Jubilee

Sunday March 29 - March Soul Cruise - Golden Jubilee

Saturday April 25th SOUTHEND SOUL - Park Inn by  Radisson Palace Southend

Sunday May 3 - May Day Soul Cruise  - Golden Flame

Friday May 8 (VE Day Bank Holiday) ZAHARA SOUL BRIGHTON 8 - 2am

Sunday May 24 - Spring Soul Cruise -  Golden Jubilee

Sunday June 21 - SOUL on the SOLENT - Ocean Scene - SOUTHAMPTON

Sunday June 28- Early Summer Soul Cruise - Golden Jubilee

Sunday July 26 Mid Summer Soul Cruise - DUTCH MASTER

Sunday August 23 - August Soul Cruise- Golden Jubilee

Saturday August 29 SOUL ON THE TYNE on the m.v FORTUNA - NEWCASTLE

Sunday September 20 - September Soul Cruise -  Golden Jubilee

Sunday October 25 - October Soul Cruise -  Golden Jubilee

Sunday December 13 Christmas Boat Party - DIXIE QUEEN

We are delighted to welcome LISA I'ANSON to Solar Radio. Join her every Wednesday evening from 6.00 -8.00 pm live from Los Angeles. Expect to hear classic soul songs and a selection of 21st century soul too.

Lisa started her career at London's KISS FM then moved to television with MTV EUROPE and went on to present the RADIO 1 lunchtime show from 1995 - 1999.

A huge THANK YOU to all of our LOYAL LISTENERS  for once again voting SOLAR RADIO as the BEST SOUL INTERNET/DAB RADIO STATION 2018 at the SOUL SURVIVORS AWARDS ceremony.

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), Birmingham, Brighton and Norwich.

Following the funeral of LES ADAMS on Tuesday September 24, please note that, by agreement with his partner Jackie Davis and Paul Bennett of Soul Against Cancer, donations to the Les Adams Solar Radio Tribute Fund may be made to Soul Against Cancer at this link- https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/karenbennett208

On New Years Day 2019  the daughter of Solar Radio DJ Ash Selector, Ashley Grundy, sadly passed away, aged just 28 years, leaving her two beautiful children Lailani & Maverick behind.

Nobody can replace the unconditional love of a Mother, the most important person in a child's life.
A page has been set up to raise funds for their future care and give them some much needed stability.

Please donate if you can: LAILANI & MAVERICK LIFE FUND

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!

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.

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,  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