- Station name Station name
- Solar Radio
- Description Description
- Solar (originally short for Sound of Londons Alternative Radio) first broadcast as a pirate radio station in October 1984, and was founded by DJ Tony Monson, who later joined Kiss FM. Solar ceased broadcasting in October 1988 as an unlicensed operator.
- Launch date Launch date
- 4 November 1984
- Owner Owner
- —
- Contact Contact
- [email protected]
Solar Radio
United Kingdom
Format
128kbps • MP3
Solar Radio is a London-based radio station, which originally started life as a pirate radio station. Solar broadcasts primarily soul to London on DAB and online.
At a glance
Station overview Station overview
| Country Country |
United Kingdom
|
|---|---|
| Language Language | Unknown |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | solarradio.com |
Socials Socials
Broadcast profile
Broadcast profile Broadcast profile
Coverage area
London
First air date
4 November 1984
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Station details
Station details
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Location, identifiers, and useful links for this station.
| Station ID | 24370 |
|---|---|
| Region | United Kingdom |
| Broadcast area | London |
| Launched | 4 November 1984 |
| Website | solarradio.com |
| Contact email | [email protected] |
Stream health
Stream health
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Recent playback checks and any current warnings for this stream.
| Last check | 1 day ago |
|---|---|
| Stream host | listen-msmn.sharp-stream.com |
| Final host | listen-msmn.sharp-stream.com |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | audio/mpeg |
| Server software | edge-ads-w2-02.sharp-stream.com 9.2.1 |
| Latency | 1191 ms |
Source information
Source information
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Where the station information came from, with useful related links.
| Current stream format | MP3 |
|---|
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Last successful stream
1 day ago
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About station About Solar Radio
Solar Radio is a London-based radio station, which originally started life as a pirate radio station. Solar broadcasts primarily soul to London on DAB and online.
Solar (originally short for Sound of Londons Alternative Radio) first broadcast as a pirate radio station in October 1984, and was founded by DJ Tony Monson, who later joined Kiss FM. Solar ceased broadcasting in October 1988 as an unlicensed operator. On 1 June 1999, Solar returned through satellite broadcasting, initially broadcasting on Astra 19.2°E, and then Astra 2 (used by Sky TV) from 9 August 2000 where they stayed until 31 May 2019. From 29 October 2015, Solar also commenced broadcasting on the Trial London DAB MUX. Presenters on Solar include Tony Monson, Clive Richardson (from the original 1984 roster), Marc Collins, Gary Spence, Steve Hobbs, Mike Gee, Lisa I'Anson, Ralph Tee, Ian Jons, John Osborne, Louie Martin, Kid Batchelor, Les Adams and Steve Johns, Paul Phillips, Russ Warnes. Robbie Vincent has occasionally guested on the station
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