Voice of Africa Radio

Voice of Africa Radio (VOAR) is a London-based FM radio station, founded on 1 January 2000 to correct the exclusion and marginalisation of the African community from the electronic media. Initially, the station operated unlicensed, covering the Greater London area on 107.7 MHz. It attracted a wide range of African businesses that advertised and sponsored most of its programmes. Listeners were mainly the youth, but also various African High Commissioners and Heads of State.

Voice of Africa Radio finally won its bid for a five-year permanent FM licence in London on 16 February 2006, after six years of campaigning, making it the first and only legally licensed African radio station in the UK.

The station went live on 20 August 2007. After experiencing problems with pirate stations operating on the assigned frequency (94.3 MHz), Ofcom proposed changing the station's carrier frequency to 94.0 MHz. The change would also allow an increase in radiated signal strength.^[1] This change was implemented on 25 February 2011.

Apart from entertaining listeners with an exciting range of African music spanning the continent of Africa, VOAR also provides several phone–in programmes which discuss issues that are pertinent to Africans at local, national and international level. It is based at 24 Swete Street, Plaistow.

References

↑ "Change of Frequency". Voice of Africa Radio. December 2009.

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Radio stations in Greater London

LW AM stations	198

MW AM stations	558 720 909 963 972 1035 1089 1152 1215 1305 1332 1413 1458 1548 1584

FM stations	88.8 89.1 89.6 91.0 91.3 91.8 93.2 93.5 94.0 94.9 95.8 96.9 97.3 98.5 98.8 100.0 100.6 100.9 102.2 103.3 104.4 104.9 105.4 105.8 106.2 106.8 107.1 107.3 107.8

DAB multiplexes	Greater London I (CE London) Greater London II (Switch London) Greater London III (DRG London)

Defunct stations	648 MW

United Kingdom radio markets Aberdeen Glasgow London Liverpool Manchester Northern Ireland South West England West Midlands West Yorkshire Worcester See also: List of radio stations in the United Kingdom

Coordinates: 51°31′45.6″N 0°1′19″E / 51.529333°N 0.02194°E / 51.529333; 0.02194

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