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Voice of Africa Radio (also known as VOAR) was 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. Its offices are based in Plaistow.

The station went live on 20 August 2007, with a range of African music spanning the continent of Africa and several phone–in programmes which discuss issues that are pertinent to Africans at local, national and international level.

After experiencing problems with pirate radio stations operating on the assigned frequency (94.3 MHz), Ofcom proposed changing the station's carrier frequency to 94.0 MHz which took effect in February 2011.

The station lost its license in March 2016 after being unable to broadcast for a lengthy period of time.

References

Lid King, Lorna Carson, 2015, The Multilingual City: Vitality, Conflict and Change, Multilingual Matters, ISBN 9781783094790
"Voice of Africa to launch on FM". Radio Today. 22 February 2006.
"Change of Frequency". Voice of Africa Radio. December 2009.
"Ofcom revokes Voice of Africa Radio's licence". Radio Today. 21 March 2016.

External links

http://www.voiceofafricaradio.com

Radio stations in Greater London, England

AM stations

LW	BBC Radio 4 198
MW	Panjab Radio 558 BBC Radio 5 Live 909 Sunrise Radio 963, 972 Lyca Gold 1035 Talksport 1089 Premier Christian Radio 1305, 1413 Lyca Radio 1458 Desi Radio 1602

FM stations

BBC Radio 2 88.8, 89.1
Westside 89.6
BBC Radio 3 91.0, 91.3
Hayes FM 91.8
BBC Radio 4 93.2, 93.5
Select Radio 94.4
BBC Radio London 94.9
Capital London 95.8
Maritime Radio 96.5
Capital Xtra 96.9, 107.1
LBC 97.3
BBC Radio 1 98.5, 98.8
KISS 100.0
Classic FM 100.6, 100.9
Flex FM 101.4
Smooth London 102.2
London Greek Radio 103.3
Resonance FM 104.4
Radio X 104.9
Magic 105.4
Greatest Hits Radio London 105.8
Heart London 106.2
Rinse FM 106.8
Reprezent 107.3
Time 107.5
Radio Jackie 107.8

DAB

CE London	Absolute Radio 00s Absolute Radio 10s Absolute Radio Country Capital London Gold Greatest Hits Radio Heart London Heart Xmas Hits Radio Pride KISS Kiss Fresh Magic Chilled Magic Radio Magic Soul Magic at the Musicals Smooth Chill Smooth London
Switch London	Absolute Radio 70s Adventis Radio AsianFX BBC Radio London Centreforce Chris Country Fix Radio Hits Radio Jazz FM LBC News Mi-Soul Nation Radio UK Radio Maria Smooth Country Virgin Radio Groove
DRG London	Absolute Classic Rock Athavan Radio Bloomberg Radio Boom Radio Colourful Radio Gaydio Lyca Gold Lyca Radio Matryoshka Radio Panjab Radio Premier Gospel Polish Radio London Sout-al-Khaleej Unity DAB Voice Of Islam Radio
U.DAB Trial	Angel Vintage Asian Star Atlantis The Beat London Delite Radio Desi Radio Fun Kids Junior Kool FM London Greek Radio Mixer Radio NME 1 NuSound Radio Podcast Radio Radio Caroline Rainbow Radio Resonance FM Rinse FM Riverside Radio Ruach Radio Shine 879 Solar Radio THC Radio
MuxCo Surrey & South London	Point Blank Radio Release Radio Shine 879

Internet stations

See also: List of radio stations in the United Kingdom

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