A new radio station for London, Colourful Radio, launched on 2 March on the DAB digital network, with over fifty people from the worlds of politics, music, stage and screen popping into the studio to wish the revolutionary station luck and talk about their life and work.

As great soul, jazz and r’n’b music played, celebrities and VIP’s began to flood the station. First on, were main representatives from all the major political parties, talking to award-winning broadcaster Henry Bonsu about topics of prime importance to London. The Chairman of the Conservative Party, Eric Pickles MP began the interviews, quickly followed by David Lammy MP, Minister for Higher Education and then the ‘political man of the moment’ Vince Cable MP.

This was followed by musician Heather Small, hot footing it straight from a tour in Australia talking about her Strictly Come Dancing role and jazz legend Courtney Pine strutting his stuff, alongside the cool music maestro and dj that is Jazzie B of Soul II Soul. Screen and stage actors, Karl Collins, Ray Fearon and Michael Obiora, all wished the station well and fitted in a visit to the station among busy schedules.

Colourful Radio is set to take the radio industry by storm with a mix of the best soul, jazz, reggae and r’n’b from the sixties to the current day, coupled with informative debate on topical issues. The station, run by broadcasting professionals with years of experience, including Henry Bonsu, will bring a real alternative to the mainstream stations currently flooding the radio waves.