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Soul Train Radio

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In 1997, Soultrain had been approached by Kute FM, a local pirate radio station, with a view to putting out a two hour soultrain radio show on a Sunday morning, hosted by Paul Alexander and Steve Phillips.


Then, in 1998, Kute FM had applied for a legitimate licence and a after a six week trial, won an R.S.L. for Bristol. Kute then became Eagle FM and founder members Paul Alexander and Steve Phillips, took Soultrain to the airways in November 1999 until September 2000.

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Paul Alexander, having been involved in pirate radio with Kute FM winning a license as Eagle Radio then to be taken over by Star Radio Soultrain hosted a 5 Hour soultrain radio show every Sunday evening on Star Radio before moving to BCFM .

 

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In 2013 Soultrain decided to set up our own internet based radio station playing 100% soul 24/7 to become Bristol’s only dedicated soul radio station at www.soultrainradio.co.uk which is headed up by Al B and Ricky 2 Tuff .

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We have over 3,500 facebook members in addition to our own data base of subscribers who have signed up for our newsletters in excess of 1400.


Funksters from all over the UK have travelled to our award winning legendary soul club nights and we are passionate about keeping the Funk Alive.

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The Vision

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Soultrain Radio playing the best in Soul, Funk, Groove, R&B; and soulful vibes.

 

Every Sunday we'll take you through the history of some of the best sounds around. We are passionate about soul and hope we can revive your spirit.

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The Studio

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Text the studio and get a live shout out Or request on 07597 171744.

Come on and get involved, you can even win tickets to all our events.ā€‹

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ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹You can tune in to Soultrain Radio here: www.soultrain.co.uk WOW

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See www.soultrain.co.uk for all up and coming dates and watch

 

The usual social media sites for where and how to get your tickets. City centre and great value ticket costs for a fantastic night that You know we always deliver.

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Soul Train Radio (Bristol) plays soul music & all sub-genres in the United Kingdom, broadcasting to South West England on DAB & online.

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19th September 2014 - Claire P, The Soul Diva Claire brings her great musical knowledge of 80’s and 90’s R&B;, Soul and Swing to our programmes and we are very proud to welcome Claire as our first female DJ.

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19th September 2014 - AL B, He's got the Funk from 6-8pm The true soul survivor,  Al has been on the DJ circuit for a number of years, if you want to know soul and funk, Al is your man.

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19th September 2014 - RICKY2TUFF gives you the Hook Up from 8-10pm Playing the smoothest and finest soulful vibes from the 80's and 90's. A true purest of musicality.

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19 September 2014 - PAUL ALEXANDER, The main man of Soultrain from 10-12am One of the original members of the Soultrain movement in Bristol who helped bring the event to the area over 20 years ago. ā€‹ā€‹

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Soultrain Radio were broadcasting 7/24 with ‘ live ‘ presenters.ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹

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The History of SoulTrain Radio..

 

SoulTrain... Where it All Began...

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Soultrain Radio has been broadcasting as an internet radio station since November 2015 from Studios in Central Bristol.

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Having previously been involved in a diverse community based radio station where the promise of performance was for speech content as well as politics and various musical styles, the conceptual idea behind Soultrain Radio is to broadcast continuous Soul Music 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

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Soultrain Radio in essence exists for lovers of radio and Soul music.

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We have over 20 presenters, and the team behind Soultrain Radio is the same team as the Award Winning local event, Soultrain voted one of the Top Soul Club Nights outside of London, now in its 25th Year.

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We have a wealth of industry experience in both local and national radio broadcasting and presentation.

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Our intention is to broadcast on DAB and to be Bristol’s only local independent DAB radio station delivering Soul Music 24/7.

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Sam FM broadcasts continuous Rock Music, and in London there are already a number of successful Soul Music Radio Stations on DAB.

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Other National Radio Stations with a presence in Bristol currently do not fulfil this role (Breeze – pop/rock, Heart – chart/pop, Kiss –urban/dance)

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Our Strapline is Love Soul, Love Soultrain Radio.

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We have over 3,700 Soultrain Radio Group friends, plus many more on other individual groups and page forums.

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We have our own free downloadable APP

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In August 2016, we gained 134,799 hits on our website, and are averaging 75,000 hits monthly (March 2016 - March 2017 source: Webhost Analytics)

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History Soul Train Radio 2013 - 2017 

 

Read all about Soul Train Radio 

 

Click on the link below

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Soul Train Radio

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Radio Presenters

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Miranda Rae

 

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In December 2024 Sean Rafferty acquired the rights to SoulTrainRadio.co.uk

 

In January 2025, Sean Rafferty took over SoulTrainRadio.co.uk and relaunched it as an internet radio station dedicated soul radio station at www.soultrainradio.co.uk 

 

Soul Train Radio are broadcasting on air 365 days a year.ā€‹ā€‹ ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹

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Love, Peace and... SOUL!

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