Afrobeats Plug
It’s Friday! And the Plug is live! 🔌 Flo and Vina are serving up the hottest Afrobeats hits from the UK to the Motherland. Turn up the volume, feel the energy, and ride the wave. 🎧 The Afrobeats Plug every Friday, 8-10 PM on Colourful Radio. #Afrobeats #FridayVibes #ThePlug #Colourful
Track Of The Week | w/c 10 Nov 2025
Lukas Setto - Can You Feel the Love
This week, Colourful turns up the heat with a track that captures everything we love about great soul music — warmth, groove, and emotion you can feel from the very first note. Our Track of the Week, “Can You Feel the Love” by Lukas Setto, is the kind of record that reminds you why real soul still matters.
News, stories,
and opinions
10 Nov 2025 | Health Colourful Radio
How your local pharmacy can save you time and keep you healthy
This week is Ask Your Pharmacist Week, an annual reminder that your local pharmacist can do far more than dispense prescriptions. Across the UK, community pharmacists are helping people stay healthy, manage minor conditions, and save time, often without the need to see a GP.
28 Oct 2025 | Family Colourful Radio
As National Adoption Week (20–26 October) coincides with Black History Month, You Can Adopt is calling for more Black families to consider adoption with its new campaign, A Welcome Home. The initiative challenges one of the biggest misconceptions surrounding adoption: that a child needs a perfect home.28 Oct 2025 | Environment Colourful Radio
With winds exceeding 175 mph and sustained slow movement, Jamaica braces for one of the strongest storms ever recorded in its history.17 Oct 2025 | Sports Colourful Radio
What if a simple walk down the street could remind you to do something that might save your life?Melantronic
Immerse yourself in Melantronic with Rodney Hazard, where electronic innovation meets Hip-Hop rhythm and RnB soul. Expect future beats, deep grooves, and genre-blending soundscapes pushing creative boundaries every Friday from 10 PM on Colourful. Lock in: 📻 colourful.com | DAB 🗣 “Play Colourful Radio”
Pleased you're pleased.
Greetings Colourful Radio family! I moved out of LDN to raise my babies and I'm so happy I found Colourful again! It's so fulfilling to tune in to the shows. You keep me updated on African agenda, how to support black business, empowering projects around us, meaningful stories and histories, the general gist and tunes I won't find anywhere else. Thank you and keep up the good work, I'm here for your black excellence!
AkinyiI can't Thank you enough for a very moving but celebratory show. I must admit you moved me to tears, but it was a fitting tribute and I appreciate you acknowledging his powerful and creative influence, not just within the UK but the entire music industry worldwide.
Lyricist7You asked. We answered.
Who are Colourful and what do you offer?
Founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Dr Kofi Kusitor, Colourful™ is a UK-based multi-platform media business with the global mission "to uplift the everyday for everyone" through music, conversation, and media that connects.
Our commercial broadcast portfolio includes:
Colourful Radio ('Home of Soulful Music Hits', @colourfulradio, launched 2002);
Luv Radio ('Soulful Luv Ballads, All Day, All Night', @luvanthems, soft-launched 11 Nov 2025);
A third, to be titled, radio service to launch in Q2 2026; and,
Colourful TV (YouTube channel @colourfultv).
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Should I advertise, sponsor, collab with Colourful?
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For over two decades, our voice has been trusted, not least because we are rooted in the same lived experience as our audience.
We work with public bodies, purpose-led brands, and community-based organisations to deliver campaign messages that:
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Easy ...
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Together we can make great things happen!
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How do I get involved as a listener?
You're already involved just by listening. Thank you. Continue to ...
i. Spread the word, and re-share the best bits you hear on air or see on our socials. In short, you could be our unofficial ambassador shouting about Colourful at the right tables, in the right rooms, and across the right platforms.
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I missed a show! Can I listen back?
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How do I submit my music for consideration?
We love fresh, soulful music. Email music@colourful.com to start the process. And check out Colourful Track Of The Week and Colourful Fresh Drops across our socials!
Can I be a DJ, presenter or contributor?
Yes. We’re always open to new and experienced talent. Email your demo and ideas to hr@colourful.com
Does Colourful engage with the community?
Yes, we do, through our programming and in support of community initiatives.
For over five years, our original programme, The Voices of Windrush, hosted by journalist Sinai Fleary and Windrush Campaigner Prof Patrick Vernon OBE, shed light on 'The Windrush Scandal'; sought to provide useful pointers to help those adversely affected seek justice; and celebrated the legacy of the Windrush generation. For the entire period, Colourful provided the only broadcast platform dedicated to the scandal.
We also partner with cultural events, festivals, and projects that align with our mission to uplift and inspire. We've supported hundreds of community-focused organisations and activities from their inception, including Rumfest, Afro Hair and Beauty Show, Africa On The Square (now, Black On The Square), Windrush Day, UK Black Business Show, African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust (ACLT), Apprentice Fair, Jamaica Basic Schools Foundation, The Black Baby Show, Ghana Party In The Park, British Urban Film Festival, Onelove Festival, African and Caribbean Armed Forces Day, Africa Centre Summer Festival, African Concert Series, London Pan African Film Festival, Windrush Caribbean Film Festival, One Africa Festival, University Gospel Choir Of The Year, Curly Treats Festival, Wandsworth Jobs Fair, Lambeth Jobs Fair, South London Jobs Fair, London Jobs Fair, Africa Utopia, GUBA Awards, Africa Fashion Week London, Lambeth Country Show, and more.
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