BoomradioukReviews of boomradiouk.com

Saw little David on TV talking about it, and never having heard it got it on Alexa, after two nice records the next record used the F,,king repeatedly. Fortunately no children in the house. Won't bother again

Tons of adverts now which to me is spoiling what was once a brilliant station

Great station great presenters there's something for everyone on boom great choice of music obscure records from the 60s you don't hear on other stations I used to listen to radio 2vthey don't cater for my generation now I'm 63 I couldn't live without good old boom radio

I’m old enough to remember when all we had was the Beeb - and then came the offshore pirate radio ships in the 60s - and things were never the same. The pirate radio ships brought a new world of music, entertainment, excitement and companionship into our lives. Sadly, with the exception of Radio Caroline, it was not to last. The pirates did at least give Auntie Beeb the kick up the bum she so sorely needed and Radios 1 and 2 evolved. For several decades they were good listening, with Radio 1 catering for young listeners and Radio 2 there for the more mature audience. Commercial radio has also become universal but oh dear, how woefully pathetic it is compared to the pirates. All the major ones are highly repetitive with minuscule playlists, presenters with nothing to say and nothing to play. All the big ones… Heart, Smooth, Magic, Absolute etc etc, are totally lacking in personality and mostly indistinguishable from each other. The one exception, to a limited extent, is Greatest Hits Radio, which at least has some quality presenters. However, the problem of blandness and repetitiveness persists. The reason GHR has a slight edge in presenters is because Auntie Beeb’s Radio 2 committed suicide. Many of their best presenters are now on GHR. Why did Radio 2 make the inexplicable decision to alienate the older age group and try to compete with their own product, Radio 1? Nobody knows but they have paid the price and haemorrhaged millions of listeners. If you are over 55, there’s little to appeal on Radio 2 these days. Cue Boom Radio. A few years ago, a group of ‘getting on a bit’ radio presenters saw the problem and that there was no longer any UK radio station that served the older age group. Boom Radio was born. And with that, professional radio has returned to the airwaves. This is radio as it should be. We have presenters who can choose the music, are deeply knowledgeable about it, have something meaningful to say. Radio is once again companionable, entertaining and above all, NOT endlessly repetitive. The balance is superb with music from the 60s and 70s primarily but also the occasional memory jerker from the 50s. In addition, the best of contemporary popular music gets dropped in so it is not totally golden oldies. With mainstream commercial radio having totally lost the plot and the Beeb radio offering being now for a much narrower band of listeners, thank God for Boom Radio. Boom is by far and wide the best nationwide radio station for music in the UK, especially for anyone pushing numbers higher than 50. They are fulfilling the dream of quality commercial radio that was initiated by the pirate ships in the 60s. Professional radio for mature listeners and all music lovers is back on the airwaves.

Mostly music and certain ‘DJs’ are great. However, the constant pushing of ‘our partners’ i.e. advertisers, a bit overly repetitive. Some of the ads. e.g. “turn your trinkets into cash…” have been banging on for months on end. I know commercial stations desperately need their advertisers but there is such a thing as too much.

My partner and I are stuck to this radio station after buying a dab radio wish we had found it sooner the only station we will be listening to on the radio thank you Boom lovely fab incredible

I used to listen to BBC radio every afternoon to hear Steve Wright In the Afternoon but when he retired the presenters played their selections which I found too heavy. I found BOOM by accident and play it every day on my Alexa and my TV. It is truly great and the music brings back very happy memories. I have also told many others about the station and they too listen every day. I am 79 yrs young. Keep up the good work!! Dennis

I listened to Smooth Relax for ages until the adverts took over and i stumbled upon BOOM Radio and i'm very pleased to have found such a great radio station. Thank You.