Angel Radio

Angel Radio is a nostalgia station whose broadcaster describes music and memories for people who love older recordings. Its history includes broadcasts with older presenters and music from the first half of the twentieth century. The service has a deliberately different pace and reference point from a contemporary hits station.

Its request policy specifies recordings from 1900 through 1969, giving the music a clear historical boundary. Listeners can contribute choices during designated request programmes, so remembered songs and personal associations form part of the broadcast rather than appearing only in a fixed archive selection.

Founder and station manager Tony Smith describes a presenting approach based on ordinary people speaking naturally with listeners. Many members of the team had not broadcast before joining Angel. Names on the station's presenter roster include Pete Cross, David Godfray, Lesley Lygoe and Dave de Kort, alongside a wider group of voices involved in its nostalgic programme.

A Sunday Christian service provides a separate strand for older listeners who may be unable to attend church. It combines worship, a thought for the week and Salvation Army music. Angel explains that it is not a religious broadcaster overall: the service is one part of a station primarily devoted to vintage music and memories. The broadcaster also repeats programmes from its archive, including recordings by former presenters, preserving older voices as well as older songs. Request-led listening, conversational presentation and an explicit pre-1970 music policy give Angel its particular relationship with listeners who value radio from an earlier era.