Boogaloo Radio

Boogaloo Radio is based at The Boogaloo pub on Archway Road in Highgate, London. The broadcaster's history explains how a former bin shed in the beer garden became a radio studio, extending the venue's musical life into a continuous service. The station launched in 2018, building on a pub that had opened in 2002.

The venue's regulars and wider creative connections helped shape the idea of inviting people to make their own programmes. That gives the radio an unusually tangible setting: the studio is connected to a place where people meet, hear music and exchange ideas. The station's identity is therefore cultural as well as musical, with conversation and individual selections part of its character.

Landlord Gerry O'Boyle developed the idea by inviting regulars to take a turn behind the microphone. The station's history records contributions from Carl Barat, producer John Leckie, Brix Smith Start, Bernard Butler and Alan McGee, alongside younger acts such as Sports Team and Whenyoung. It also names past guests including Bananarama, Placebo and La Roux. These are examples from the station's history, illustrating how musicians, producers and label figures have helped shape the pub's broadcasting life.

Its own account describes the ambition of keeping a local sense of place while reaching listeners further away. Boogaloo Radio suits those who enjoy personality in music radio and a programme shaped by its contributors. The pub setting supplies a distinctive starting point, while the broadcast takes the venue's curiosity and musical connections beyond the room itself.