Starpoint Radio

Starpoint Radio is a specialist service for classic and contemporary soul, jazz funk, boogie and soulful house. Its presenters bring individual collecting and musical interests to programmes with their own character. The range connects older recordings with current releases, allowing the station to follow developments in soul music while retaining a substantial relationship with its earlier traditions.

The UK Soul Chart is an established feature of the station's output, giving recent material a distinct place within the schedule. Presenter-led shows offer other routes through the music, with an archive of programmes available for people who want to return to a selection. These different forms of listening support a service whose identity depends on informed musical choices.

Cliff James presents the UK Soul Chart, while Gary Van den Bussche's Disco Soul Gold and Phil Levene's Eclectic Jazz take different routes through the repertoire. Andy Lothian's New Jersey Connection combines new soulful and deep house with disco, modern soul and contemporary R&B. His background includes Essex club residencies and running It's Soul Time Records. Paris Cesvette's Luxury Listening and Paul Garland's Soulfusion House Show add further individual approaches to the station's specialist sound.

The station traces its beginnings to 1985, when it broadcast to London and the Home Counties, and records a further chapter in its history with Starpoint's return in 2005. That background sits alongside a continuing interest in new music. Soul news, reviews and listener chat add a wider conversation around the specialist selections, connecting the broadcast with the people who follow and collect this music.