Voices Radio

Voices Radio is a London community station with a radio base on Lower Stable Street in Coal Drops Yard, King's Cross. Its programme combines a broad range of music with discussion, giving different contributors space to share ideas. The station presents each day's musical character as a distinct part of the service rather than applying one genre to the entire schedule.

Music shows sit alongside subjects such as politics, fashion, activism and creative life. Voices invites proposals from presenters, hosts and DJs, so participation is an important part of its identity. That approach allows the programme to reflect people with different experiences and interests, while retaining a recognisable connection to the surrounding London community.

The project grew from Ossia, a club series whose events included Leon Vynehall, Chaos in the CBD and Shanti Celeste. It became Voices in 2020, initially developing panels and podcasts around social questions, before the radio station launched in June 2021. Free workshop programmes have provided studio experience for emerging female, femme and non-binary talent, people of colour and contributors from working-class backgrounds. That work connects the station's open programme policy with practical efforts to widen participation.

A pop-up bar supports the station and provides a physical meeting point within Coal Drops Yard. Voices also operates a separate podcast studio in the King's Cross area, extending its involvement in spoken audio beyond the radio programme. These activities bring broadcasting into contact with neighbourhood spaces, giving listeners and contributors ways to meet the project outside an individual show.