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This is an archive of news about Colourful Radio. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

The gap in radio markets: Smashing the mould
From The Independent. Posted December 10 2007, 12.20am
If Henry Bonsu lost his heart when he was unceremoniously dumped by the BBC, he has found his soul at Colourful Radio, a satellite and online station that delivers a diet of highbrow talk radio to a primarily black audience. (more)

Henry Bonsu: My Life In Media
From The Independent. Posted September 11 2006, 12.00am
Henry Bonsu, 38, is director and presenter on Colourful Radio, the new speech-based digital station aimed at Europe's African and Caribbean communities. Perhaps best known as the man axed for being "too intellectual", he has been a journalist since 1990, working on BBC radio and TV programmes including Today, World at One, Public Eye and Black Britain. For two years he anchored the Drivetime news programme on BBC London 94.9, interviewing leading politicians, business people and celebrities. He has written for The Times, The Mail on Sunday, Daily Express, The Voice, New Nation, Pride magazine and the London Evening Standard. He lives in Brixton, south London, with his girlfriend Sharlene. (more)