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Affinity Radio
Affinity Radio is an internet radio station broadcasting from studios based in Maidstone in the County of Kent in the United Kingdom. Programs were initially broadcast early in July 2010 at weekends then went 24/7 on August 14 2010. The idea was to capture the disenchanted terrestrial listeners who loved the sound of the old pirate radio stations. The format was initially to play 60's, 70's and 80's music from the popular pop, rock and soul music genres.

Broadcasting from domestic servers proved problematic and in August 2014 a new Cloud based system was initiated to manage all broadcasting. This greatly improved reliability and is the mainstay of the system, allowing presenters anywhere in the world to log in and broadcast their program's from any location that has an internet service. Listeners can tune in via all smart communications devices.

Double Trouble
In 2011, the team at Affinity Radio noticed a number of requests coming from Cambridge (United Kingdom). On investigation it was found that another station in Cambridge had started using the same name as Affinity Radio in Kent. That station then proceeded to take out copyright for the name "Affinity Radio"in November 2011.. The original "Affinity Radio" from Kent objected and the matter was dropped. Subsequently the Cambridge based station finished broadcasting early in 2012. Affinity Radio from Kent, still suffers from misdirection and loss of listeners from legacy internet links to the now defunct Cambridge station.

Musical Genre
Affinity Radio from Kent continues to broadcast on the internet 24/7 with a very mixed music style. The station now specialises in a broader "decades theme" of adult contemporary music stretching from modern country, through pop to rock and soul. The listener base is world wide and programming is tuned to capture the world audience. Listeners can contact the show presenters via email and also if the show is LIVE, can reach them via the radios website [http://affinityradio.net. www.affinityradio.net.]

Jazz, show tunes, Northern Soul are also some of the most popular genres provided by a team of presenters both LIVE and prerecorded.