Westside 89.6 FM explained

Westside Radio 89.6FM
City:	London
Owner:	Sone Palda, Amar Chadha
Area:	West London, and surrounding area, United Kingdom
Format:	Urban contemporary

Westside Radio 89.6FM is a community radio station based in Hanwell, Greater London broadcasting to the surrounding area of West London offering music and local information. The station was launched on 13 September 2007 after being awarded a community radio licence by Ofcom.^[1]

They broadcast from purpose-built studios based at Clocktower Mews in Hanwell after moving from previous studios based in Southall.

The new website thisiswestside.com launched Monday 11 February 2013 at 5:00pm.

Notable past presenters

• • Rickie Haywood Williams at Kiss (UK radio station) Pandora Christie at Kiss (UK radio station) (former 95.8 Capital FM)
• Alex Mansuroglu at Kiss
• Andrea Zara at Kiss (UK radio station)
• Annaliese Dayes at Heart (radio network)
• Charlie Tisma at Kiss (Winner of The KISS Chosen One 2013) at Kiss (UK radio station)
• Bobby Friction at BBC Radio 1, BBC Asian Network
• Neev Spencer at Kiss
• Jasmine Takhar at BBC Asian Network
• Seema Jaswal at Premier League Worldwide, BDO World Darts Championship
• Mark Strippel at BBC Asian Network (former BBC Radio 1Xtra)^[2]
• Eve Jaso at Channel 4 FM
  • Raj and Pablo at BBC Asian Network Amy Solomon ITV (TV network) LBC
• Georgia LA at Beats 1 (former SBTV, BBC Radio 1Xtra, Vevo)
• Goubran Bahou at Goubtube, UniLad (former Wall Of Comedy)
• Claira Hermet former BBC Radio 1Xtra, GRM Daily, BT Sport
• Murtz former BBC Asian Network
• Panjabi Hit Squad at BBC Asian Network
• Remel London at BBC Radio 1Xtra, Sky Television
• Ameet Chana former at BBC Asian Network
• Graham 'The Captain' Kirk at (Redstone FM DAB Surrey/SW London)
• Reya El-Salahi at London Live (Former BBC Radio Nottingham)
• Carla Battisti (UBC Entertainment Editor)
• Vallisa Chauhan at Sunrise Radio (former Buzz Asia)
• Amit Sodha at Sunrise Radio
• Sunny Hundal at BBC Television, Sky Television
• Lewis Davies former Fire Radio and Pontin's Bluecoat
• Adam Turner former DJ at Jemm 1
• Hannah Burns (former TV Presenter and current voice-over artist)
• Rebecca Judd at Apple Music 1

External links

• This Is Westside.com
• Station Licence
• Media UK Station Profile

Notes and References

1. http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/radiolicensing/Community/cr072.htm Ofcom Licence
2. Web site: Burrell . Ian . The rise of Asian radio . The Independent . 16 February 2022 . 22 April 2013.