Absolute Radio 1215 AM and 105.8 FM Review

Overall Rating

We have tried out several digital radio stations at work but we keep returning to Absolute Radio (formerly Virgin). It seems to keep most people mostly satisfied. They have a no-repeat music policy from 9am to 5pm, the DJ's keep chat to a minimum (and even then it's not inane bonkers like some other stations). The music is mainly a mixture of late 70s, 80s, 90s and noughties mainstream rock (some soft-rock, a bit of hard-rock, alternative, post-punk, new-wave, REM, Blondie, OMD, INXS, Police, Jam, Clash, Fleet Foxes, Doves, Elbow, Echo & the Bunnymen etc. etc.). For a commercial station there aren't that many ads (bad luck Absolute), but what ads there are are on a pretty regular rotation which can be a bit irritating (unfortuately the no-repeat muisc policy does not extend to ads), but that is a very minor gripe.