(11 August 2009)

Founded in 2003 by sisters Humerah Khan and Sumerah Ahmad, Club Asia Radio, an Asian Youth station which broadcast live across London on 963 and 972 AM, has gone into Administration. It has informed media regulator Ofcom that it has gone into administration but was still broadcasting with the hope of fiinding a new buyer. Club Asia had 202,000 listeners in the first half of this year, according to the latest Rajar figures, up from 188,000 in the previous quarter and 198,000 in the same period in 2008.

The radio station which primarily catered to the South Asian in community in Britain with the aim to unite people of all cultures and bridge the gap between generations and lifestyles played hits from a wide range of musical genres ranging from Bollywood, Bhangra, Asian Pop/Rock. The station had been instrumental in the emergence new Asian music stars.