Fresh 40 was a networked dance and urban music singles chart show broadcast on a number of UK

United Kingdom

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 commercial

Commercial broadcasting

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 radio

Radio

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 stations every Sunday from 4pm to 7pm. The show was produced by Somethin' Else

Somethin' Else Sound Directions Ltd.

Somethin' Else is a content design and creation company. They specialise in content across, games, interactivity, radio, TV, branded content and talent management....

. The radio show was launched on Sunday 22nd of October 2006, and counts down the top 40 R'n'B

Contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...

 and dance

Dance music

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...

 songs in the chart. Schedule-wise, the programme competes against BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

's official chart show. It is also broadcast at the same time as its sister show, hit40uk

Hit40uk

Hit40UK was a networked Top 40 chart show broadcasting on around 130 UK commercial radio stations every Sunday from 4pm to 7pm. It is now a TV programme shown on 4Music. The radio version was produced in house by Global Radio and Somethin' Else...

 (which was rebranded The Big Top 40 Show

The Big Top 40 Show

The Vodafone Big Top 40 is a chart show broadcast on 140 radio stations in the UK. The chart is based on music download figures provided by iTunes.-Format:...

 on 15 June 2009).

The last show is thought to have been Sunday, 1st March 2009 with Justin Wilkes

Justin Wilkes

Justin Wilkes is an English DJ, record producer, and presenter who currently presents shows for the UK Radio station Kiss. Kiss can be heard on FM & DAB Digital Radio around the UK & nationally on Freeview, Sky and Online.-Radio career:...

 as their website www.fresh40.co.uk now has a holding page for Somethin' Else and Kiss 100

Kiss 100 London

Kiss is a UK radio station broadcasting on FM and Digital Radio, specialising in hip hop, R&B, urban and electronic dance music. It also broadcasts on DAB Digital Radio around the UK & nationally on Freeview, Sky and TalkTalk TV...

 announced a new schedule for Sunday on Wednesday 4th March 2009.

The show, hosted by Dynamite MC

Dynamite MC

Dynamite MC, is an MC from Gloucester, England. He originally gained prominence in jungle/drum and bass, working with Roni Size and Reprazent, but has also released hip hop material.-Career:...

, was broadcast on some of commercial radio's dance and urban stations such as the Kiss Network

Kiss Network

Kiss is a brand of a group of dancemusic radio stations, a TV channel and music merchandise in the United Kingdom.-Stations:Radio:Television:*Kiss TV-Former Kiss Stations:Radio:...

, Galaxy Network, Oxford's FM 107.9, Fire 107.6 and 107.6 Juice FM

Juice FM

107.6 Juice FM is a British Independent Local Radio, set up in 1998 in Liverpool after the closing of alternative music station 107.6 Crash FM and its subsequent purchase by Forever Broadcasting. It launched with a format broadly in keeping with that of Crash, but with a greater amount of...

. Amongst the features in the show is what was branded as The Top 10 Throwdown, consisting of the Top 10 played out 'in-the-mix' and commercial-free. The Top 10 Throwdown was mixed by DJ Fidget Kid. Fresh 40 was sponsored by UK national drugs advice group FRANK

FRANK (drugs)

FRANK is a national drug education service jointly established by the Department of Health and Home Office of the British government in 2003. It is intended to reduce the use of both legal and illegal drugs by providing "targeted" and "accurate information on drugs and alcohol", particularly to...

.

The Kiss Network now have a show on at this time called "Kiss Playlist". This show is counting down the most played songs on the Kiss Network.

External links

• Fresh 40 website
• Talk to FRANK website
• Kiss website
• Galaxy FM website
• Fire 107.6 FM Bournemouth website
• Juice FM 107.6 Liverpool website
• Oxford's FM107.9 website
• Dynamite MC's official myspace page
• Somethin' Else Fresh 40 production company.
• RadioFeeds contains a list and map of stations airing the Fresh40 show.