Schedule
Breakfast and drivetime are the only weekday daytime shows remaining locally produced in Bristol. Darren Daley originally presented the breakfast show and when he left, Matt Rogers & Caroline Cook took over. They went on to join Heart Radio in Devon and were replaced by Nathan Thomson & Becky Graham. Ant Nichols from Galaxy used to front the afternoon drive show, which is now presented by Reece Carter. When it came to the end of Ant's contract he was made redundant in preparation for the networking of all local programming from Kiss 100 in London. James Merritt still presents the late morning show from Kiss 100 in London, Lunchtime show is now networked from Kiss 100 London with Neev. Previously it was networked between Kiss 105-108 and Kiss 101 with Nikki Elise, previously of Vibe 105-108 presenting afternoons from Kiss 105-108 in Bury St Edmunds. Early evenings between 7-10pm are networked with Kiss 105-108, presented by Will Cozens.
"Nathan Thomson (of the former Vibe Weekender dance show) remains at the station, but is primarily involved in administrative affairs, and no longer does regular presenting or on-air DJing. However he occasionally stands in for other presenters in the event of absence. He still does some on-air DJing when filling in for Ant Nichols for Kiss Fridays in his absence.
As with the other two Kiss stations, the normal daytime playlist is abandoned, with all music for the entire duration of the 3-7pm show being dance music. This is mixed live by the DJ on turntables located at each station's studios, with most tracks being played being the unedited "club mix" versions of those played during regular daytime hours. The repertoire also extends to a broad range of dance tracks, both mainstream and more obscure, from the past decade and a half. As Nathan Thomson is himself a competent club DJ, he fits perfectly into the role of Kiss Fridays on the rare occasions that Ant isn't there to do it himsdelf.
All Local content has been removed as a national version of Kiss from London has taken over. Kiss are increasing their DAB coverage across the UK and by doing that are removing local content from all the stations.
Every Friday from 7pm to 10pm, DJ Steve Smart goes in the mix with Friday Night Kiss. He also presents Floorfillers on Saturdays nights and Kisstory on Sunday nights.
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