Initially, the station operated unlicensed, covering the Greater London area on 107.7 MHz.
It attracted a wide range of African businesses that advertised and sponsored most of its programmes.
[1] Voice of Africa Radio finally won its bid for a five-year permanent FM licence in London on 16 February 2006, after six years of campaigning, making it the first and only legally licensed African radio station in the UK.
After experiencing problems with pirate radio stations operating on the assigned frequency (94.3 MHz), Ofcom proposed changing the station's carrier frequency to 94.0 MHz which took effect in February 2011.
[3] The station lost its license in March 2016 after being unable to broadcast for a lengthy period of time.