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Fun Kids Silly is getting even sillier this weekend and rebranding to play non-stop sea shanties.
Fun Kids Silly has been helped by Nathan Evans, the 26-year-old postman who quit his job when he became a star with his rendition of The Wellerman in January. His song hit the top spot in the charts with a number 1 on the UK Big Top 40 and number 3 Official Charts.
Fun Kids breakfast show presenter Sean Thorne explained: “We received a call from some pirates on Monday complaining that we weren’t playing any sea shanties. I’m not one for messing with pirates as they threatened to make me walk the plank, so I got Nathan Evans on board with the idea of taking over our sister station Fun Kids Silly for the weekend and filling it with sea shanties. I think we might be the first legal pirate radio station in the country!”
Eight new radio services have launched today by the Children’s radio station Fun Kids.
They include a classical music radio station for children, Fun Kids Classical, with pianist Lang Lang as Ambassador.
The other stations are Fun Kids Animals, Fun Kids Silly, Fun Kids Party, Fun Kids Pop Hits, Fun Kids Naps, Fun Kids Classics and Fun Kids Soundtracks. These will join the existing stations Fun Kids and Fun Kids Junior.
Matt Deegan, Station Manager at Fun Kids, says, “We know how much children enjoy our regular Fun Kids and Fun Kids Junior channels, but we feel that as grown-ups have lots of options about what to tune in to, that kids should have that choice as well.