Originally Posted by hanssolo:
“If we go by the top artists played over the last 30 days, which research would have shown relates to the target audience, will be according to
http://comparemyradio.com/stations/Smooth_Radio/artists
1. Elton John (but not recent tracks)
2. Beatles (non rocky tracks)
3. Marvin Gaye (to represent soul)
4. Carpenters
5. George Micheal
There will be no recent popular easy/soul artists like Micheal Buble, Amy Winehouse, etc as Smooth has dropped them as Global does not think they relate to the target audience anymore, although Micheal Buble, Alica Keys and Will Young
are actually listed in the 500 song selection to vote for.”
“If we go by the top artists played over the last 30 days, which research would have shown relates to the target audience, will be according to
http://comparemyradio.com/stations/Smooth_Radio/artists
1. Elton John (but not recent tracks)
2. Beatles (non rocky tracks)
3. Marvin Gaye (to represent soul)
4. Carpenters
5. George Micheal
There will be no recent popular easy/soul artists like Micheal Buble, Amy Winehouse, etc as Smooth has dropped them as Global does not think they relate to the target audience anymore, although Micheal Buble, Alica Keys and Will Young
are actually listed in the 500 song selection to vote for.”
Interesting info from 'compare my radio' site.
It does seem that Smooth is becoming a oldies station that does not play any rock tracks, but are there enough listeners to go around with competion from Gold and Magic ( north) ?




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) ... I am just glad they don't play a lot of Robbie Williams as well. 