Originally Posted by suffolkblue:
“Where is smart Programmer. He said to ne Smooth Extra will play different music to Smooth. Well there you go its not going to so in my opinion a complete waste of digital space and how global can get away with this is beyond me. Maybe ofcom should investigate oh hang on a min cant see that happening. This is terrible from global but lets face it they don't care about listeners so long as the money keeps rolling in.”
“Where is smart Programmer. He said to ne Smooth Extra will play different music to Smooth. Well there you go its not going to so in my opinion a complete waste of digital space and how global can get away with this is beyond me. Maybe ofcom should investigate oh hang on a min cant see that happening. This is terrible from global but lets face it they don't care about listeners so long as the money keeps rolling in.”
If listeners didn't like it the money would stop rolling in as advertisers drift away.
I can't receive Smooth via FM or DAB so this is an additional service for me. It's effectively Smooth on DAB but creates a clear distinction with the regional services which - now that they've franchised some areas to another company - they need to be clear about.





