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#1076 |
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Smooth is a music station not a Radio 2 type format where personality is paramount.
It's also a commercial radio station which is a money making operation. The theory is that a sequence of music and presenters will attract an audience sufficient to sustain programmed paid adverts which will fund the operation and deliver a profit for the shareholders. The listener is irrelevant. http://www.gmgplc.co.uk/gmg/our-investments/ |
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Although GMG has only one shareholder the Scott trust, but agree it sees the radio operation as an investment as a steady income to provide the Guardian's journalist independance rather than a service to listeners! As long as Smooth and Real make a profit they are safe, if not they will be sold!
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Guardian's journalist independance
but the newspaper has reached the stage where they are going down the road of the Huffington Post using non paid for content.In newspapers the model is called a freesheet and content and adverts reflect that term. |
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It's hard to determine whether the Kid Jensen Drivetime show is partly voice tracked or done via ISDN or Live in the studio. Sometimes the last part of the link finishes the letters of the words are cut.
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the newspaper has reached the stage where they are going down the road of the Huffington Post using non paid for content.
In newspapers the model is called a freesheet and content and adverts reflect that term. It does have a plan to move from print to online apps, but seems to be wanting readers to take up £10 a month subscriptions, http://www.guardian.co.uk/mobile/apps which will be boosted by ads and income/profit from GMG investments such as radio, magazines, shopping and dating sites. The Independant is also going for £10 a month online app subscriptions which is less than the Times £16 a month. So far the Telegraph, Guardian and Independant has not cut back free online access like News International's Times has, but may soon to encourage app subscriptions. The risk is current print readers may give up buying the printed version and go elsewhere (like AOL's free Huffington Post) rather than take up online subcriptions! The Scott trust/GMG may have paid over the top for the London and Manchester FM frequencies to start Smooth, (sadly Jazz does not make good profits) but still seems to see Smooth as good long term investment! http://www.gmgplc.co.uk/press-releas...ts-for-201011/ Quote:
Despite economic uncertainty and a 90% reduction in spending by the Central Office of Information – the radio sector’s largest advertiser – GMG Radio increased its operating profit before exceptional items and amortisation to £0.9 million (2010 £0.6 million). Revenue fell to £47.1 million (2010 £50.1 million). During the year Smooth Radio’s five regional stations were transformed into a national service, making it the UK’s third largest national commercial music station
Now the changes are over Smooth's operating profit for 2012 should be higher, if not, doubt if they will recover the £44m plus the cost of the ex Saga stations (£70m?) if Smooth was sold.
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Their technical side doesn't seem to get any better. Levels are all over the place, and this mornings 9am News (in the East Midlands on DAB) consisted of exactly 2 minutes of silence.
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It's hard to determine whether the Kid Jensen Drivetime show is partly voice tracked or done via ISDN or Live in the studio. Sometimes the last part of the link finishes the letters of the words are cut.
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I know people are entitled to holidays, but since David moved to Drivetime has taken a lot of time off bringing in Pat to cover. According to the website he's not back next week either.
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Split Links? If you press Next in RCS during a split depending how it is set up it will not just start the next item it will cut the playing split.
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The move to Myriad doesn't seem to have been entirely smooth!
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I know people are entitled to holidays, but since David moved to Drivetime has taken a lot of time off bringing in Pat to cover. According to the website he's not back next week either.
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I'm glad Pat Sharp is on the smooth drive home. It would be great if Pat had a weekday slot and not just weekend breakfast. I'm going off the kid now. Carlos is better on the smooth drive home I think.
![]() In complete contrast , if I had of known that " The Kid " was off this week, I wouldn't have tuned elsewhere towards 4PM, due to the fact that IMO, he should come with a health warning, "dont drive whilst listening to, he may send you to sleep at the wheel!".......... He just sounds so bored, cliched and going through the motions, as if to just take the money!:sleep: |
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I cant believe that Smooth have moved Carlos to the 1 -4 slot,
http://www.smoothradio.co.uk/shows-p...m-carlos/8bdec Quote:
my wife and I have endured some truly horrid personal troubles with corrupt individuals over the past year
Fortunately he does not go into detail, but glad for him Martha is now one, and hope things get better for him and his wife.
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I think irrespective of the host that 4 hour slot is wrong. I'm all for 4 hour programming and Carlos just seemed to be having more fun.
i think the time schedule needs a serious revamp |
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I think we should stick to the thread?
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there seems to be 2 smooth threads at the moment
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I have just been listening to the Double top 20 with Kid Jensen.
He has been playing songs from 1972 and 1984 During the 1984 Chart run down he played a Song from the Flying Pickets He should have played "When your Young and In Love" - instead he played " Only You " their only No 1 Big mistake !!! I enjoy this plus Simon Bates Breakfast show (Our Tune and The Golden Hour) |
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I have just been listening to the Double top 20 with Kid Jensen.
He has been playing songs from 1972 and 1984 During the 1984 Chart run down he played a Song from the Flying Pickets He should have played "When your Young and In Love" - instead he played " Only You " their only No 1 Big mistake !!! I enjoy this plus Simon Bates Breakfast show (Our Tune and The Golden Hour) |
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Just a quick heads up to all Soul Music fans, Richard Searling will be back on Smooth Radio for the next two saturdays 6pm-8pm with two very special motown shows!! Should be a good listen,!!
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Just a quick heads up to all Soul Music fans, Richard Searling will be back on Smooth Radio for the next two saturdays 6pm-8pm with two very special motown shows!! Should be a good listen,!!
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Bates in the Falklands - Simon Bates will broadcast his breakfast show live from the falklands this coming week. The trip highlights the run-up to the 30th anniversary of the Islands’ liberation.
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I will enjoy listening to Simon all next week hes broadcasted from Australia and Afganistan. The man is a legend.
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Listening to Smooth this morning with Dave Lincoln seems the contacts into the show come from Ormiskirk, Birmingham, Nottingham and around the North West and nothing I heard in the time scale I was listening from the South. . I know Dave is from the North, but does make me wonder if they are connecting with the people of the South?
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Listening to Smooth this morning with Dave Lincoln seems the contacts into the show come from Ormiskirk, Birmingham, Nottingham and around the North West and nothing I heard in the time scale I was listening from the South. . I know Dave is from the North, but does make me wonder if they are connecting with the people of the South?
However, they never got it right in the capital when they did provide 24/7 local shows from London. |
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Smooth's Rajar in London over the last few years would show that it's never really reached out for listeners where they have a choice of other stations which play similar music.
However, they never got it right in the capital when they did provide 24/7 local shows from London. |
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Listening to Smooth this morning with Dave Lincoln seems the contacts into the show come from Ormiskirk, Birmingham, Nottingham and around the North West and nothing I heard in the time scale I was listening from the South. . I know Dave is from the North, but does make me wonder if they are connecting with the people of the South?
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