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Old 23-10-2013, 11:47
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Many are still complaining at the loss of Smooth 70's and no Smooth Xmas this year as well.
It's going to have to change a lot to get me back listening.
The Smooth fb states that Smooth Christmas will be returning this year, which is a u-turn on their part it seems!
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Old 23-10-2013, 11:56
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The Smooth fb states that Smooth Christmas will be returning this year, which is a u-turn on their part it seems!
Someone posted an article about the launch of last year's Smooth Xmas, which made it sound like it was returning this year. That might be what you saw, as I can't see anything official on the Facebook page.

Edit to add: Two hours ago, Smooth posted

with all the new stations on digital radio, there's no space for Smooth Christmas unfortunately.
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Old 23-10-2013, 13:07
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Nipped out at lunchtime and heard.

Madonna- Crazy For You
America- Horse With No Name
Bob Marley- Could You Be Loved.

Great listen !!
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Old 23-10-2013, 14:44
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They've played that America track so many times, the horse has now been christened, confirmed and cremated. Can we have a forum whip-round and send them 99p to buy Sister Golden Hair?
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Old 23-10-2013, 15:39
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I agree, even for all it's faults like not being live and making some horrendous mistakes, and being a lesser clone of PIck Of The Pops, but it was a far better listen between 6pm - 8pm on Sunday evening than what replaces it. Now I don't bother with Smooth at that time, or on Sunday at all. But Paul O'Grady has picked up the slack nicely with his return at that time over on Radio 2.
Completely agree. It was one of the best shows on Smooth (faults and all) and now it's been replaced with 'nothing' at all.

I, too have moved over to Paul on Radio 2.
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Old 23-10-2013, 15:58
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the way it sounds now I would dump the lot and just have Mitchell Johnson on 24 hours a day in between the songs just like Smooth 70s, possibly keeping Simon on Breakfast.
Which was pretty much how 'Life' was on DAB with Paul Phear being the only presenter for breakfast. When it became Capital Life they brought in more presenters (including Nicola Bonn) which took a bit of getting used to but I thought it was a good station and was disappointed when it closed.
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Old 23-10-2013, 16:07
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Completely agree. It was one of the best shows on Smooth (faults and all) and now it's been replaced with 'nothing' at all.

I, too have moved over to Paul on Radio 2.
Now quickly whinge about celebs being used on the radio instead of proper radio talent like David Andrews
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Old 23-10-2013, 16:29
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Nipped out at lunchtime and heard.

Madonna- Crazy For You
America- Horse With No Name
Bob Marley- Could You Be Loved.

Great listen !!
Yes but I distinctively remember Could You Be Loved playing yesterday afternoon too

Jensen's ramp suddenly cut off and a Mitchell sweeper cuts in.Total crap radio.

Now Jensen says ''Valerie---the other Valerie coming next''.Does he mean Amy Winehouse this time too? He knows how to wind listeners up.....NO ITS STEVE WINWOOD AGAIN.
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Old 23-10-2013, 17:49
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Yes I noticed that too lol. I do think smooth is sounding more slick but I just wish the playlist was better as a horse with no name etc is just on too much.
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Old 23-10-2013, 17:54
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Does anyone know if A Different Corner has been played again today yet?

Maybe between 6pm and 7pm again, infact I bet something by George Michael does. Last night it was Faith about 7ish.

What amazes me is that artists who have had a very long list of hit records still only end up with the same rotation of 2 or 3 much of the time.
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Old 23-10-2013, 18:50
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Now quickly whinge about celebs being used on the radio instead of proper radio talent like David Andrews
I was just about to get to that .... I'll make an exception with Mr. O'Grady though.
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Old 23-10-2013, 19:17
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I was just about to get to that .... I'll make an exception with Mr. O'Grady though.
Paul's is one of the best shows on the radio each week. Would only ever hear the second hour of Double Top 20 after Paul finished at 7pm.
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Old 23-10-2013, 19:51
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Does anyone know if A Different Corner has been played again today yet?

Maybe between 6pm and 7pm again, infact I bet something by George Michael does. Last night it was Faith about 7ish.

What amazes me is that artists who have had a very long list of hit records still only end up with the same rotation of 2 or 3 much of the time.
Other stations do this as well for some reason its not unique to Smooth and annoys me when there is so much they could play. Abba and ELO are 2 such artists.
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Old 23-10-2013, 20:11
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Paul's is one of the best shows on the radio each week. Would only ever hear the second hour of Double Top 20 after Paul finished at 7pm.
I totally agree. Paul's show is a must. I have read all his autobiographies (great reads) and he comes across exactly the same on his show.
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Old 23-10-2013, 20:16
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I totally agree. Paul's show is a must. I have read all his autobiographies (great reads) and he comes across exactly the same on his show.
Paul plays one of the most diverse selection of music I have ever heard in one show even for Radio 2 he talks after almost every track yet he gets good figures. Amazing isn't it!!!!
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Old 23-10-2013, 20:35
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Yes I noticed that too lol. I do think smooth is sounding more slick but I just wish the playlist was better as a horse with no name etc is just on too much.
I thought you had stopped listening
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Old 23-10-2013, 20:42
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They've played that America track so many times, the horse has now been christened, confirmed and cremated. Can we have a forum whip-round and send them 99p to buy Sister Golden Hair?
Sister Golden Hair is a fabulous track as is Tin Man , Don't Cross The River blah blah but I think it would be commercial suicide to play tracks that your average listener has hardly ever heard if not at all .
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Old 23-10-2013, 20:44
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For the record David Jensen is live. Oh, It takes time even for the most experienced to settle in. It's a shame some listeners just couldn't wait.
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Old 23-10-2013, 20:53
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For the record David Jensen is live. Oh, It takes time even for the most experienced to settle in. It's a shame some listeners just couldn't wait.
Oh yeh? How do you know?
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Old 23-10-2013, 21:00
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Oh yeh? How do you know?
Which part Jensen live? He's announcing the exact time.
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Old 23-10-2013, 21:04
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They've played that America track so many times, the horse has now been christened, confirmed and cremated. Can we have a forum whip-round and send them 99p to buy Sister Golden Hair?
The Border and/or Jody
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Old 23-10-2013, 21:42
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Tracks like Al Stewarts - Time Passages, Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky or Old & Wise or maybe Barclay James Harvests - Child of Time would be excellent Smooth tracks if only they had a bit of imagination with there playlists but I doubt they would ever play them.
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Old 23-10-2013, 21:49
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Which part Jensen live? He's announcing the exact time.
Easily got round
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Old 24-10-2013, 00:48
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Paul plays one of the most diverse selection of music I have ever heard in one show even for Radio 2 he talks after almost every track yet he gets good figures. Amazing isn't it!!!!
It's not as simple as that though.

Let's not forget the BBC don't have any of the commercial pressures that Smooth (or any other non-license fee funded station) has.

I'm glad you enjoy the BBC stations, after all it's us who foots the bill to make them sound as good as they do... and so that they can afford celebrities like Paul O'Grady.

Meanwhile at the "business" end, commercial stations simply don't have the £millions' worth of budget that Radio 2 can afford to throw at it's line-up.
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Old 24-10-2013, 06:19
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Smooth London slightly up to 442k in latest Rajar, Gold London down to 255k at 2008 level. Nationally Smooth and Smooth 70s slighly up, but this must be before Global made changes?
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