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Looks like Nigel Williams is back on Smooth, according to the website Sundays though the night, midnight-6am
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Good to hear that although his input will be minimal. Nigel has been covering a bit recently on BBC Sussex and Surrey where i think he would really feel at home with a full time gig as he is excellent at doing speech radio.
http://www.jazzfm.com/onair/presente...igel-williams/ |
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Smooth may become Capital Gold, They do like the Capital brand
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The Public File will need to change for Automation and Nigel has joined. More well known names joining the station.
Smooth Radio uses radio automation technology during the following hours: Saturday 20.00-24.00 Sunday: 00.00 - 06.00, 09.00-12.00 |
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This is not really true, perhaps Global are just trying to cater for an older listener who doesn't really want to hear new music. They also have two other brands, one is a new music station, one combines the two and perhaps Smooth can exist without needing to play new music. No sense in doing what GMG did which was making your brands too simmilar that you end up killing one with the other. I'm sure it's no co incidence that as Smooth grew in the north west, Real took a hammering. This is not good business.
Does look like Global are getting ready so Smooth and Gold will merge as an oldies station |
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Seems to have been all change around the news today. No weather in the lead up to the news any more and the travel news has moved to before the adverts. The lead-up to the news is now also voiced by the following presenter rather than the finishing one.
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The lead-up to the news is now also voiced by the following presenter rather than the finishing one.
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The Public File will need to change for Automation and Nigel has joined. More well known names joining the station.
Smooth Radio uses radio automation technology during the following hours: Saturday 20.00-24.00 Sunday: 00.00 - 06.00, 09.00-12.00 |
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Peak time Sunday is an odd time not to be live although R2 do of course.
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Didn't Pat Sharp say that Richard Park sacked him from Capital in the 90s by literally showing him the red card in front of everyone at a restaurant?
If there's any animosity between them, is there any chance Pat Sharp will end up either leaving Smooth or get moved to another slot? |
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Your very much miss informed then, Steve Wright's sunday love songs is voice tracked from 9 - 11.
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If a Smooth Radio presenter suddenly took leave of their senses and wanted to play The Witch by The Rattles, could they just choose it from Smooth's library of tracks, or if not there, find the song on iTunes, pay 99p, download it and then play it? Or are they just stuck with the songs Smooth make available to them and nothing else?
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If a Smooth Radio presenter suddenly took leave of their senses and wanted to play The Witch by The Rattles, could they just choose it from Smooth's library of tracks, or if not there, find the song on iTunes, pay 99p, download it and then play it? Or are they just stuck with the songs Smooth make available to them and nothing else?
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If a Smooth Radio presenter suddenly took leave of their senses and wanted to play The Witch by The Rattles, could they just choose it from Smooth's library of tracks, or if not there, find the song on iTunes, pay 99p, download it and then play it? Or are they just stuck with the songs Smooth make available to them and nothing else?
They'd be rightly fired for playing something that probably tests somewhere between 'Shaddup ya face' and the other dogs cited recently in this thread
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So you think they should play songs they know their target audience doesn't like...is that what you'd do?
Never got an answer to this reasonable question.... |
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If a Smooth Radio presenter suddenly took leave of their senses and wanted to play The Witch by The Rattles, could they just choose it from Smooth's library of tracks, or if not there, find the song on iTunes, pay 99p, download it and then play it? Or are they just stuck with the songs Smooth make available to them and nothing else?
As a result exactly the same would happen, you would be warned or fired. The exact same would happen in radio, first time you would probably get a large bolocking, second time would be your final time. |
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So what exactly is the new smooth target audience. I'm in my 30s and loved the old smooth. And although the presenters are good the playlists are awfull now and dreadfully boring just like Magic used to be but this is even worse.
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Didn't Pat Sharp say that Richard Park sacked him from Capital in the 90s by literally showing him the red card in front of everyone at a restaurant?
If there's any animosity between them, is there any chance Pat Sharp will end up either leaving Smooth or get moved to another slot? so wasn't really listening to the details. I do recall it was something about Langan's Restaurant. The one Michael Caine had/has a stake in.
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So what exactly is the new smooth target audience. I'm in my 30s and loved the old smooth. And although the presenters are good the playlists are awfull now and dreadfully boring just like Magic used to be but this is even worse.
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Your very much miss informed then, Steve Wright's sunday love songs is voice tracked from 9 - 11.
Taking another point that Smooth is aimed at 45+ why on earth do Global consider that at this age people want to hear the same songs over and over? Looking back the repetition seems to be the main gripe with listeners. I think people could learn to live with less talk but the repetition is putting people off. |
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Something like that ... I was more shocked to hear an anecdote
so wasn't really listening to the details. I do recall it was something about Langan's Restaurant. The one Michael Caine had/has a stake in.I have a funny feeling that before long Margarita Taylor may do some cover or a show on smooth. |
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Sorry I wasn't clear that's what I was trying to say that R2 also wasn't live.
Taking another point that Smooth is aimed at 45+ why on earth do Global consider that at this age people want to hear the same songs over and over? |
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The way global program there radio stations is pretty clever, most normal people only listen to the radio for a small amount of time each day. So instead of having large playlists where when you tune in a obscure or less known song could be playing and as a result you tune away global rotate songs a lot more that way when you tune in you hear strong, well known songs every time you tune in.
I will never accept that a small repetitive playlist is acceptable for a station like Smooth. |
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So clever that it makes me switch off. Why on earth would an intelligent adult of 45+ want to hear the same songs everytime they switch on?
People connect with music in very different ways. Take time to observe others rather than force feeding them what you want and you'll be surprised. Life will be a lot happier too
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Intelligence has nothing to do with it. One of the most intelligent person I've ever known had a very restrictive taste in music yet could do complicated maths within seconds.
People connect with music in very different ways. Take time to observe others rather than force feeding them what you want and you'll be surprised. Life will be a lot happier too ![]() |
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so wasn't really listening to the details. I do recall it was something about Langan's Restaurant. The one Michael Caine had/has a stake in.