Country Music Stations
Country Music is only really a minority genre in the UK there is no doubt, but it is popular enough for the big radio groups to cater for it to some extent. Here we see Global’s “Smooth” brand offshoot “Smooth Country” firmly at the ‘pop’ end of country music spectrum, plus two stations for Bauer.. Downtown Country, a local offshoot of the “Downtown” Northern Ireland brand, plus Absolute Radio Country, a UK national branded station which has in fact been in operation since 2019 (previously as Country Hits Radio), focused on modern country music and aimed at 25-44 year olds. One would imagine that both Bauer country stations might be programmed along similar lines, but the different numbers of songs and play profiles would suggest that these are still quite independently programmed, at this stage at least…
Analysis: 27 days, up to 24-09-2023
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 7879
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 923
Variety factor for this station is : 11.7%
50% OF PLAYS is 178 Songs (19.2% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 77 MOST played songs (8.3% of the total)
or 622 LEAST played songs (67.3% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 6h 53m
10th most played song airs every: 8h 18m
77th most played song airs every: 1d 19h 12m
178th most played song airs every: 2d 6h
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 388 (42%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
1 after 23 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 940
..in 3 months: 1309, in 6 months: 1760
..in 9 months: 2156, in 12 months: 2446
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [94 plays] Cole Swindell – Drinkaby
2 [89 plays] Megan Moroney – I’m Not Pretty
3= [88 plays] each for…
+ Chayce Beckham – 23
+ Morgan Wade – 80s Movie
5= [87 plays] each for…
+ Bailey Zimmerman – Religiously
+ Lainey Wilson – Watermelon Moonshine
7 [83 plays] Morgan Wallen – Last Night
8= [82 plays] each for…
+ Luke Combs – Fast Car
+ Tim McGraw – Standing Room Only
10 [78 plays] Dan and Shay – Save Me The Trouble
Analysis: 26 days, up to 24-09-2023
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 9736
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 708
Variety factor for this station is : 7.2%
50% OF PLAYS is 182 Songs (25.7% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 107 MOST played songs (15.1% of the total)
or 435 LEAST played songs (61.4% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 6h 56m
10th most played song airs every: 15h 13m
107th most played song airs every: 1d 3h 7m
182nd most played song airs every: 1d 7h 12m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 171 (24.1%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
ZERO after 15 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 713
..in 3 months: 763, in 6 months: 942
..in 9 months: 1050, in 12 months: 1111
Top 11 Most Played:
1 [90 plays] Oliver Anthony Music – Rich Men North Of Richmond
2 [52 plays] Luke Combs – Fast Car
3 [51 plays] Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves – I Remember Everything
4= [44 plays] each for…
+ Lady A – Just A Kiss
+ Taylor Swift – Teardrops On My Guitar
6 [43 plays] John Michael Montgomery – I Swear
7= [42 plays] each for…
+ Faith Hill – This Kiss
+ Morgan Wallen – Last Night
+ Taylor Swift – Love Story (Taylor’s Version)
10= [41 plays] each for…
+ Florida Georgia Line – Cruise
+ Leann Rimes – How Do I Live
Analysis: 23 days, up to 24-09-2023
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 6749
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 1936
Variety factor for this station is : 28.6%
50% OF PLAYS is 323 Songs (16.6% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 98 MOST played songs (5% of the total)
or 1317 LEAST played songs (68% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 6h 20m
10th most played song airs every: 7h 21m
98th most played song airs every: 3d 20h
323rd most played song airs every: 5d 18h
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 1794 (92.6%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
12 after 19 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 2079
..in 3 months: 2783, in 6 months: 3312
..in 9 months: 3883, in 12 months: 4233
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [87 plays] Kane Brown – Bury Me In Georgia
2 [85 plays] Lainey Wilson – Watermelon Moonshine
3 [84 plays] Tim McGraw – Standing Room Only
4 [82 plays] Luke Bryan – But I Got A Beer In My Hand
5= [81 plays] each for…
+ Bailey Zimmerman – Religiously
+ Thomas Rhett – Angels
7 [80 plays] Luke Combs – Fast Car
8 [79 plays] Parmalee – Girl In Mine
9 [76 plays] Russell Dickerson – God Gave Me a Girl
10 [75 plays] Cole Swindell – Drinkaby
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