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, and Downtown Country's upticks show a lot more variety is certainly being played at the weekends here, and to a lesser extent, but still visible on Absolute Country.
Analysis: 27 days, up to 01-07-2026
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 8333
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 952
Variety factor for this station is : 11.4%
50% OF PLAYS is 192 Songs (20.1% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 87 MOST played songs (9.1% of the total)
or 631 LEAST played songs (66.2% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 6h 3m
10th most played song airs every: 9h
87th most played song airs every: 1d 19h 12m
192nd most played song airs every: 2d 6h
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 367 (38.5%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
1 after 23 DAYS
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [102 plays] Stella Lefty - Boston
2 [101 plays] Ashley McBryde - What If We Don't
3 [95 plays] Zach Top - South Of Sanity
4 [94 plays] Lainey Wilson - Can't Sit Still
5= [87 plays] each for...
+ Jon Pardi - Boots Off
+ Russell Dickerson - Worth Your Wild
7 [86 plays] Zach Bryan - Plastic Cigarette
8 [84 plays] Dan and Shay - Say So
9 [81 plays] Kacey Musgraves - Dry Spell
10 [78 plays] Luke Combs - Sleepless In A Hotel Room
Analysis: 27 days, up to 01-07-2026
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 11138
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 670
Variety factor for this station is : 6%
50% OF PLAYS is 86 Songs (12.8% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 35 MOST played songs (5.2% of the total)
or 489 LEAST played songs (72.9% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 2h 53m
10th most played song airs every: 4h 35m
35th most played song airs every: 12h 57m
86th most played song airs every: 1d 0h
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 162 (24.1%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
ZERO after 18 DAYS
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [224 plays] Cameron Whitcomb - Kingdom of Fear
2 [206 plays] Shaboozey - Born To Die
3 [188 plays] Tucker Wetmore - Sunburn
4= [169 plays] each for...
+ Ella Langley - Be Her
+ STELLA LEFTY - Boston
6 [152 plays] Kane Brown - Woman
7 [146 plays] Morgan Wallen - Don't We
8 [144 plays] Ashley Cooke - High School Sweetheart
9 [142 plays] Max McNown - Done For
10 [141 plays] Wyatt Flores - Runnin' On E
Analysis: 27 days, up to 01-07-2026
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 8979
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 2696
Variety factor for this station is : 30%
50% OF PLAYS is 416 Songs (15.4% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 144 MOST played songs (5.3% of the total)
or 1898 LEAST played songs (70.4% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 5h 44m
10th most played song airs every: 7h 32m
144th most played song airs every: 3d 20h 34m
416th most played song airs every: 5d 9h 36m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 2419 (89.7%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
25 after 23 DAYS
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [113 plays] George Birge ft. Luke Bryan - Ride, Ride, Ride
2 [112 plays] Bailey Zimmerman - Chevy Silverado
3= [111 plays] each for...
+ Josh Ross - Hate How You Look
+ Megan Moroney - Beautiful Things
5 [110 plays] Riley Green - Change My Mind
6 [107 plays] Luke Combs - Be By You
7 [104 plays] Corey Kent ft. Koe Wetzel - Rocky Mountain Low
8 [100 plays] Chris Janson - Me and A Beer
9 [95 plays] Vincent Mason - Wish You Well
10 [86 plays] HARDY, Tim McGraw, Eric Church, Morgan Wallen - McArthur
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