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: 24 days, up to 06-09-2024
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 7125
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 940
Variety factor for this station is : 13.1%
50% OF PLAYS is 182 Songs (19.3% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 80 MOST played songs (8.5% of the total)
or 630 LEAST played songs (67% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 6h 51m
10th most played song airs every: 8h 6m
80th most played song airs every: 1d 20h 18m
182nd most played song airs every: 2d 4h 21m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 446 (47.4%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
2 after 17 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 1003
..in 3 months: 1358, in 6 months: 1750
..in 9 months: 2167, in 12 months: 2403
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [84 plays] Jordan Davis – I Ain’t Sayin’
2 [82 plays] Lainey Wilson – Hang Tight Honey
3 [81 plays] Chris Young – Young Love & Saturday Nights
4= [80 plays] each for…
+ Nate Smith – Bulletproof
+ Tucker Wetmore – Wind Up Missing You
6= [79 plays] each for…
+ Cody Johnson – Dirt Cheap
+ Thomas Rhett – Beautiful As You
8 [76 plays] Kelsea Ballerini and Noah Kahan – Cowboys Cry Too
9= [71 plays] each for…
+ Bailey Zimmerman – Holy Smokes
+ Carly Pearce – Truck On Fire
Analysis: 26 days, up to 06-09-2024
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 10337
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 680
Variety factor for this station is : 6.5%
50% OF PLAYS is 105 Songs (15.4% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 50 MOST played songs (7.3% of the total)
or 501 LEAST played songs (73.6% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 5h 14m
10th most played song airs every: 6h 42m
50th most played song airs every: 16h
105th most played song airs every: 22h 17m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 227 (33.3%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
ZERO after 21 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 699
..in 3 months: 901, in 6 months: 1029
..in 9 months: 1144, in 12 months: 1178
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [119 plays] MacKenzie Porter – Easy To Miss
2 [118 plays] Post Malone feat. Luke Combs – Guy For That
3= [117 plays] each for…
+ Kelsey Hart – Life With You
+ Parmalee – Gonna Love You
5= [115 plays] each for…
+ Drew Baldridge – She’s Somebody’s Daughter
+ Sacha – Hey Mom I Made It
7= [114 plays] each for…
+ Drake Milligan – What I Couldn’t Forget
+ Jordan Davis – I Ain’t Sayin’
9 [101 plays] Bayker Blankenship – Maxed Out
10 [93 plays] Tyler Hubbard – Park
Analysis: 24 days, up to 06-09-2024
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 7907
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 2390
Variety factor for this station is : 30.2%
50% OF PLAYS is 394 Songs (16.4% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 126 MOST played songs (5.2% of the total)
or 1638 LEAST played songs (68.5% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 5h 32m
10th most played song airs every: 6h
126th most played song airs every: 4d 0h
394th most played song airs every: 6d 0h
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 2219 (92.8%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
24 after 23 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 2469
..in 3 months: 3787, in 6 months: 4808
..in 9 months: 5762, in 12 months: 6065
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [104 plays] Drew Baldridge – She’s Somebody’s Daughter
2 [103 plays] Shaboozey – A Bar Song
3 [101 plays] Dasha – Austin
4= [100 plays] each for…
+ Chris Young – Young Love & Saturday Nights
+ Cody Johnson – Dirt Cheap
6= [98 plays] each for…
+ Dustin Lynch ft. Jelly Roll – Chevrolet
+ Lainey Wilson – Hang Tight Honey
8= [97 plays] each for…
+ Luke Bryan – Love You, Miss You, Mean It
+ Nate Smith – Bulletproof
10 [96 plays] Chase Matthew – Love You Again
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