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: 26 days, up to 05-01-2026
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 7223
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 1054
Variety factor for this station is : 14.5%
50% OF PLAYS is 206 Songs (19.5% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 90 MOST played songs (8.5% of the total)
or 705 LEAST played songs (66.8% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 7h
10th most played song airs every: 8h 54m
90th most played song airs every: 2d 4h
206th most played song airs every: 2d 21h 20m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 544 (51.6%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
3 after 17 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 1090
..in 3 months: 1552, in 6 months: 1895
..in 9 months: 2163, in 12 months: 2274
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [89 plays] Russell Dickerson – Worth Your Wild
2= [85 plays] each for…
+ Josh Ross – Hate How You Look
+ Zach Bryan ft. Kings Of Leon – Bowery
4 [84 plays] Old Dominion – Making Good Time
5 [83 plays] Cody Johnson – The Fall
6= [79 plays] each for…
+ Carly Pearce – Dream Come True
+ Shaboozey and Jelly Roll – Amen
8 [78 plays] Lainey Wilson – Somewhere Over Laredo
9 [75 plays] Morgan Wallen – I Got Better
10 [70 plays] Jason Aldean – How Far Does A Goodbye Go
Analysis: 27 days, up to 05-01-2026
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 11147
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 616
Variety factor for this station is : 5.5%
50% OF PLAYS is 82 Songs (13.3% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 39 MOST played songs (6.3% of the total)
or 441 LEAST played songs (71.5% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 3h 1m
10th most played song airs every: 4h 39m
39th most played song airs every: 12h 42m
82nd most played song airs every: 22h 20m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 104 (16.8%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
ZERO after 16 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 618
..in 3 months: 664, in 6 months: 741
..in 9 months: 843, in 12 months: 906
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [214 plays] Ashley Cooke – swear words
2 [213 plays] Ella Langley – Choosin’ Texas
3 [188 plays] Morgan Wallen – 20 Cigarettes
4 [164 plays] Thomas Rhett feat. Niall Horan – Old Tricks
5 [146 plays] Russell Dickerson – Worth Your Wild
6= [143 plays] each for…
+ Kevin Powers feat. Shaboozey – Move On
+ Lauren Alaina feat. Chase Matthew – All My Exes
8 [141 plays] Tucker Wetmore – Brunette
9 [140 plays] Marshmello feat. Jelly Roll – Holy Water
10 [139 plays] Carter Faith – Betty
Analysis: 26 days, up to 05-01-2026
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 8427
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 2747
Variety factor for this station is : 32.5%
50% OF PLAYS is 477 Songs (17.3% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 166 MOST played songs (6% of the total)
or 1853 LEAST played songs (67.4% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 5h 40m
10th most played song airs every: 6h 14m
166th most played song airs every: 5d 4h 48m
477th most played song airs every: 6d 12h
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 2608 (94.9%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
9 after 24 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 2889
..in 3 months: 4434, in 6 months: 5779
..in 9 months: 6630, in 12 months: 7087
Top 10 Most Played:
1= [110 plays] each for…
+ Hardy – Favourite Country Song
+ Tucker Wetmore – 3,2,1
3 [109 plays] Lainey Wilson – Somewhere Over Laredo
4 [107 plays] Chase Matthew – Darlin’
5 [106 plays] Megan Moroney – 6 Months Later
6 [103 plays] Hudson Westbrook – House Again
7= [102 plays] each for…
+ Blake Shelton – Stay Country Or Die Tryin’
+ Riley Green ft. Ella Langley – Don’t Mind If I Do
9 [101 plays] Jelly Roll – Heart Of Stone
10 [100 plays] Parker McCollum – What Kinda Man
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