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 14-03-2025
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 4641
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 906
Variety factor for this station is : 19.5%
50% OF PLAYS is 157 Songs (17.3% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 62 MOST played songs (6.8% of the total)
or 620 LEAST played songs (68.4% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 7h 53m
10th most played song airs every: 12h 15m
62nd most played song airs every: 2d 9h 36m
157th most played song airs every: 3d 10h 17m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 647 (71.4%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
3 after 21 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 955
..in 3 months: 1332, in 6 months: 1740
..in 9 months: 2051, in 12 months: 2283
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [73 plays] Drew Baldridge – Tough People
2 [71 plays] Max McNown – A Lot More Free
3= [64 plays] each for…
+ Blake Shelton – Texas
+ Ella Langley – Weren’t For The Wind
5 [63 plays] Megan Moroney – Am I Okay?
6 [60 plays] Josh Ross – Single Again
7 [56 plays] Shaboozey – Good News
8 [55 plays] Nate Smith – Fix What You Didn’t Break
9 [49 plays] Cody Johnson and Carrie Underwood – I’m Gonna Love You
10 [47 plays] Kane Brown – Backseat Driver
Analysis: 24 days, up to 14-03-2025
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 9568
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 564
Variety factor for this station is : 5.8%
50% OF PLAYS is 107 Songs (18.9% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 52 MOST played songs (9.2% of the total)
or 378 LEAST played songs (67% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 5h 17m
10th most played song airs every: 7h 1m
52nd most played song airs every: 16h 27m
107th most played song airs every: 22h 9m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 106 (18.7%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
ZERO after 20 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 568
..in 3 months: 658, in 6 months: 863
..in 9 months: 1093, in 12 months: 1192
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [109 plays] Morgan Wallen – I’m The Problem
2 [108 plays] Cameron Whitcomb – Medusa
3= [107 plays] each for…
+ Blake Shelton – Texas
+ Myles Smith feat. Lainey Wilson – Nice To Meet You
+ Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna – Indigo
+ Thomas Rhett feat. Teddy Swims – Somethin’ ‘Bout A Woman
7 [87 plays] Kelsea Ballerini – Baggage
8 [86 plays] Gareth – Last Thing I Do
9 [83 plays] Parmalee – Cowgirl
10 [82 plays] Sacha – Till I Don’t
Analysis: 26 days, up to 14-03-2025
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 5004
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 2041
Variety factor for this station is : 40.7%
50% OF PLAYS is 349 Songs (17% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 108 MOST played songs (5.2% of the total)
or 1356 LEAST played songs (66.4% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 8h 47m
10th most played song airs every: 10h 56m
108th most played song airs every: 6d 12h
349th most played song airs every: 8d 16h
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 1989 (97.4%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
36 after 23 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 2184
..in 3 months: 3703, in 6 months: 5185
..in 9 months: 6042, in 12 months: 6604
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [71 plays] Jelly Roll – Liar
2 [70 plays] Lainey Wilson – 4x4xU
3= [69 plays] each for…
+ Bailey Zimmerman – Holy Smokes
+ Cole Swindell – Forever To Me
+ John Morgan ft. Jason Aldean – Friends Like That
6= [66 plays] each for…
+ Dylan Scott – This Town’s Been Too Good To Us
+ Locash – Hometown Home
8 [63 plays] Cody Johnson and Carrie Underwood – I’m Gonna Love You
9 [58 plays] Post Malone ft. Luke Combs – Guy For That
10 [57 plays] Myles Smith ft. Lainey Wilson – Nice To Meet You
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