Current Rock/Indie Stations
Here’s our line up of the biggest UK Rock, Metal and Indie stations, again its the usual tussle of the big boys with Global’s Radio X, Bauer’s Kerrang and Absolute against Wireless’ Virgin Radio. Communicorp did also have one of the few stations they actually operated (rather than just license someone else to do it for them) with XS in Manchester, though from Monday 24th Feb 2025 this has become “Radio X 90s”, which is a ‘global’ brand.. The music is the same as the UK Radio X 90s feed, but there is local travel, news and adverts, though there is ONE live show from 11am-2pm from Manchester (!!), and this also makes it onto the Global UK Feed too….
Analysis: 26 days, up to 13-06-2025
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 7331
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 1270
Variety factor for this station is : 17.3%
50% OF PLAYS is 281 Songs (22.1% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 157 MOST played songs (12.3% of the total)
or 848 LEAST played songs (66.7% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 7h 10m
10th most played song airs every: 15h 36m
157th most played song airs every: 2d 8h 43m
281st most played song airs every: 2d 21h 20m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 663 (52.2%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
2 after 17 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 1345
..in 3 months: 1785, in 6 months: 2175
..in 9 months: 2485, in 12 months: 2791
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [87 plays] Pulp – Spike Island
2 [85 plays] Benson Boone – Beautiful Things
3 [78 plays] Stereophonics – Seems Like You Don’t Know Me
4 [57 plays] Mumford and Sons – Caroline
5 [47 plays] Sam Fender – Little Bit Closer
6 [43 plays] Inhaler – Billy
7= [40 plays] each for…
+ Amy Macdonald – Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For
+ Blossoms – The Honeymoon
+ sombr – Undressed
+ Wet Leg – Catch These Fists
Analysis: 23 days, up to 13-06-2025
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 6639
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 1033
Variety factor for this station is : 15.5%
50% OF PLAYS is 267 Songs (25.8% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 155 MOST played songs (15% of the total)
or 637 LEAST played songs (61.6% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 8h 7m
10th most played song airs every: 1d 5h 3m
155th most played song airs every: 2d 2h 10m
267th most played song airs every: 2d 13h 20m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 459 (44.4%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
2 after 14 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 1124
..in 3 months: 1738, in 6 months: 2025
..in 9 months: 2175, in 12 months: 2260
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [68 plays] Alex Warren – Ordinary
2 [64 plays] Chappell Roan – Pink Pony Club
3= [51 plays] each for…
+ Benson Boone – Mystical Magical
+ Sombr – Undressed
5 [50 plays] Benson Boone – Sorry I’m Here For Someone Else
6 [49 plays] Tom Grennan – Full Attention
7 [40 plays] Richard Ashcroft – Lover
8 [32 plays] Haim – Down To Be Wrong
9 [21 plays] Mumford / Sons – Caroline
10 [19 plays] Pulp – Got To Have Love
Analysis: 26 days, up to 13-06-2025
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 7239
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 1198
Variety factor for this station is : 16.5%
50% OF PLAYS is 161 Songs (13.4% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 81 MOST played songs (6.7% of the total)
or 919 LEAST played songs (76.7% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 6h 34m
10th most played song airs every: 10h 45m
81st most played song airs every: 1d 10h 40m
161st most played song airs every: 2d 0h
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 808 (67.4%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
2 after 20 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 1283
..in 3 months: 1869, in 6 months: 2677
..in 9 months: 3363, in 12 months: 3926
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [95 plays] Mumford and Sons – Rushmere
2 [93 plays] Blossoms – The Honeymoon
3= [92 plays] each for…
+ Pulp – Spike Island
+ Wet Leg – Catch These Fists
5 [89 plays] Wombats – Can’t Say No
6 [87 plays] sombr – undressed
7 [85 plays] Sam Fender – Little Bit Closer
8 [67 plays] Richard Ashcroft – Lover
9 [59 plays] Inhaler – Billy (Yeah Yeah Yeah)
10 [58 plays] Mumford and Sons – Caroline
Analysis: 26 days, up to 13-06-2025
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 7792
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 1739
Variety factor for this station is : 22.3%
50% OF PLAYS is 378 Songs (21.7% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 176 MOST played songs (10.1% of the total)
or 1100 LEAST played songs (63.2% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 11h 8m
10th most played song airs every: 14h 51m
176th most played song airs every: 3d 17h 8m
378th most played song airs every: 4d 8h
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 1334 (76.7%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
7 after 22 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 1789
..in 3 months: 2157, in 6 months: 2530
..in 9 months: 2951, in 12 months: 3289
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [56 plays] Sleep Token – Damocles
2 [55 plays] Turnstile – Seein’ Stars
3 [53 plays] Hives – Enough Is Enough
4 [47 plays] Avril Lavigne – Young and Dumb
5= [45 plays] each for…
+ devil wears Prada – For You
+ Dinosaur Pileup – My Way
7= [44 plays] each for…
+ Halsey and Amy Lee – Hand That Feeds
+ Spiritbox – Keep Sweet
9= [42 plays] each for…
+ Five Finger Death Punch – I Refuse
+ Halestorm – Darkess Always Wins
This station was replaced by Radio X 90s on 24/2/25, here is an analysis from before the closure, 25 days, up to 21-02-2025
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 7479
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 907
Variety factor for this station is : 12.1%
50% OF PLAYS is 193 Songs (21.2% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 113 MOST played songs (12.4% of the total)
or 622 LEAST played songs (68.5% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 5h 18m
10th most played song airs every: 21h 25m
113th most played song airs every: 1d 13h 30m
193rd most played song airs every: 1d 16h
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 445 (49%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
3 after 14 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 945
..in 3 months: 1336, in 6 months: 1707
..in 9 months: 1995, in 12 months: 2236
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [113 plays] Sam Fender – People Watching
2 [108 plays] Fontaines D.c. – Bug
3 [86 plays] Manic Street Preachers – People Ruin Paintings
4 [69 plays] Sam Fender – Arm’s Length
5 [58 plays] Stereophonics – There’s Always Gonna Be Something
6 [46 plays] Slow Readers Club – Animals
7 [34 plays] Fontaines D.c. – Favourite
8 [31 plays] Doves – Renegade
9 [30 plays] Blossoms – Perfect Me
10 [28 plays] Inhaler – A Question Of You
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