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: 25 days, up to 03-04-2026
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 7013
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 1013
Variety factor for this station is : 14.4%
50% OF PLAYS is 230 Songs (22.7% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 131 MOST played songs (12.9% of the total)
or 666 LEAST played songs (65.7% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 6h 31m
10th most played song airs every: 18h 45m
131st most played song airs every: 1d 22h 9m
230th most played song airs every: 2d 6h 32m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 459 (45.3%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
1 after 11 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 1100
..in 3 months: 1555, in 6 months: 2177
..in 9 months: 2443, in 12 months: 2740
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [92 plays] Noah Kahan – The Great Divide
2 [91 plays] Djo – End Of The Beginning
3 [83 plays] Mumford and Sons – The Banjo Song
4 [63 plays] Sam Fender – People Watching
5 [50 plays] sombr – Undressed
6 [41 plays] Arctic Monkeys – Opening Night
7 [35 plays] Gorillaz and Bizarrap and Kara Jackson and Anoushka Shankar – Orange County
8= [34 plays] each for…
+ Dermot Kennedy – Funeral
+ Wolf Alice – The Sofa
10 [32 plays] Violet Grohl – Thum
Analysis: 26 days, up to 03-04-2026
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 7005
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 1539
Variety factor for this station is : 21.9%
50% OF PLAYS is 270 Songs (17.5% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 154 MOST played songs (10% of the total)
or 1118 LEAST played songs (72.6% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 11h 8m
10th most played song airs every: 1d 4h 21m
154th most played song airs every: 2d 8h 43m
270th most played song airs every: 2d 21h 20m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 1024 (66.5%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
6 after 17 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 1738
..in 3 months: 3112, in 6 months: 3533
..in 9 months: 3891, in 12 months: 4269
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [56 plays] Black Keys – You Got To Lose
2= [55 plays] each for…
+ Noah Kahan – The Great Divide
+ Wolf Alice – White Horses
4 [54 plays] Sombr – Homewrecker
5 [50 plays] Geese – Cobra
6 [47 plays] U2 – Song Of The Future
7 [40 plays] Arctic Monkeys – Opening Night
8 [34 plays] Muse – Be With You
9 [25 plays] Mumford and Sons – The Banjo Song
10 [22 plays] Temples – Jet Stream Heart
Analysis: 24 days, up to 03-04-2026
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 6471
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 1283
Variety factor for this station is : 19.8%
50% OF PLAYS is 184 Songs (14.3% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 90 MOST played songs (7% of the total)
or 972 LEAST played songs (75.7% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 5h 14m
10th most played song airs every: 16h 27m
90th most played song airs every: 1d 20h 18m
184th most played song airs every: 2d 9h 36m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 914 (71.2%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
9 after 23 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 1329
..in 3 months: 1957, in 6 months: 2809
..in 9 months: 3357, in 12 months: 3867
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [110 plays] Gorillaz – Orange County
2 [108 plays] Mumford and Sons – The Banjo Song
3= [101 plays] each for…
+ Arctic Monkeys – Opening Night
+ Djo – End Of Beginning
5 [93 plays] Noah Kahan – The Great Divide
6 [87 plays] Foo Fighters – Your Favorite Toy
7 [40 plays] Pulp – Spike Island
8 [38 plays] Fontaines D.C. – Favourite
9 [37 plays] Noah Kahan – Porch Light
10 [35 plays] Sam Fender – People Watching
Analysis: 26 days, up to 03-04-2026
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 7826
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 1780
Variety factor for this station is : 22.7%
50% OF PLAYS is 389 Songs (21.8% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 182 MOST played songs (10.2% of the total)
or 1128 LEAST played songs (63.3% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 8h 54m
10th most played song airs every: 15h 13m
182nd most played song airs every: 3d 17h 8m
389th most played song airs every: 4d 8h
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 1370 (76.9%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
11 after 25 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 1856
..in 3 months: 2208, in 6 months: 2639
..in 9 months: 3035, in 12 months: 3342
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [70 plays] Shinedown – Safe And Sound
2 [53 plays] Turnstile – Dreaming
3= [51 plays] each for…
+ Atreyu – All For You
+ Foo Fighters – Your Favorite Toy
5 [49 plays] Don Broco – Nightmare Tripping
6 [48 plays] Yungblud – Suburban Requiem
7 [47 plays] Skindred – Can I Get A
8 [46 plays] Leap – Exit Signs
9 [43 plays] Creeper – Parasite
10 [41 plays] Beartooth – Free
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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