- Station name Station name
- Smooth Radio (London, UK)
- Description Description
- Smooth Radio previously featured a soft adult contemporary radio format but has introduced more upbeat music since 2023. Launched in March 2014, it replaced the national Smooth Radio that had launched in 2010 on FM and DAB, and most outlets of Gold on AM.
- Launch date Launch date
- 4 March 1990
- Owner Owner
- Global
- Contact Contact
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Smooth Radio (London, UK)
United Kingdom
Format
128kbps • MP3
Smooth Radio is a network of local radio stations broadcasting on FM and DAB in the United Kingdom. It no longer broadcasts any outlets on AM since the last outlet on medium wave ceased at 1:00pm on Friday 28th February 2025.
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Station overview Station overview
| Country Country |
United Kingdom
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|---|---|
| Language Language | English |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | smoothradio.com |
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Coverage area
United Kingdom
Owner / network
Global
First air date
4 March 1990
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Station details
Station details
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| Station ID | 601231 |
|---|---|
| Region | United Kingdom, England |
| Coordinates | 54.9740641, -1.6196895 |
| Map | OpenStreetMap |
| Branding | Always The Best Music |
| Owner | Global |
| Broadcast area | United Kingdom |
| Launched | 4 March 1990 |
| Website | smoothradio.com |
| Listen | globalplayer.com |
| Schedule | smoothradio.com |
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| Last check | 5 hours ago |
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| Track seen | 5 days ago |
| Stream host | media-the.musicradio.com |
| Final host | media-the.musicradio.com |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | audio/mpeg |
| Latency | 53 ms |
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| Current stream format | MP3 |
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Last successful stream
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About station About Smooth Radio (London, UK)
Smooth Radio is a network of local radio stations broadcasting on FM and DAB in the United Kingdom. It no longer broadcasts any outlets on AM since the last outlet on medium wave ceased at 1:00pm on Friday 28th February 2025.
Smooth Radio previously featured a soft adult contemporary radio format but has introduced more upbeat music since 2023. Launched in March 2014, it replaced the national Smooth Radio that had launched in 2010 on FM and DAB, and most outlets of Gold on AM. Each FM station broadcasts localised breakfast with networked shows simulcast from London at all other times. Four of the seven FM stations, and the former AM stations, are owned and operated by Global, with the remaining three FM licences owned by Communicorp UK and run as a franchise. According to RAJAR, the network broadcasts to a combined weekly audience of 7.8 million with a listening share of 4.1% as of July 2025. In January 2023, Smooth introduced a new logo and slogan, "Always the best music".
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