Bio

Background & Format: Smooth Radio Four Counties brings listeners a relaxing music mix. The songs played are the best from the past five decades, with the aim of providing a soundtrack to listeners' lives. The station also carries news, travel and weather. Owner Global Radio Schedule: A full schedule can be viewed here Target audience: Listeners aged 40-59. Stats: Source: RAJAR for period ending September 2019. Ad Rates: Advertising contacts can be viewed here Tips for PRs: Between 6am and 7pm Mon-Fri and 6am- 12noon Saturday and Sunday bulletins contain a mix of local, national and world stories, along with appropriate local and national sport, weather and entertainment news. All of Smooth Radio’s output is produced and presented from our studios in London and shared with Smooth Radio London. Outside of 0600-1000 Mon-Fri and 1400-1800 at weekends, the output is also shared with the following stations: Smooth Radio West Midlands, Smooth Radio East Midlands, Smooth Radio North West, Smooth Radio North East, and Smooth Radio Scotland. Alerts: Gorkana Alert: Tuesday 25 February 2014 From March, Smooth Radio relaunches as ‘Your Relaxing Music Mix’. Kate Garraway, Andrew Castle and Myleene Klass join Tina Hobley and other Smooth presenters as the station re-launches and prepares to extend its reach with the following national line-up: Kate Garraway will join from 3 March when she starts her mid-morning weekday show, which will be broadcast across the network from 10am to 1pm. Andrew Castle will host the weekday Breakfast show, with four hours of music and chat from 6am to 10am. Andrew will also interview a celebrity every Sunday evening, on ‘Andrew Castle Meets’, which will also be broadcast across the network. Myleene Klass will present the Saturday morning show each week from 10am to 2pm. Myleene will continue to present on Saturdays and Sundays at 10pm to 1am on Classic FM. Completing the national line-up, Paul Phear will present weekday afternoons. Anthony Davis, who recently took up his new slot, remains on Drive (4pm to 8pm). He will also host a new show the ‘Great American Songbook’ on Sunday evenings. Chris Skinner will present ‘The Smooth Sanctuary’ and a new show on Saturday nights the ‘Great British Song Book’. Tina Hobley will continue to present the Sunday mid-morning show from 9am to 12 noon. For press enquiries, Sophia Boudjemaa, Charlotte Johnston or Michael Hickson can be reached on +44 (0)20 3740 7475 and global@sevendialspr.com Gorkana Alert: Thursday 6 February 2014 Global, the UK’s leading music & entertainment company, has announced it has agreed a deal to divest radio stations in the regions required by the Competition Commission to Communicorp. It is the leading radio company in Ireland and was the successful acquirer in a competitive sales process and has been approved by the Competition Commission as a suitable owner of the divested stations. The stations that Global has sold to Communicorp are Capital South Wale