Bio

Background and format: Formerly Gold Gloucester 774, Smooth Radio Gloucester aims to provide news and music for Gloucester and surrounding areas in the South-West, available on 774 FM, DAB Digital and Online.  Advertising information can be found: www.smoothradio.com/gloucester/contact/¿ Programme Maker/Production Company: Global Radio Target audience: Listeners aged 40-59. Stats: Smooth Radio Gloucester is not listed on RAJAR. Tips for PRs: PR queries should be directed to John Chittenden - Deputy Head of Press, Global Radio - john.chittenden@thisisglobal.com There is no generic email address for the station. Contact details available here Automated programming takes place on Saturday and Sunday, 10:00am-2:00pm, and Sunday 6:00pm-12:00am. All of Smooth Radio’s output is produced and presented from studios in London and shared with Smooth Radio London. Outside of 6:00-10:00am, Monday-Friday, and 2:00-6:00pm 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. For enquiries about photographs, the team can be reached at picturedesk@global.com Awards: 2013 - Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards, Local Sales Team of the Year (nominated) 2013 - Sony Radio Academy Awards, UK Radio Brand of the Year (nominated) 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