Sentence examples for smooth stations from inspiring English sources

Rival commercial radio group Global Radio saw slight gains for its Heart, Capital and Smooth stations.

GMG Radio is to rebrand its newly-acquired Saga stations as "Smooth Radio", expanding its stable of Smooth stations to six.

The existing Smooth stations will drop the "fm" from their name as part of the rebrand in March, which will be accompanied by a "significant" marketing push.

The three Saga stations in Scotland and the east and west Midlands join GMG Radio's existing Smooth stations in London and the north-west.

The UK's largest radio operator has been told by the Competition Commission that it must sell some of GMG Radio's Real and Smooth stations, or its own services such as Heart and Capital, in seven areas: the East Midlands, Cardiff, North Wales, Greater Manchester and the north-west, the north-east, central Scotland, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire.

"The CC has found that in many areas where Global and Real and Smooth stations currently overlap and compete, advertisers buying airtime on a campaign-by-campaign basis, directly or through smaller agencies (non-contracted advertising) could face higher costs for both advertising and sponsorship and promotion activity," the regulator said in a statement.

Another new Smooth station will launch in the north-east in the autumn.

The Smooth station in Glasgow will continue to carry local programming in key slots for seven hours a day.

In all of the other areas affected – East Midlands, Cardiff, North Wales, Greater Manchester and the north-west, the north-east, central Scotland, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire – the commission ruled that Global had to sell either a Real or Smooth station, or one of its own services, such as Heart or Capital.

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"This is based on the large number of overlaps between Bauer and [Real and Smooth Ltd] stations, including in particular the significant competitive overlap between their stations in Scotland".