Smooth Radio Reviews 

Too repetitive. No recent music. Too much chat about competitions / gambling.

Again we have to complain about this 'bunch' on Smooth.
Apart from naff presenters, these GARBAGE competitions.
They spend more time 'virtually' ..GOBBING OFF about them more than playing or sensible chat.
WE are Absolutely Sick of listening to a load of SPILL.
LIKE the greatest hits and the lottery.
Instead of SHARING these big prizes they are glamorising big money that only ONE PERSON CAN WIN..ABSOLUTE GARBAGE. I BLAME THE PUBLIC TOO WHO ARE SO GULLABLE to TAKE it in. THE UK SHEEP..Nose to tail.
This week on smooth for instance.. £100K..SHARE IT OUT..10 PEOPLE WIN £10K EACH..I'd do it then..Greatest hits last week..£750k to one person..crazy, disgraceful and virtually obscene. Could make x7 people win £100k each and x1 £50k.
The lottery £50 million.
Could make X50 £1 MILLIONAIRES.
IT SHOULD BE STOPPED AND MADE ILLEGAL.
EUROPEAN LOTTERY TOO..1 PERSON WINNING SMALL FORTUNES. DIABOLICAL.
SHARE IT OUT. £1 MILLION IS ENOUGH FOR ANYONE.
WE'VE ALREADY WRITTEN TO THE GOVERNMENT TO ABOLISH THESE REDICULOUS AMOUNTS..AND SHARE SHARE. to 'MANYS ADVANTAGE' rather than one individual. Sickening.
This country has gone..kaput.

Been in the draw the last two weeks. Spent over £50, only to see the latest £200.00 draw was filmed live?? Seems to be a fix in my opinion. I thought the draw and call was done at or after 5pm on that Friday night end of week? How come Smooth can draw the winner, ring them up, and also be there to record the call??

Myself and my work colleagues switched to Smooth radio a couple of months ago, to avoid the constant adverts and gambling on greatest hits.

The good points I like about Smooth include the minimal chatter, no stalling for time to play less music and the acceptable number of adverts.
I was also very impressed recently when Smooth started playing Christmas songs.

However, they seem to play the same songs every day without fail.
The Christmas songs have turned out to be a small number of selected Christmas songs that I hear played at least twice, sometimes three times per day. Instead of playing the same ones over and over, why not include some different ones, like David Essex Winters Tale for example?

I would also say that if you are a massive Whitney Houston and Barry White fan, then Smooth is definitely the station for you, as those artists are played extremely often!

Smooth really does seem to have a very small playlist of songs that are repeated at least every day, usually more than every day.
I was also very disappointed when Smooth recently also became a gambling radio station. The vast majority of us put the radio on to listen to music, not to start gambling.

What an awful station. I am forced to listen to Jenny Faulkner each morning because of another family member. I can't help but feel the frustration of hearing a nice tune only for it to be faded out, or for Jenny to start talking over it, well before it has finished. 'More Music Mornings' they call it. Yes, because you're only playing two-thirds of each song.

Smooth radio is a lot off rubbish should be closed down

Plays records by paedophiles convicted sex abusers offenders every day Michael Jackson George Michael Boy George Sting Smokey Robinson R Kelly Mick Jagger Chuck Berry etc

Great mix of chilled music . We really miss the late lounge on Jazz FM this is the next best thing

This is by far the worst station on the airwaves I can’t understand why the have presenters on here as they serve no purpose whatsoever, I call them presenters because they’re definitely not DJ’s they talk absolute garbage and at least the R2 DJ’s are genuinely interested in music and very rarely play the same song or artist in the same month never mind same day!!! Get this station off the airwaves

Music & presenters are great.

Flying saucer tv commercials not so great.

I have smooth on every morning but as soon as the breakfast person leaves the play list from 10am is the exact same songs every week day. What skill in being a DJ is this, so it has in my mind now been verified that radio DJs just get handed a playlist every day and jumble up the songs. No thought or skill in this. I am definitely switch stations.

Smooth you are like having a friend in our home .you play classics that has stood the test of time. Please continue as you are and Thank you for years of bringing pleasure into our life's. Best regards KB

DJs ARE GOOD TO LISTEN TO, THE MUSIC WELL BALANCED, BUT WOULD ASK, WHY CANT WE HAVE RADIO TV, WITH DJs AND MUSIC VIDEOs,
I WOULD TUNE IN TO THIS AND I NOTICE IN SOME HOTELS AND PUBS SMOOTH IS ON WITH JUST PICTURE OF SMOOTH, WITH MUSIC.

Smooth radio isn’t so smooth anymore as they just play the same songs 8 times a day 24/7!

Smooth Chill is a fantastic station,very impressive playlists and only adverts twice an hour
Superb

Always listened to smooth for many years. Turned it off today for last time. Same songs over and over again and more adverts than anyone can put up with.

When I 1st tuned into this radio station, I enjoyed it BUT why do they play the same same records everyday all be it at different times. I used to love sweet Caroline by Neil diamond, I'm now that fed up of hearing it, also Ed Shearan dancing in the dark. NOT EVERYDAY. I will be retuning radio to , I think it's called greatest hits radio who has Ken Bruce as one of their presenters.
I'm amazed Smooth Radio still has an audience. I've just noticed there's a box to tick for you to notify Smooth. I actually sent then a email, which to be fair they did reply re the repeats, but basically said they were not going to alter their format. Do they only pay a few royalties for songs on their station to be played and that's why everyday seems the same?

Always the best music? It is NEVER the best music, ever.

I have the misfortune of having a shop in a shopping centre that only plays Smooth FM...I swear to God that if I ever go on a murderous rampage it will because Billy Joel and Elton John have finally tipped me over the edge.

The same songs day in, day out, over and over and over and over again.

There's nothing smooth about any of it...it's dreary, mind numbing and depressing. How many times does a station need to play "In The Living Years "? Yes, it's a heart felt lament but it isn't entertaining. And it certainly isn't "the definition of an anthem" as they claimed yesterday.

There are millions of songs to choose from and...they pick the same short play list day after day, they just shuffle it about a bit.

I don't even blame the presenters, I assume they have as much say in the play list as I do.

Dreadful radio station. Truly dreadful.

To all the Djs at Smooth Radio and especially Kate Garraway - as great as the songs are you play the same songs every single day over and over again !!! Please earn your salaries by spending time preparing a varied repertoire of songs for your audiences. Show some respect for them. And you should all give a guarantee at the beginning of your show to not play the same song more than once, as one of your male colleagues already does. And when speaking to your audience between songs PLEASE don’t impart silly trivialities but rather interesting facts and general knowledge enriching our minds - not what you ate at lunch !!! No one wants to know that.