Smooth Now Reaches 5.6 Million Listeners Every Week

3 August 2017, 00:00 | Updated: 2 November 2017, 15:29

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We’ve just heard the latest listening figures released by the official industry body Rajar, and it’s great news for Smooth. Kate Garraway’s morning show now reaches 2.3m listeners across the country, up by 74,000 listeners since this time last year.

Paul Phear is also attracting 2.2m listeners to his afternoon show, while at the weekend, Smooth Breakfast with Eamonn Kelly now reaches 829,000 listeners every Saturday, and 771,000 every Sunday. Tina Hobley’s Sunday show now reaches over 1 million listeners.

In London, Smooth Breakfast with Russ Williams continues to grow for the third quarter in a row, with 381,000 Londoners choosing to start the day with Smooth, up by 76,000 from the same time last year. And overall, Smooth Radio London has hit record numbers, with 881,000 people tuning in every week – the highest figure in the station’s history.