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.

It’s great news for Smooth North West, too: besides being the the nation’s most listened-to commercial station outside of London, Smooth Breakfast with Darren Parks now has an amazing audience of 578,000 loyal listeners.