With the ‘soft’ launch (see what I did there?) of the new Smooth Relax DAB+ station in Sydney, Melbourne & Brisbane today, I thought it would be fitting to compare it with the main Smooth station, particularly comparing it with its Sydney & Melbourne FM station (as well as its main DAB+ station in Brisbane, Adelaide & Perth).
Smooth 95.3 - Sydney, NSW
"Sydney’s Easy Place To Relax"
Friday 6th September 2019 - 9am-12pm AEST
| Date | Time | Artist | Song |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-06 | 09:10:28 AEST | Go West | King Of Wishful Thinking |
| 2019-09-06 | 09:12:26 AEST | Charles & Eddie | Would I Lie To You? |
| 2019-09-06 | 09:16:17 AEST | U2 | With Or Without You |
| 2019-09-06 | 09:20:12 AEST | Bruno Mars | Grenade |
| 2019-09-06 | 09:23:43 AEST | The Jackson 5 | I Want You Back |
| 2019-09-06 | 09:28:09 AEST | Nik Kershaw | Wouldn’t It Be Good |
| 2019-09-06 | 09:32:31 AEST | Taylor Swift | Today Was A Fairytale |
| 2019-09-06 | 09:34:28 AEST | Dan Hartman | I Can Dream About You |
| 2019-09-06 | 09:44:01 AEST | Fleetwood Mac | Everywhere |
| 2019-09-06 | 09:50:51 AEST | The Hues Corporation | Rock The Boat |
| 2019-09-06 | 09:54:44 AEST | Bruce Springsteen | I’m On Fire |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:06:24 AEST | Belinda Carlisle | Leave A Light On |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:12:28 AEST | Elton John | I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:16:18 AEST | Colbie Caillat | Bubbly |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:20:08 AEST | Earth, Wind & Fire | Let’s Groove |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:23:55 AEST | Prince / The Revolution | Kiss |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:27:50 AEST | Bob Marley And The Wailers | One Love / People Get Ready |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:29:38 AEST | Cher | If I Could Turn Back Time |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:33:44 AEST | Four Tops | I Can’t Help Myself (sugar Pie Honey Bunch) |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:42:58 AEST | UB40 | (I Can’t Help) Falling In Love With You |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:44:48 AEST | Dixie Chicks | Not Ready To Make Nice |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:48:56 AEST | Donna Lewis | I Love You Always Forever |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:52:25 AEST | Toto | Rosanna |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:05:44 AEST | Billy Ocean | When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:09:31 AEST | Hall & Oates | Kiss On My List |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:13:18 AEST | Lukas Graham | Love Someone |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:17:05 AEST | Whitney Houston | I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:20:55 AEST | Eric Carmen | Make Me Lose Control |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:26:39 AEST | Corinne Bailey Rae | Put Your Records On |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:30:28 AEST | Frankie Valli | Can’t Take My Eyes Off You |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:32:21 AEST | Eurythmics | Thorn In My Side |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:41:50 AEST | Bee Gees | Night Fever |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:45:47 AEST | Tina Turner | What’s Love Got To Do With It |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:49:38 AEST | Lady Antebellum | Need You Now |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:53:14 AEST | Kim Wilde | You Keep Me Hangin’ On |
Smooth Relax - Sydney, Melbourne & Brisbane
"Your relaxing and refreshing music mix"
Friday 6th September 2019 - 9am-12pm AEST
| Date | Time | Artist | Song |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-06 | 09:02:54 AEST | Annie Lennox | No More “I Love You’s”" |
| 2019-09-06 | 09:10:28 AEST | Fleetwood Mac | Sara |
| 2019-09-06 | 09:14:22 AEST | Billy Ocean | There’ll Be Sad Songs (to Make You Cry) |
| 2019-09-06 | 09:18:11 AEST | Alison Moyet | That Ole Devil Called Love |
| 2019-09-06 | 09:21:58 AEST | Kenny Rogers / Sheena Easton | We’ve Got Tonight |
| 2019-09-06 | 09:26:02 AEST | ABBA | The Winner Takes It All |
| 2019-09-06 | 09:30:11 AEST | Otis Redding | These Arms Of Mine |
| 2019-09-06 | 09:32:31 AEST | Boris Gardiner | I Wanna Wake Up With You |
| 2019-09-06 | 09:36:31 AEST | Lionel Richie / Diana Ross | Endless Love |
| 2019-09-06 | 09:40:13 AEST | Petula Clark | Downtown |
| 2019-09-06 | 09:44:01 AEST | 1927 | If I Could |
| 2019-09-06 | 09:49:15 AEST | Maria Muldaur | Midnight At The Oasis |
| 2019-09-06 | 09:50:51 AEST | All 4 One | I Swear |
| 2019-09-06 | 09:54:44 AEST | Gladys Knight / The Pips | Midnight Train To Georgia |
| 2019-09-06 | 09:58:36 AEST | Terence Trent D’Arby | Sign Your Name |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:02:22 AEST | Janis Ian | At Seventeen |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:06:24 AEST | John Legend | All Of Me |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:10:38 AEST | Bobby Vinton | Blue Velvet |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:12:28 AEST | Patrick Swayze | She’s Like The Wind |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:16:19 AEST | Roberta Flack / Donny Hathaway | Where Is The Love |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:18:12 AEST | Elton John | I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:22:11 AEST | Eagles | New Kid In Town |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:27:51 AEST | All Saints | Never Ever |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:31:32 AEST | Seals And Crofts | Summer Breeze |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:35:32 AEST | Tina Turner | What’s Love Got To Do With It |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:39:22 AEST | The Hollies | He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:42:58 AEST | John Mayer | Your Body Is A Wonderland |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:46:45 AEST | Champaign | How 'bout Us |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:50:32 AEST | Gary Wright | Dream Weaver |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:52:25 AEST | Christopher Cross | Arthur’s Theme |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:56:17 AEST | Elvis Presley | Return To Sender |
| 2019-09-06 | 10:58:06 AEST | Andy Gibb | I Just Want To Be Your Everything |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:01:58 AEST | Macy Gray | I Try |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:05:44 AEST | John Farnham | You’re The Voice |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:11:24 AEST | Norah Jones | Don’t Know Why |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:15:16 AEST | Crowded House | Don’t Dream It’s Over |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:17:05 AEST | Van Morrison | Moondance |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:22:49 AEST | Josh Groban | You Raise Me Up |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:26:39 AEST | Louis Armstrong | We Have All The Time In The World |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:28:33 AEST | Carly Simon | You’re So Vain |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:34:14 AEST | Brenda Russell | Piano In The Dark |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:38:03 AEST | Dionne Warwick / Elton John / Gladys Knight / Stevie Wonder | That’s What Friends Are For |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:41:50 AEST | The Beach Boys | Sloop John B |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:45:47 AEST | Michael Bublé | Close Your Eyes |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:47:37 AEST | Elvis Costello | She |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:51:25 AEST | Paul Young | Wherever I Lay My Hat |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:55:14 AEST | Percy Sledge | When A Man Loves A Woman |
| 2019-09-06 | 11:57:10 AEST | Keith Urban | All For You |
As you can see, Smooth Relax is reminiscent of the original Smooth FM format from a few years ago before it went more up-tempo to compete more effectively with the Pure Gold stations, WS in Sydney & Gold in Melbourne.