Given the above comment, let’s look at how Smooth compares with WSFM, as well as with Gold 104.3, from this morning. This is especially given the fact that Smooth went down in Sydney, whilst it went up in Melbourne, as the first radio ratings of 2020 released this morning revealed.
Smoothfm 95.3 - Sydney, NSW
“Sydney’s Feel Good Station”
Tuesday 10th March 2020 - 10am-12pm AEDT
10am
| Artist | Song |
|---|---|
| Billy Joel | My Life |
| Alison Moyet | Invisible |
| Fairground Attraction | Perfect |
| Anastacia | I’m Outta Love |
| Roxy Music | More Than This |
| Daryl Braithwaite | The Horses |
| Aretha Franklin | Respect |
| Annie Lennox | Walking On Broken Glass |
| Kelly Clarkson | Because Of You |
| George McCrae | Rock Your Baby |
| Elton John | I’m Still Standing |
| Eric Carmen | Make Me Lose Control |
11am
| Artist | Song |
|---|---|
| Sixpence None The Richer | Kiss Me |
| 1927 | If I Could |
| Lionel Richie | Dancing On The Ceiling |
| Duffy | Mercy |
| Stevie Wonder | Isn’t She Lovely |
| John Legend | All Of Me |
| Roy Orbison | You Got It |
| Alicia Bridges | I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round) |
| Fine Young Cannibals | She Drives Me Crazy |
| Cutting Crew | (I Just) Died In Your Arms |
| Savage Garden | Affirmation |
| ABBA | Knowing Me, Knowing You |
101.7 WSFM - Sydney, NSW
“Better Music & More Of It”
Tuesday 10th March 2020 - 10am-12pm AEDT
10am
| Artist | Song |
|---|---|
| Starship | Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now |
| Bruce Springsteen | Born In The U.S.A |
| Sonia Dada | You Don’t Treat Me No Good |
| Traveling Wilburys | End Of The Line |
| Adele | Rolling In The Deep |
| Europe | The Final Countdown |
| Cold Chisel | Choirgirl |
| Queen | I Want To Break Free |
| Wham! | I’m Your Man |
| Nena | 99 Luftballoons |
| Midnight Oil | Beds Are Burning |
| ABBA | Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) |
11am
| Artist | Song |
|---|---|
| Billy Joel | The Longest Time |
| INXS | Bitter Tears |
| Mike & The Mechanics | The Living Years |
| Billy Idol | White Wedding |
| Lady Antebellum | Need You Now |
| Crowded House | Now We’re Getting Somewhere |
| Frankie Valli | Grease |
| Icehouse | Crazy |
| Depeche Mode | Just Can’t Get Enough |
| Bon Jovi | You Give Love A Bad Name |
| Michael Jackson | Black Or White |
| Kenny Loggins | Footloose |
| Fine Young Cannibals | She Drives Me Crazy |
Gold 104.3 - Melbourne, VIC
“Better Music & More Of It”
Tuesday 10th March 2020 - 10am-12pm AEDT
10am
| Artist | Song |
|---|---|
| Billy Joel | Uptown Girl |
| Icehouse | Electric Blue |
| Spin Doctors | Two Princes |
| Dire Straits | Romeo And Juliet |
| INXS | New Sensation |
| Donna Summer | Hot Stuff |
| U2 | Where The Streets Have No Name |
| The Pretenders | I’ll Stand By You |
| Paul Kelly | Dumb Things |
| Culture Club | Do You Really Want To Hurt Me |
| Boom Crash Opera | Dancing In The Storm |
| Van Halen | Dreams |
| Matchbox Twenty | Unwell |
| 1927 | That’s When I Think Of You |
11am
| Artist | Song |
|---|---|
| Bon Jovi | Bad Medicine |
| Roxette | It Must Have Been Love |
| Genesis | Invisible Touch |
| Paul Young | Love Of The Common People |
| Sheryl Crow | If It Makes You Happy |
| Men At Work | Who Can It Be Now? |
| Queen | Somebody To Love |
| Michael Jackson | Thriller |
| Live | Lightning Crashes |
| Richard Marx | Should’ve Known Better |
| Toto | Africa |