Radio Nation 70s

Nation 70s centres on songs from the 1970s, a decade whose popular radio sound ranged from melodic pop and guitar bands to soul and disco. It is a dedicated period service from Nation Broadcasting, with the musical variety of those years forming the basis of its selection.

The weekday line-up includes David Andrews at breakfast, Tony Dibbin during the workday, Phil Hoyles at drivetime and Dean Martin in the evening. Dibbin's programme is promoted as a workday without repeated songs. At weekends, Dave Brown and David Francis also feature, with Francis presenting requests. Power Up the Dancefloor with Steve Power gives Saturday evening a more dance-oriented direction before the 70s Party sequence.

There is room for markedly different records within the seventies brief. The station's recent selections include Rose Royce's Car Wash and Candi Staton's Young Hearts Run Free alongside Blue Oyster Cult's Don't Fear the Reaper. Blondie, T. Rex and Bryan Ferry bring other guitar and pop sounds into the selection; on this station the period supplies the link between disco energy and guitar-led recordings.

The published playlist also includes Natalie Cole, the Three Degrees, Stealers Wheel and Bryan Ferry. Their appearances illustrate a service that combines soul singers, vocal groups and bands rather than concentrating only on seventies rock. Presented daytime shows, listener requests and the evening party programmes each approach that repertoire from a different angle, giving the decade more than one voice across the week.