Smooth 70s Radio

Smooth 70s brings together popular music from the 1970s, following the decade through melodic pop, soul and familiar singer-songwriters. It launched in September 2024 alongside Smooth 80s and Smooth Soul. The station extends Smooth's interest in well-known songs into a programme dedicated to one period, with the seventies providing the common thread across its different musical styles.

ABBA, the Bee Gees and Elton John were among the artists highlighted at launch. The station's music history adds a more detailed picture, with records by Barry White, Bread, Supertramp and the O'Jays. These performers bring different voices to the selection: harmony-led pop and softer songwriting sit alongside richer soul arrangements and songs with a stronger rhythmic pulse.

Examples include You're the First, the Last, My Everything, Make It with You, Breakfast in America and I Love Music. The contrast between these recordings is central to the channel's seventies mix. A melodic band performance and an expansive soul production belong in the same programme here; the common ground is the decade and the familiarity of the songs, rather than one instrumental sound or a single branch of popular music.

The schedule is organised into music-led morning, afternoon, evening and overnight blocks. This gives the period a full-time service instead of a short oldies feature within a broader station. Smooth 70s is operated by Global and is available through Global Player and digital radio in its coverage areas. Its appeal rests on the breadth of seventies popular song, with familiar voices and contrasting arrangements brought together under Smooth's melodic approach.