Smooth Country Radio

Smooth Country is a specialist country music station combining established artists with newer performers and releases. It launched in September 2019, extending the Smooth family into a genre with a strong tradition of storytelling and vocal performance. Country remains the organising theme across its schedule, from the first music of the morning through to late-night programming.

Dolly Parton, Shania Twain, Keith Urban, Taylor Swift and Tim McGraw are among the artists named in the station's programme descriptions. The selection also makes room for more recent country stars such as Luke Combs and Zach Bryan. That breadth places older favourites alongside the contemporary Nashville sound, rather than restricting the programme to one generation of recordings.

Eamonn Kelly presents the weekday morning show, listed from 9am to 1pm. The surrounding schedule includes Smooth Country Breakfast, afternoon and evening music blocks, and late-night country. The emphasis throughout is on songs: the station's own descriptions pair familiar performers with new country hits, giving listeners both recognisable material and newer voices within the same format.

A Sunday feature, The UK Country Radio Airplay Chart Show, counts down twenty songs receiving UK airplay. This gives the station a regular view of the genre's current radio favourites alongside its older repertoire. Smooth Country belongs to Global and is available through Global Player and digital radio in its coverage areas. Its combination of a presented weekday morning show, a weekly chart and music blocks spanning established and newer artists makes country the focus throughout the week.