Smooth Derby Radio

Smooth Derby is the Derby listening edition of Smooth's familiar-music service. It carries the wider Derbyshire programme, combining melodic popular records with named presenters and recurring evening strands. The music can cross several decades without leaving its recognisable song-led brief.

Derby's edition sits within Smooth's East Midlands setting, where the broadcaster provides a regional news contact and includes local stories alongside national and world developments. Sport, weather and entertainment are also part of that information mix. The city's audience therefore hears a shared regional and network service, rather than a separate Derby-only version of every programme. Its main attraction remains the familiar repertoire and presentation, with regional information adding context around the songs and the more relaxed evening selections.

Derby's edition participates in Smooth's Derbyshire service, carrying Jenni Falconer at breakfast and Kate Garraway in the morning. Garraway's show begins with an hour of non-stop songs, while Paul Phear and Angie Greaves provide the afternoon voices. These shared programmes describe the entertainment carried by the regional edition rather than a separate production made for Derby at every hour.

The Smooth Sanctuary with Darren Parks places a quieter musical selection in the weekday evening, followed by The Smooth Late Show with Martin Collins. Weekend programmes include Eamonn Kelly, Adil Ray, Tina Hobley and Myleene Klass. The result gives the familiar-song format a range of presenters and recurring programme strands, with the Derby and Derbyshire audience connection retained around the wider network entertainment.