The TV-am/Virgin consortium was awarded the licence in April 1992, after the Radio Authority said that it was not satisfied that Independent National Broadcasting would be able to sustain the service. What has followed is over a thousand album playbacks in real time, together with the people who made them. Extra was also used for coverage of music festivals and events (such as V Festival) in addition to the coverage available on the main station. Coldplay played an unforgettable show for us at the London Palladium and Elbow, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, Biffy Clyro, Manic Street Preachers and Stereophonics have all performed gigs in out-of-this-world places for Absolute Radio. The Absolute Radio Country No Repeat Guarantee means you won't hear the same song twice between 9am-5pm.

In January 1997, Chris Evans left his role as presenter of the Radio 1 Breakfast Show as a result of a disagreement between him and the programme controller Matthew Bannister (Evans had asked for Fridays off to allow more time for him to work on his Channel 4 television show, TFI Friday). It has always placed a great emphasis on other methods of transmission than medium wave, as the 1215 kHz frequency suffers from considerable interference, particularly after dark – BBC Radio 1, which used 1215 kHz for its first eleven years on air, moved to higher-quality medium wave frequencies (now used by talkSport) in 1978 primarily for this reason. With dedicated shows on most local radio stations across Ireland, Absolute Irish no doubt whet the appetite of Country and Irish music fans across Ireland. With The Beatles and The Rolling Stones as highlights of the station's broadcasts, it plays music originating from the 1960s.I want to rate this app higher, and with a little tweaking I’d happily give it a big 5 stars because of the outstanding choice. The second national licence, INR2, would take over the 1197 kHz and 1215 kHz frequencies, which were to be relinquished by BBC Radio 3.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. I tend to agree Smooth Country dose a good job but dont have the right balance of country mu but Downtown Country at times as a good balance of country music.My advice, download it, try it, if it's not for you delete it, but you won't, it's one of those apps that will creep up the pages and will soon be on your front screen, then the dilemma of which one does it replace . In June 2022, an Absolute Radio Classic Country [143] [144] streaming service was added to their Absolute Radio Premium subscription package. We are the home of Frank Skinner, Jason Manford, Matt Forde and star of the IT crowd Matt Berry in his role as the voice of Absolute Radio. Nickelback, The Offspring, Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones, Biffy Clyro, The Beatles, David Bowie, Nirvana, The Police and Blur.

FM's Absolute Country, playing non-stop crooners and banjos, dance-tunes and fiddles, ballads and harmonicas. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.Listen live on FM and DAB in Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife or ask your smart speaker to ‘Play Forth 1’. Then at the end of 2023 Absolute Radio and its sister channels were removed from sky after their owner wanted to focus on a more digtal market.