Smooth Radio airs archive chart shows on 70s station

Smooth Radio this weekend started running archive editions of the ‘American Top 40′ show from the 1970s on its new digital station dedicated to the decade.

The Guardian-owned station has licensed old editions of the US-based radio show from its producers, Premiere Radio Networks, and they will play out each Saturday morning and Sunday evening. The shows are hosted by Casey Kasem, who fronted the syndicated chart programme in America from its launch in 1970 through to 1988, and again from 1998 to 2004, before current host Ryan Seacrest took over.

The heritage programming is airing on Smooth 70s, a new digital-only station launched by GMG Radio on Boxing Day, taking over from ‘pop up’ spin-off station Smooth Xmas. It is available on the national digital radio network Digital One, which has decade-themed stations from Absolute for the 80s and 90s, but not the 70s.

Announcing the launch of the old Kasem shows as part of the Smooth 70s weekend schedule, GMG Radio’s John Simons told reporters: “Casey Kasem’s ‘American Top 40 – The 70s’ is an iconic radio programme of the 1970s and it will add to the listening experience. We’re delighted to be able to broadcast the original programmes in their entirety each weekend. Since its introduction, Smooth 70s has been warmly welcomed by listeners and we look forward to enriching their listening experience of the station with increased content in the coming weeks”.

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