Radio Play History

VERSO MEDIA • RADIO PLAY HISTORY

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More than 14,000 logged radio plays, with enough stats, Top Tens and archive rabbit holes to keep you busy for a while.

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14K+logged plays

14,472Radio plays

7,294Different tracks

3,218Artists

10Shows

5Years in the archive

2,458Plays in 2026

4,629Tracks played once

50.4%Unique-track rate

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CLEAR TO PLAYLast played about 12 months ago.

TRACK IN THE ARCHIVE

(They Long to Be) Close to You Carpenters

Last played20 Sep 2025

Total plays5

Previous27 Apr 2024

Most played onThe Saturday Show

PLAY HISTORY

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Date	Artist	Track	Show	Episode
20 Sep 2025	Carpenters	(They Long to Be) Close to You	The Saturday Show	Siblings
27 Apr 2024	Carpenters	(They Long to Be) Close to You	The Saturday Show	Show 17 - 270424
7 Apr 2024	Carpenters	(They Long to Be) Close to You	Sunday Specials	Parenthesis
6 Jun 2023	Carpenters	(They Long to Be) Close to You	Verso's Home Run	Episode 21 - Pick the Playlist
8 Jul 2022	Carpenters	(They Long to Be) Close to You	Other Radio Bits	Burt Bacharach - Fri 8th July 2022

ARCHIVE SPAN

27 Jan 2022 to 27 Sep 2026

14,356 plays have an exact broadcast date. A small number of filler specials remain deliberately undated.

2024

4,194 logged plays. View plays →

The Saturday Show

4,898 logged plays. View plays →

Most played artistThe Beatles191 plays · View → Most played trackI Don't Like MondaysThe Boomtown Rats · 23 plays · View →

Repeat plays7,178plays beyond each track's first appearance

Heavy rotation120tracks played 10+ times · See all → Regular artists128artists played 20+ times · See all →

A LITTLE DEEPER

Inside the archive

Because four headline numbers were never going to be enough.

Average rotation1.98plays per different track

Catalogue depth2.27different tracks per artist

Widest catalogueThe Beatles75 different songs played · View →

Across the yearsABBAheard in 5 archive years · View →

Across the showsBob Dylanplayed on 10 different shows · View →

Most travelled track99 Red BalloonsNena · 7 shows · View →

Busiest calendar monthAugust1,381 dated plays

YEAR BY YEAR

The archive growing up

5 years represented

20262,458 plays 20253,394 plays 20244,194 plays 20233,335 plays 20221,091 plays

RADIO TOP TEN

Artists by different songs

RADIO TOP TEN

Tracks across the most shows

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