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.

14K+logged plays
14,292Radio plays
7,345Different tracks
3,207Artists
10Shows
5Years in the archive
2,278Plays in 2026
4,713Tracks played once
51.4%Unique-track rate
REGULAR ARTISTS

123 artists played 20+ times

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#ArtistPlays
1 The Beatles 191
2 Oasis 131
3 The Beach Boys 110
4 Bob Dylan 96
5 The Jam 92
6 Elvis Presley 88
7 Fleetwood Mac 83
8 The Beautiful South 82
9 Simon & Garfunkel 80
10 The Kinks 80
11 ABBA 79
12 The Housemartins 65
13 Pulp 65
14 David Bowie 65
15 Chas & Dave 62
16 The Proclaimers 62
17 Dolly Parton 60
18 The Stone Roses 59
19 Manic Street Preachers 57
20 Michael Jackson 57
21 The Rolling Stones 56
22 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 56
23 Johnny Cash 55
24 Kylie Minogue 55
25 Queen 54
26 Glen Campbell 52
27 Bruce Springsteen 52
28 Cast 50
29 Pet Shop Boys 50
30 Cat Stevens 49
31 R.E.M. 48
32 Tammy Wynette 45
33 Elton John 44
34 Madonna 41
35 Dire Straits 41
36 Kate Bush 41
37 The Smiths 41
38 TV Themes 40
39 Eagles 38
40 Wings 37
41 Deacon Blue 37
42 U2 36
43 The Clash 35
44 The Boomtown Rats 35
45 The Cure 35
46 Squeeze 34
47 Billy Joel 33
48 Neil Diamond 33
49 Blondie 32
50 Blur 32
51 Roy Orbison 31
52 The Police 31
53 Taylor Swift 31
54 Ed Sheeran 30
55 John Denver 30
56 Marvin Gaye 29
57 Duran Duran 29
58 a-ha 29
59 Traveling Wilburys 29
60 The Verve 28
61 Kenny Rogers 28
62 Jason Donovan 28
63 Willie Nelson 28
64 Bee Gees 27
65 Linda Ronstadt 27
66 The Lightning Seeds 27
67 James 27
68 Talking Heads 27
69 Echo & the Bunnymen 27
70 The Who 26
71 New Order 26
72 The Killers 26
73 Dr. Hook 26
74 Ocean Colour Scene 26
75 Keane 26
76 Creedence Clearwater Revival 25
77 Stevie Wonder 25
78 Coldplay 25
79 Kris Kristofferson 25
80 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 25
81 Madness 25
82 Joy Division 24
83 Ramones 24
84 Stereophonics 24
85 Green Day 24
86 The Byrds 23
87 Carole King 23
88 Dusty Springfield 23
89 Erasure 23
90 Jimmy Nail 23
91 Take That 23
92 George Harrison 23
93 Paul McCartney 23
94 Paul Weller 23
95 Tom Petty 23
96 AC/DC 23
97 The Hollies 22
98 The Everly Brothers 22
99 The Farm 22
100 Slade 22
101 Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine 22
102 Morrissey 22
103 Sex Pistols 22
104 Rick Astley 22
105 Emmylou Harris 22
106 Van Morrison 21
107 Small Faces 21
108 Mott the Hoople 21
109 Bay City Rollers 21
110 Wet Wet Wet 21
111 Electric Light Orchestra 21
112 Paul Simon 21
113 Bon Jovi 21
114 10cc 21
115 Loretta Lynn 21
116 The Specials 21
117 All Saints 21
118 Led Zeppelin 20
119 Phil Collins 20
120 John Lennon 20
121 Bob Marley & The Wailers 20
122 McAlmont & Butler 20
123 Hank Williams 20
ARCHIVE SPAN

27 Jan 2022 to 5 Sep 2026

14,176 plays have an exact broadcast date. A small number of filler specials remain deliberately undated.

BUSIEST YEAR

2024

4,194 logged plays. View plays →

BUSIEST SHOW

The Saturday Show

4,783 logged plays. View plays →

Most played artistThe Beatles191 plays · View → Most played trackI Don't Like MondaysThe Boomtown Rats · 23 plays · View →
Repeat plays6,947plays beyond each track's first appearance
Heavy rotation106tracks played 10+ times · See all → Regular artists123artists played 20+ times · See all →
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