[3] The station was received positively by listeners, and in January 2012 GMG Radio confirmed a deal with US syndication firm Premiere Networks to air 1970s editions of the original American Top 40 show presented by Casey Kasem at weekends.

[5] Other early features included Disco Lunch and Late Night Love Songs, which continued to be among its weekday programming.

[6] From its launch, Smooth 70s predominantly operated on an automated basis, playing back-to-back music tracks, although some live programming was later added.

Smooth 70s began with no news bulletins, but these were added in June 2012, together with travel updates, after feedback from listeners indicated a demand for these.

In August 2012 the station compiled a Top 70 of the 70s chart after inviting its listeners to vote for their favourite hit from the decade.

[9] The final listening figures gathered for the station before it closed, and released in February 2014, showed a weekly audience of 804,000.

[11] Smooth 70s celebrated the 40th anniversary of the release of Pink Floyd's 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon by playing it in full on the evening of 22 March 2013.

The announcement came within a week of Smooth's operations being relocated from Manchester to Global's headquarters in Leicester Square, London.