[Spencer]

I'm surprised Absolute haven't already trialled this - their decades format would work well, as all you need to do is find a suitable song that is (eg) 4:01 in duration from each decade and have your playout system trigger them all simultaneously for broadcast on the different stations.

Absolute actually do do exactly this at breakfast and drive. So Dave Berry’s breakfast show is going out live, with the same links, simultaneously on all the decades stations, just with different music on each.

[Edit: Robert beat me to it]

My main issue with this, is it prevents the presenter telling you anything about the music you’re listening to. I’ve always believed talking about the music is an important part of music radio.