HOTDISC TOP 40
19 March 2017

To watch the video for each song (where available) click on the titles.

* Original British songs

YOU CAN HEAR THE HOTDISC CHART SHOW PRESENTED BY STUART CAMERON EVERY WEEK (UK TIMES) ON:

           
            

SUNDAYS
12 Noon CMR Nashville (Europe); 12 Noon TD1 Radio (Scotland); 12 Noon South End Radio (Malta)
12 Noon ECMR Edinburgh Country Radio (Scotland); 4pm & 9pm North Highland Radio (Scotland);
4pm Elite Country Radio (Ireland); 8pm Thunderbolt Radio (USA); 10pm East Coast FM (Scotland);
Radio St Florian 1 (Austria); 11pm NZCMR Radio (New Zealand); 11pm Phoenix Country (Ireland)
MONDAYS
8am Ears Radio (USA);10am CMR Nashville (Europe), 1pm Thunderbolt Radio (USA); 11pm NZCMR Radio (New Zealand)
TUESDAYS
7pm Thunderbolt Radio (USA)
WEDNESDAYS
12 Midnight ECMR Edinburgh Country Music Radio (Scotland)
FRIDAYS
9am Ears Radio (USA)

HOTDISC BRITISH & IRISH COUNTRY TOP 10 SHOW
EVERY MONDAY AT 8pm / TUESDAYS AT 4pm exclusively on

The Hotdisc Top 40

The Hotdisc chart is compiled from DJs and industry professionals’ ratings of songs currently being promoted on the Hotdisc Rush Released CD. They are not airplay charts, as airplay charts cannot work in Europe because there are no terrestrial country stations. The hundreds of country programmes on air which we service are likely to play a particular song only twice at most in a three month period, therefore rendering airplay charts insignificant in Europe. It works well in America where there are plenty of non-stop country stations but not here.

The Hotdisc charts are put together weekly using ratings supplied by DJs who give scores to every song on the last three months’ editions of Hotdisc Rush Released. The scores are averaged out per week to give an accurate guide to the songs which are being championed by the industry. The aim is to showcase the tracks which the industry professionals are flagging up as quality songs. This is a very useful exercise as it is free of politics, hype and rigging and done solely on merit!  We don’t care if a song is on a small label or backed by a huge label. If it is good enough it will be played in Europe. It is all about the quality of the songs and nothing else!