{"id":211372,"date":"2025-10-13T23:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T23:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/211372\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T23:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T23:40:09","slug":"greatest-hits-radio-launches-2025-top-500-countdown-radiotoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/211372\/","title":{"rendered":"Greatest Hits Radio launches 2025 Top 500 countdown \u2013 RadioToday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a itemprop=\"url\" class=\"ysbvegnl-link\" href=\"https:\/\/todayl.ink\/aiirjune\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ysbvegnl-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/RTUKPackageDeal1webp.webp.webp\" alt=\"Aiir June 2\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greatest Hits Radio\u2019s annual listener poll to find the ultimate Greatest Hit of the 70s, 80s and 90s is back for 2025.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/todayl.ink\/WiseBuddah\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RadioToday-Small-Image-150x150-1.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Voting closes this Sunday 19 October, before the full countdown begins on Monday 27 October from 8am, building up to the Number One being revealed during Simon Mayo\u2019s Drivetime show on Friday 31 October.<\/p>\n<p>Queen\u2019s Bohemian Rhapsody has claimed the top spot every year so far, and with the track marking its 50th anniversary, listeners will be waiting to see if it can hold on once again.<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate the milestone, Greatest Hits Radio will air a special documentary, The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody, on Sunday 2 November at 4pm. Narrated by Claire Sturgess, it features exclusive interviews with Brian May and Roger Taylor reflecting on the song\u2019s enduring legacy.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Ashton, Greatest Hits Radio Content Director, said: \u201cThe Top 500 is something we\u2019ve done every year since launch, and it\u2019s always been one of the most loved weeks of radio for our audience. There\u2019s something inherently magical about a countdown, especially one that goes across a whole week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Listeners who take part in this year\u2019s vote also have the chance to win the Top 20 Greatest Hits on vinyl, alongside a Mixx System 5 record player and speaker system, thanks to HMV and Mixx.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greatest Hits Radio\u2019s annual listener poll to find the ultimate Greatest Hit of the 70s, 80s and 90s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211373,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-211372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}