music from America's Mississippi River region, titled Rolling River of Rock. A second series broadcast the following year included Live Fast Die Young about famous musicians who died before the age of 30, Legendary Labels about major record labels and From Cleethorpes to California about record producer Rod Temperton. The station's documentaries won a bronze award in the Programmes and Series Promotion category at the 2009 New York Festivals International Radio Program Awards. In December 2010, the station celebrated the 50th anniversary of the television soap opera Coronation Street with a documentary titled Coronation Street at 50 and the station's Fallen Heroes won a Gold at the 2011 New York Festivals International Radio Awards. In March 2011 GMG Radio reporter Katie Collins travelled to Norway to interview Prince Harry as he prepared to join a group of injured ex-servicemen on a walk to the North Pole in aid of the charity Walking with the Wounded. The station also covered the walk; Collins was the only commercial radio journalist to interview the Prince on that occasion. The documentary won a Gold award for Best Documentary at the 2012 Sony Radio Academy Awards. On the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States, Smooth aired a documentary featuring British people who were living in New York City at the time of the attacks. This was followed by live coverage of the remembrance service from Ground Zero, the former site of the World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the attacks. In November 2012, Smooth confirmed it would air a documentary celebrating the life of Dusty Springfield over the Christmas period to mark the upcoming 50th anniversary of her debut as a solo artist. In January 2013, a Saturday programme dedicated to films and a regular documentary slot for Sunday afternoons were announced as part of an overhaul of the station's schedule. Mark Goodier returned to the network in June 2013 to present Rolling Home: The Summer of the Stonesa one-hour documentary about The Rolling Stones. Notes References Bibliography External links Website Former British radio networks GMG Radio Smooth Radio Radio stations established in 2010 Radio stations disestablished in 2014