LOVERADIO247

LOVERADIO247 doesn't pretend to be complicated. It plays oldies, pop and soul, and it plays them properly. The soul side leans Stax and early Motown: Otis Redding, the Chi-Lites, a bit of Curtis Mayfield when the mood suits. Pop means '60s and '70s, the kind of stuff your parents danced to at a working men's club, Dusty Springfield, Marmalade, Petula Clark. Nothing here is trying to be cool. That's the point. As oldies radio in the United Kingdom goes, this one stays warmer than most, and the mix doesn't get trapped in a single decade. Late evenings go slower and more romantic. Ballads, string…