Sacha Brooks is a British
radio presenter and
DJ from
Nottingham,
England. She is currently employed by
Global Radio
Global Media & Entertainment Limited, trading as Global, is a British media company formed in 2007. It is the owner of the largest commercial radio company in Europe having expanded through a number of historical acquisitions, including Chrysa ...
.
Sacha's radio career started on the pirate radio station Globe 107.7fm in
Nottingham and she went on to launch
Choice 102.2 in
Birmingham. She relocated to
Japan
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where she spent three years as a
DJ before returning to the
United Kingdom to join
Vibe 105 – 108. She was then poached by
Galaxy Birmingham
Capital Birmingham is a local radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the Capital radio network. It broadcasts to Birmingham from studios at Brindleyplace in Birmingham City Centre.
In April 2019, Capital Birmingham was merg ...
to host "The Flava Zone" before being promoted to the
Galaxy
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network based in
Leeds, where she originally did the afternoon show before being moved up to the mid-morning one.
Galaxy
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was rebranded as
Capital
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Common uses
* Capital city, a municipality of primary status
** List of national capital cities
* Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences
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on 3 January 2011. She is now the weekday drivetime and until 17 September 2011 the Saturday mid-morning presenter on
Capital Birmingham (previously Galaxy Birmingham). She also presented a networked Dubstep/Funky/R&B show each Sunday 2-5 am on Capital network from 1 May 2011 until 15 July 2012, however this show continues to air locally on
Capital Birmingham every Friday 2-4 am.
Sacha Brooks
OfficialWebsite She also hosted a Saturday mid-morning program from 9 am-1 pm on Capital Xtra
Capital XTRA (formerly Choice FM) is a Global Media & Entertainment, Global-owned radio station that broadcasts on 96.9 FM broadcasting, FM and 107.1 FM in Greater London. Nationally, it is heard on Digital Audio Broadcasting, DAB Digital Ra ...
, but shortly afterwards, it was taken over by Vick Hope.
On 30 August 2019, Global Radio launched a new station ‘Capital XTRA Reloaded’ (launched Monday 2 September) whereby Sacha was selected to be the first presenter on the station. As a result of which she ceased working for Capital in Birmingham on the drive time show, which Global replaced with ‘Tom & Claire’ (originally from Capital East Midlands). Now Sacha presents the breakfast show on Capital XTRA Reloaded from 8am-12pm Monday-Friday.
References
External links
Sacha Brooks
Official Website
Living people
People from Nottingham
British radio personalities
Capital (radio network)
Year of birth missing (living people)
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