Saga DAB radio (Saga Radio London Ltd) was a UK digital
DAB
DAB, dab, dabs, or dabbing may refer to:
Dictionaries
* ''Dictionary of American Biography'', published under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies
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radio station, supported by
Saga Radio Group {{Unreferenced, date=June 2019, bot=noref (GreenC bot)
The Saga Radio Group was a British radio network owned and operated by Saga Services Ltd, and aimed at an audience aged 50 and over. The first Saga station was launched in the West Midlands on ...
. The line up featured a variety of presenters including David Hamilton,
Don Durbridge
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Jenny Hanley
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Early life and education
Hanley is the daughter of actors Dinah Sheridan and ...
and Tony Myatt. Music played on the station was easy and melodic from the previous six decades. Presenters and some station resources were shared with PrimeTime Radio.
Saga Radio (digital) won Best Digital Terrestrial Station at the 2003
Sony Radio Awards
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ceremony.
The station's owner,
Roger De Haan
Sir Roger Michael De Haan, CBE, DL (born October 1948, Northampton) is the son of the late Sidney De Haan, who created the Saga group of companies, best known for selling holidays to the over-50s market. De Haan took over Saga in 1984 when his ...
, sold Saga Radio back to the Saga group of companies in 2006, and the station went off-air. In the London area, it was briefly replaced by an automated sustaining service before going off air completely at the end of 2006. Its place was taken on the digital multiplex by
theJazz
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Defunct radio stations in the United Kingdom
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