The Saga Radio Group was a British
radio network
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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 16 October 2001 and was subsequently followed by two others based in the
East Midlands
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and
Glasgow
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. The network won a fourth licence for the
north east
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in 2006, but was sold in December of that year to
Guardian Media Group
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, which decided to re-launch Saga along with its
Smooth FM stations as
Smooth Radio Smooth Radio may refer to:
* Smooth Radio (2010), the original national network in the UK
* Smooth Radio (2014)
See also
* Smoothfm
smoothfm is an Australian commercial radio network owned and operated by Nova Entertainment. From original l ...
.
All Saga stations were closed on Friday 23 March 2007, and Smooth Radio was launched the following Monday.
Stations in the Saga network;
*
Saga 105.7 FM – serving the
West Midlands
*
Saga 106.6 FM – serving the
East Midlands
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*
Saga 105.2 FM – serving
Glasgow
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Saga swoops Glasgow FM licence
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* Saga DAB radio
Saga DAB radio (Saga Radio London Ltd) was a UK digital DAB radio station, supported by Saga Radio Group. The line up featured a variety of presenters including David Hamilton, Don Durbridge, David Allan, Jenny Hanley, Bill Rennells and To ...
– a digital based radio station
See also
*PrimeTime Radio
PrimeTime Radio was a national UK radio station. Launched in 2000, it was part of Saga Radio Group until it became independent in 2004. It operated as a sister station to Saga DAB radio, Saga Digital radio. The line up featured a variety of pres ...
References
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Former British radio networks
2001 establishments in England