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The Saga Radio Group was a British
radio network
There are two types of radio network currently in use around the world: the one-to-many ( simplex communication) broadcast network commonly used for public information and mass-media entertainment, and the two-way radio ( duplex communication) typ ...
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 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 ...
. All Saga stations were closed on Friday 23 March 2007, and Smooth Radio was launched the following Monday.
Stations in the Saga network;
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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 DAB radio – a digital based radio station
Former British radio networks
2001 establishments in England