106.6 SMOOTH RADIO

'106.6 Smooth Radio' is an Independent Local Radio station for the East Midlands, which replaced Saga 106.6 FM at 6am on Monday 26 March 2007. The station competes with BBC Radio 2, aiming its music at listeners aged 50 and over, and is part of the national Smooth Radio network, which encompasses London, the West Midlands, North West England and Glasgow.
As well as being carried on FM in the East Midlands, the station can also be found on DAB digital radio and online.

Contents

Origins

Station Format

Presenters

External links

Origins

The station came into existence following GMG Radio's purchase of the Saga Radio Group in December 2006, and the granting of permission from the regulator Ofcom to change the format of its Smooth FM stations. The decision was made to change both the Smooth FM and Saga stations to Smooth Radio. Saga 106.6 FM closed at 6pm on Friday 23 March 2006, and was followed by a preview weekend for the new Smooth Radio.

Station Format

'106.6 Smooth Radio' plays middle-of-the-road, adult contemporary music, aimed at listeners aged 45 and over. In many ways, it bears similarities to its predecessor. Many of the presenters who worked on Saga 106.6 FM now host shows on 106.6 Smooth Radio, while the slogan "Your life, your music" was used on Saga stations.

Presenters

★ 'Gary Burton' - "Smooth Breakfast"

★ 'Tony Lyman' - "Smooth Mid-Mornings" and "Smooth Saturday Breakfast"

★ 'Tim Gough' - "Smooth Lunchtime"

★ 'John Peters' - "Smooth Drivetime" and "60s Saturday"

★ 'Amanda Bowman' - "Smooth Evenings"

★ 'Ian Chilvers' - "Smooth Nights" and "Smooth Sunday Breakfast"

★ 'Mark Burrows' - "Smooth Saturday Evenings"

★ 'Steve Orchard' - "Smooth Nights (weekend)"

★ 'Jeff Cooper' - "Smooth Saturday Afternoons", "Jeff Cooper's Collection" (Sundays 8pm-midnight)

★ 'Kev Roberts' - "Smooth Soul"

★ 'David Lloyd' - "Sunday Morning Show"

★ 'Len Groat' - "70s Sunday"

★ 'Ron Coles' - "Jukebox Giants"

★ 'Nick Barraclough' - "Smooth Country" (this show is syndicated across the Smooth Network)

External links

★ SmoothRadioEast.com

★ 106.6 Smooth Radio at Media UK