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105.2 Smooth Radio is a Scottish based Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to Glasgow, and replaced Saga 105.2 FM at 6am on Monday 26 March 2007, launching with John McCauley at Breakfast. 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 East Midlands, the West Midlands and the North West of England.
As well as being carried on FM in the Glasgow area, the station is also broadcast on DAB digital radio to the East of Scotland and online via a streaming service.
[edit] Origins
The station came into being 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 in London and the North West. The decision was made to change both the Smooth FM and Saga stations to Smooth Radio and Saga 105.2 FM was closed at 6pm on Friday 23 March 2007. This was then followed by a preview weekend for the new Smooth Radio giving listeners the opportunity to hear the presenters and music which would be featured on the new station.
[edit] Station Format
105.2 Smooth Radio plays middle-of-the-road, adult contemporary music, aimed at listeners aged 50 and over. It bears very few similarities to its predecessor. Though many of the presenters who worked on Saga 105.2 FM now host shows on 105.2 Smooth Radio, very few of the specialist shows from the Saga days have survived, and Smooth's initial slogan "Your life. Your music.", which was used on Saga stations, has now been modified.
[edit] Presenters
- John McCauley - Smooth Breakfast
- Mark Goodier - Smooth Mid-Mornings (networked)
- Dave Marshall - Smooth Afternoons
- Dougie Jackson - Smooth Drivetime and Smooth Saturday Afternoon
- John Darroch - Smooth Evenings
- Tony Blackburn - Smooth Weekend Breakfast
- Alastair McDonald - 60s Saturday
- Mike Marwick - Smooth Rock and Soul
- Alex Dickson - Smooth Bookcase
- Art Sutter - Sunday Brunch
- Jackie Storrar - 70s Sunday
- Craig McMurdo - Smooth Sunday Evening
- Nick Barraclough - Smooth Country
- Bill Black - Classic Country
- Peter McCann, Gerry Burke and Tom Bell are stand in presenters and can be heard when a presenter is away.
- Nick Barraclough's Smooth Country show, Mark Goodier's Mid Morning Show and Tony Blackburn's Weekend Breakfast Show are simulcast from London and can be heard on several other stations in the Smooth Network. All other output is produced locally.
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