97.5 & 107.7 Smooth Radio
97.5 & 107.7 Smooth Radio was an independent local radio station broadcasting to the north east of England. It launched at 8am on 8 January 2008, and was broadcast from new studios based at the Team Valley complex in Gateshead. The station competed with BBC Radio 2, aiming its music at listeners aged 45 and over, and was part of the national Smooth Network. On 4 October 2010 the station was subsumed into a national Smooth Radio service along with four other Smooth stations in England.
As well as being carried on FM, 97.5 & 107.7 Smooth Radio was simulcast on several DAB multiplexes and online.
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