TOYOSLOT 8 January - 97.5 Smooth Radio becomes north east England's third regional station when it begins broadcasting. Consequently 100.4 Smooth Radio operates in North West England, 102.2 Smooth Radio operates in London, 105.2 Smooth Radio - Glasgow, 106.6 Smooth Radio - East Midlands and 105.7 Smooth Radio airs in the West Midlands. 26 March - All Smooth Radio and Saga Radio are relaunched as the Smooth Network. 25 June - It is announced that the Heart Network along with its sister stations The Arrow, LBC and Galaxy are to be sold for £170 million to Global Radio from Chrysalis Radio. 8 June - Newcastle-based community station NE1fm begins broadcasting. 15 February - Exeter-based community station Phonic FM begins broadcasting. 16 April - Life FM (Harlesden) begins broadcasting to the Harlesden are of London. EM (requires an Electro-Mechanical adapter) - Such adapter features both physical enclosure and pins re-routing as terminals are sufficiently different.|Slot Bos Awards: {3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|Three|Four|Five|Six|Seven|Eight|Nine|Ten} Reasons Why They Don’t Work & What You Can Do About It